Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Van Sepijk ready for trails according to the Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 18 August 1883

An item reported that the Dutch screw steam ship 1st class Van Speijk being built at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands was so far completed that she could be transferred to Willemsoord, Netherlands to execute the measured mile.(1)

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1. Screw steamship 1st class, also called frigate, Call sign GRBK, on stocks at the naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 9 February 1880, launched on 7 June 1882, commissioned on 1 March 1887, decommissioned on 6 September 1897 and stricken, converted into accommodation ship for the shipyard division at Den Helder, Netherlands in 1904, transferred from Den Helder to the Coenhaven, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1942 and sold to be broken up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht begin March 1946. Displacement 3.575 ton, horsepower 2.891 hp, speed 14,25 miles, her crew numbered 280 men and an armament of 6-17cm guns, 8-12cm guns. Iron-built and wood-planked. The engines and boilers were manufactured by the Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere werktuigen te Amsterdam, Netherlands.