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Friday 23 September 2016

Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Adolf Hertog van Nassau returned from Portugal at Texel, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant 7 July 1866

Model NG-MC-1144 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original link

An item reported that the Dutch steam frigate Zr. Ms. Adolf Hertog van Nassau rear admiral O.A. Uhlenbeck coming from Lisbon, Portugal arrived in the evening of the 5th in the roads of Texel.(1)

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1. Screw steamship 1st class, call sign GQBL, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 4 December 1858, launched on Saturday 14.00 o’clock 8 June 1861, guard ship at Willemsoord, Netherlands since 1 October 1877, decommissioned on 27 February 1918, used as accommodation for the army, sold to the city of Den Helder, Netherlands in February 1919 with the intention to be broken up for her timber which was as fuel then distributed to the population, in March 1919 were unemployed busy with breaking her up. Wood-built. Displacement 3.750 tons, dimensions 62,36 (between perpendiculars)-72,86 (over all) x 15,72 x 6,80 metres, horsepower 450 hp, 3 masts, 1 funnel and a crew numbering500 men. Armament 51 guns and as guard ship 6-12cm K.A. guns.