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Friday 30 September 2022

German aviso SMS Comet visited the Dutch East Indies in 1911

Source Bundearchive RM 3/22928 French fotoalbum 1900

The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1910-1911 reported that the German cruiser 3rd class Comet visited Stagen, Dutch East Indies on 26 July 1911.(1)

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1. Part of Meteor-class aviso, preceded by Wacht-class, succeeded by SMS Hela, laid down by with yard number 203 by AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany in November 1891, launched on 15 November 1892, commissioned on 29 April 1893, decommissioned on 24 June 1911, uses an mine storage hulk and broken up in 1921. 

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