An item referred to an official tiding dated 15 June dealing wit the movements of the Dutch warships serving in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch screw steamship 3rd class Zr.Ms. Reteh captain lieutenant A.W. Keuchenius was stationed in the waters of the Moluccas.(1)
Note
1. Screw steamship 3rd class, callsign GQSR
laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam Netherlands as Sprinkhaan on 18 March 1858,
launched on 19 April 1860, renamed Reteh in 1859, condemned in 1871, dimensions
43,00 x 9,20 x 4,30
metres, a displacement of 759 tons, horsepower 119nhp/250 ehp speed 7
knots, an armament of 6 guns and a crew numbering 100 men.