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Tuesday 13 October 2015

Dutch screw steamship 2nd class Vice Admiraal Koopman lying off Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 30 November 1864

An item dated referred to tidings dated 15 October dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch screw steamship 2nd class Vice Admiraal Koopman captain lieutenant J.M.I. Brutel de la Rivière arrived on 11 October in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Ex-Leeuwarden, call sign GRBS, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands by H.A. van der Speck Obreen 18 October 1856, renamed Vice Admiraal Koopman on 20 May 1857, launched on 29 April 1858, served in the Dutch East Indies, already reported in worse condition with a broken shaft and a weak aft ship with doubts about her decommissioned being condemned and not worth to be repaired on 7 August 1876, sold to be broken up 1877, displacement 1.600 ton, dimensions 56,00 x 11,25 x 5,40 metres, horsepower 250nph/700 ehp allowing a speed of 9 knots, an armament of 11 guns (6 long 30pd guns, 5 rifled 16cm guns) and a crew numbering 140 men.