The Bromo class were a class of large paddle-steamers (sloops) of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies. The class comprised Bromo (1874)...

was impressed by the Bromo class. He described the ideal type of steamship for the Indies as a 450-550 hp ship, modeled on Bromo, and with suitable arrangements...

became a knight 3rd class in the Military Order of William in December 1846. In January 1848 De Smit van den Broecke sailed the Bromo towards home, and...

therefore faster Watergeus-class sloops. In 1862 it was decided that instead of a traditional full battery, the Watergeus-class sloops would be armed with 5...

steam locomotives. These were called the Etna, Hecla, Vesuvius, Atlas and Bromo. Some of these served till 1866. Steam ship engines would become a core...