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Saturday 28 May 2016

Dutch paddle steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Gedeh arrived at Lisbon, Portugal according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 27 August 1856


An item reported the arrival of the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Gedeh captain lieutenant B.H. Staring underway from the Nieuwediep, Netherlands towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies on the 13th on the Taag at Lisbon, Portugal. (1)

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1. Paddle steamship 1st class, first called steam warship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 25 October 1846, launched 26 April 1850, commissioned 16 April 1851, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-30 January 1857, in worse condition in , laid up at Surabaya and sold at the navy establishment on Saturday 29 November to be broken up 1862, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 56.00 (between perpendiculars) x 10.70 x 4.80 metres, displacement of 1.486 tons, an armament of 8 guns and 300 hp horsepower.