An item reported that in 1886-1887 the Royal Netherlands Navy tested two in the Netherlands prepared fish torpedoes in the Dutch East Indies to become aware what the effects were of a political climate. It became clear after examining the torpedoes that these were no longer in ready condition. The vertical rudders needed to be trimmed, the torpedoes disassembled, cleaned and trimmed again to get the same launch results as before the torpedoes were shipped. It became clear that it had no use to prepare torpedoes in the Netherlands which were to be used in the Dutch East Indies. Instead cleaning and trimming was to be done in the Dutch East Indies.
