An item reported that the French gunboat Surprise (1) visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies on 13 February 1906.(2)
Notes
1. Of the steel built French Surprise class gunboats, launched by Normand, Le Havre, France on 24 April 1895, completed in 1896 and sunk on 3 December 1916 after she was torpedoed by a German submarine.
2. Sabang was an important coal bunkering harbour at that time for Dutch and foreign (war)ships.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1905-1906
Notes
1. Of the steel built French Surprise class gunboats, launched by Normand, Le Havre, France on 24 April 1895, completed in 1896 and sunk on 3 December 1916 after she was torpedoed by a German submarine.
2. Sabang was an important coal bunkering harbour at that time for Dutch and foreign (war)ships.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1905-1906
