British protected cruiser HMS Astraea visited Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1910

The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1910-1911 reported that the British cruiser 2^nd class HMS Astraea visited Surabaya, Dutch East Indies between 3-7 October 1910. The Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 3 October 1910 reported her arrival that morning. Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 29 September that the football match between B.V.C. and her crew was cancelled while the crew had to bunker coal. The edition dated 26 September reported her arrival at Tandjong Priok, she was described as armed with 10 guns, crew numbering 310 men, measuring 4.360 ton and underway from Christmas Island to Samarang. Commanding officer was Kiddle.(1)

Note

1. Of the Astraea-class protected cruisers, preceded by the Apollo-class and succeeded by the Eclipse-class which was ordered in 1889, laid down in August 1890 at the Devonport Dockyard, launched 17 March 1893, commissioned in November 1895, decommissioned/paid off in July 1919 and finally sold 1 July 1920 to be broken up at Castle, however she was resold and finally broken up in Germany.