Translate

Friday 23 September 2016

Dutch corvette 1st class Zr. Ms. Juno served as guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant 7 July 1866

Model (NG-MC-345) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. original link

An item referred to tidings dated 14th May 1866 dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Juno captain J.J. Westerouen van Meeteren served as guard ship in the roads of Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

Note
1. corvette 1st class, call sign GQLJ, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz. on 20 June 1833, launched 14 May 1839, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 29 March-17 April 1841, part of the Indies Military Navy since1 January 1868, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 18 September 1867-25 January 1870, sold at Surabaya on a public auction to the native Aridin for ƒ 16.700,00 on 2 July, dimensions 39,50 (loadline) x 10,50 (inner hull) x 4,4 (fore)-5,0 9aft) x 5,6 (hold below maindeck) metres, 929 tons displacement, 22 (1869: 14 medium 30pd guns)-32 (24-12pd guns, 8-30pd carronades, 4-8pd guns) guns and a crew numbering 120 (1869) men.