Description
The ship was long, had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 778 tons and 788 tons at full load. The ships had a top speed of . The main armaments of the ship were two 10.5 cm SK L/35, single guns and one gun.Koloniaal verslag van 1901, Bijlage C [5.5], p. 6 The ship had a complement of 97 men.Construction
Service history
All ships were meant to serve in the Dutch East Indies.Koetei
''Koetei'' was laid down at the shipyard of the ''Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij'' at Amsterdam and launched on 16 April 1898. During a fleet review on 15 September that year held on the Hollands Diep in honor of the coronation of the Dutch queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands the ship left for the Dutch East Indies. On 27 May 1900 ''Koetei'' pulled the Russian steamship ''Rossia'' loss. ''Rossia'' was stranded at ''Diamant Punt'', Aceh while en route from Odessa to Vladivostok transporting grain and railroad equipment. In 1931 she was moved to subsidiary duties.Siboga
''Siboga'' was laid down at the shipyard of the ''Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij'' at Amsterdam and launched on 28 April 1898. On 1 November that year she was commissioned in the Dutch navy. Later that year on 16 December the ship left for the Dutch East Indies where she arrived in Surabaya. On 7 March 1899 the ship left Surabaya for the Siboga Expedition, which lasted till 26 February 1900. In 1910 she was converted into a minelayer and sold in 1933.Assahan
''Assahan'' was laid down at the shipyard of ''Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord'' at Rotterdam and launched in 1900. 26 October that year she was commissioned in the Dutch navy. The ship was to serve in the Dutch Indies Navy (''Indische Militaire Marine)''. In 1905 the ship took part in an expeditions to South Sulawesi, Celebes. The expedition was undertaken against the lord of ''Boni''. Armed sloops of , and ''Assahan'' protected the landing of Dutch forces near Patiro on 20 July 1905. In 1917 she was converted into a minelayer and sold in 1931.Notes
References
*Koloniaal verslag van 1901