Dutch Screw Steamer 4th Class Palembang and Sambas

anonymous, 1874

Schroefstoomschip 4de klasse gezien op de bakboordzijde. Het gefotografeerde schip is de Palembang of de Sambas.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberNG-MC-1331
  • Dimensionsheight 36.7 cm x width 44.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicspaper

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    Dutch Screw Steamer 4th Class Palembang and Sambas (title on object)

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    NG-MC-1331

  • Description

    Schroefstoomschip 4de klasse gezien op de bakboordzijde. Het gefotografeerde schip is de Palembang of de Sambas.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, bottom centre: ‘Zr Ms Schroefschepen ‘Palembang’ en ‘Sambas,’ / gebouwd door de Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij. - Etablissement Fijenoord. - 1874.’

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Creation

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    photographer: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1874

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    paper

  • Dimensions

    height 36.7 cm x width 44.3 cm

Explanatory note

  • De Palembang en de Sambas, lang 42 m., werden in 1873-1874 gebouwd door de Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij Etablissement Fijenoord in Rotterdam voor dienst in Oost-Indië; compsietbouw. De Palembang werd in 1888 verkocht, de Sambas in 1896.

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    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Photograph of a Screw Steamer 4th Class

Netherlands, 1874

Inscriptions

  • inscription, bottom centre:Zr Ms Schroefschepen ‘Palembang’ en ‘Sambas,’ / gebouwd door de Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij. - Etablissement Fijenoord. - 1874.

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1331

Entry

Framed black-and-white photograph of a screw steamer 4th class in a canal, seen from the port side.

Palembang and Sambas, 42 metres long, were built by the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij Fijenoord in Rotterdam from 1873 to 1874 for service in the Dutch East Indies. They were both composite built. Palembang was sold out of the service in 1888, Sambas followed in 1896.1A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 74-75.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1331; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 74-75

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Photograph of a Screw Steamer 4th Class, Netherlands, 1874', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316154

(accessed 24 March 2026 16:48:45).

Footnotes

  • 1A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 74-75.