Atjeh), was an Atjeh-class unprotected cruiser built at the Rijkswerf Amsterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

However, in April 1881 her captain would indeed write that she had not docked in a small year and that she showed a typical characteristic of zinc plated ships.

[14] On 15 May Atjeh and Macassar then left on a trip to Northern Borneo, the Philippines, the Solok archipelago and Makassar.

During the first half of October she was sent to Muntok due to the outbreak of cholera on Java where she stayed over a month.

In the second half of November she made a trip along the North and East coast of Aceh.

In late December she was tasked with finding survivors of the shipwrecked SS Koning der Nederlanden in the Indian Ocean.

At Futila, Angola[22] she set ashore a landing party to help put down a rebellion of locals against a Dutch factory there.

On the journey back she stopped at Lisbon for provisions, docked at Ferrol and visited Portsmouth.

[23] Atjeh left Texel for the West Indies on 18 November 1885 and arrived on 30 December at Curaçao, where she replaced Bonaire as station ship.

[24] In November and December 1886 the ship made trips to Colombia and Santo Domingo to show the flag.

On 13 February 1887 she was relieved as station ship by Koningin Emma der Nederlanden.

[25] Atjeh left Curaçao for the Netherlands on 15 February 1887 and arrived on 27 March at Texel.

[26][27][28] On 2 July 1889 Atjeh left Texel and was joined by Tromp for exrecises on the North Sea.

[29] On 6 October 1889 Atjeh joined Tromp and Van Galen forming a division for foreign service, for practice on the Atlantic Ocean.

Here she relieved De Ruyter, but had to leave on 24 February for a trip to the Persian Gulf from whence she left in late April, steaming to Bombay and then to Aceh.

[36] Atjeh and Alkmaar represented the Dutch government at the opening of the Kiel Canal in June 1895.

[37] Atjeh again left Vlissingen for the East Indies on 5 September 1895, where she was to replace Koningin Emma der Nederlanden in the Auxiliary squadron.

In March and April that year she made a trip along the West and East coast of Celebes and from there to Ternate, Ambon, Banda Islands and back to Makassar.

After that she made a trip to the Lesser Sunda Islands until 24 July and spend a few days at Kupang.

[40] In July 1897 Atjeh made a trip to Gorontalo, Kema, Ternate and the West coast of Celebes.

[41] Next she left for Surabaya where she arrived at 1 April to move the 3,000 tons Dock to the bay of Sabang, Ache.

[44] In 1906 Atjeh was rebuilt as accommodation ship and commissioned as such on 8 November that year at the navel base Willemsoord, Den Helder.