Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Leeuwarden bound for the Dutch East Indies according to the Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 18 August 1883

An item reported that the intentioned was to commission the Dutch screw steamship1^st class Leeuwarden and fit her out for a voyage towards the Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Screw steamship 1^st class, call sign GQMN, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands, Netherlands on 6 December 1859, launched on Saturday 13.30 o’clock 19 October 1861, condemned  1886, decommissioned on 20 September 1885 and sold at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for ƒ 26.050 on 23 January 1886, dimensions 58,00-62,84 (over all) x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, 2.030 tons displacement, an armament of 10 guns (10 rifled 16cm guns, 1881: 6-12cm guns, 4 rifled 16cm guns), a crew numbering 212-225 men, 8,5 knots speed and 250 hp horsepower.