An item referred to a telegram received from Batavia, Dutch East Indies reporting that the Dutch survey vessel Hydrograaf departed that day towards the Lampongs, Dutch East Indies to investigate if divers could save anything of the Kroesen.(1)
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1. Call sign GQKW. Laid down at at the Koninklijke Fabriek van stoom- en andere werktuigen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, to replace the Zr. Ms. Stavoren in 1872, launched in 1873, fitted out with new boilers in 1879, decommissioned on 11 November 1890, converted into a pilot station ship, served in the Eastern and Western waters before Surabaya, Dutch East Indies sold on a public auction on Monday 28 April 1902 09.00 o’clock at the naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies sold for ƒ 5.300 to the Arab merchant Sech Abdoel Rachim bin Abdoel Rahman, merchant at Grisse, Dutch East Indies. Composite built. Displacement 695 tons and dimensions 42 x 8,40 x 3,504 metres. Crew numbered 80 men.
Note
1. Call sign GQKW. Laid down at at the Koninklijke Fabriek van stoom- en andere werktuigen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, to replace the Zr. Ms. Stavoren in 1872, launched in 1873, fitted out with new boilers in 1879, decommissioned on 11 November 1890, converted into a pilot station ship, served in the Eastern and Western waters before Surabaya, Dutch East Indies sold on a public auction on Monday 28 April 1902 09.00 o’clock at the naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies sold for ƒ 5.300 to the Arab merchant Sech Abdoel Rachim bin Abdoel Rahman, merchant at Grisse, Dutch East Indies. Composite built. Displacement 695 tons and dimensions 42 x 8,40 x 3,504 metres. Crew numbered 80 men.
