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Saturday 9 December 2017

Dutch paddle steamship 2nd class Hr.Ms. Bromo converted into a guard ship in 1892

Model Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original source


An item reported that in the period 1 October 1891-1 October 1892 the Dutch paddle steamship 2nd class Hr.Ms. Bromo was at the naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies rebuilt into a guard ship replacing the Hr.Ms. Soerabaya on 1 April 1892.(1) 

Note
1. call sign GQDF, iron-built with wood-planked, rigged but very worse sail performance, on stocks at the shipyard of the Kon. Fabriek etc., Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1873, launched in 1874, engines and boilers repaired in 1877, temporarily guard ship at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 27 August-13 November 1883, decommissioned 15 March 1890, needed major repaired and at the same time fitted out as guard ship at Batavia, commissioned as guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies as replacement of the Surabaya on 1 April 1892, decommissioned and replaced by the Koning der Nederlanden on 1 December 1899, used as store ship for the army during South Celebes-expedition in 1905, fitted out as coal hulk and serving at Merauke in 1910, stricken in in 1914, towed from Merauke towards Surabaya in 1916, sold there on a public auction an the naval establishment to the K.P.M. at 09.00 o’clock 12 November 1917, dimensions 60 (between perpendiculars) x 9,39-16,17 (over side wheels) x 4 metre, horsepower 200 nhp/950 ehp, an armament of 2 rifled 16cm guns and 4-12cm guns, and a crew numbering 100-134 men (1885: 101 Europeans, 33 natives).

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1891-1892.