Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1) visited Sabang (2), Dutch East Indies on 8 March 1900.
Notes
1. Of the Petropavlovsk-class pre dreadnought battleships, laid down at the Galernii Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 19 May 1892, launched on 9 November 1894, commissioned in 1899 and sent to the Far East, involved in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and sunk by a min off Port Arthur on 13 April 1904.
2. Sabang had an important coal bunkering station. The Dutch newspaper Haagsche courant dated 18 April 1900 referring to another Dutch newspaper the Javabode wrote that the harbour of Poeloe Weh had more and more the attention of the Russian navy while her commanding officers were very satisfied with the facilities and the cheap coal. The likelihood that Sabang would became the coal- and water station for the Russian war- and voluntary fleet underway to their Far East naval base. The Petropavlovsk [incorrectly called the Petropolofsk and Petropawlofsk] departed yesterday after bunkering 740 ton Cardiff coal, 400 ton fresh water and large quantities of victuals.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1899-1900
Notes
1. Of the Petropavlovsk-class pre dreadnought battleships, laid down at the Galernii Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 19 May 1892, launched on 9 November 1894, commissioned in 1899 and sent to the Far East, involved in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and sunk by a min off Port Arthur on 13 April 1904.
2. Sabang had an important coal bunkering station. The Dutch newspaper Haagsche courant dated 18 April 1900 referring to another Dutch newspaper the Javabode wrote that the harbour of Poeloe Weh had more and more the attention of the Russian navy while her commanding officers were very satisfied with the facilities and the cheap coal. The likelihood that Sabang would became the coal- and water station for the Russian war- and voluntary fleet underway to their Far East naval base. The Petropavlovsk [incorrectly called the Petropolofsk and Petropawlofsk] departed yesterday after bunkering 740 ton Cardiff coal, 400 ton fresh water and large quantities of victuals.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1899-1900
