with our thanks
The Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 11 March 1912 published an item referred to statements from passengers of the Dutch steamship Van Riebecck arriving at Macassar and coming from Timor-Dilly reporting a serious uprising at Portuguese Timor. A group European military numbering 100 men had 10 deaths including an officer. The Portuguese warship Patria (1) stayed in the roads to interfere if the rebels would threaten Timor-Dilly. The edition dated the 9th reported that the governor also hold a Portuguese government steamship. Another Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 18 April 1912 reported her bombarding the coast nearby the Dutch territory Atoepopoe.
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1. Her building was financed with money collected by Portuguese emigrants living in Brazil. Launched at Arsendal de Marinha de Lisboa, Portugal on 27 June 1903, completed in 1905. Sold at Macao in 1931 to China to be used in the so-called Canton squadron, renamed Fu Yu and finally sunk by aircraft of the Japanese aircraft carriers Ryujo and Hosoho off Canton in the end of September 1937.
