[1] The ship was equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) and produced a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h).

Because of the Second Boer War the ship was sent from Tanjung Priok on 24 October 1899 to Lourenço Marques to protect Dutch citizens and interests in the region.

[4] In 1902 the ship was sent to Colombo to pick up 10 Dutch volunteers who fought in the Boer war and were taken prisoner by the British and interned on Ceylon.

[5] On 12 July 1906 the ship left the port of Den Helder for practice on the North Sea and Arctic Ocean.

[7] In 1908 Friesland, Gelderland and Jacob van Heemskerck were sent to patrol the Venezuelan coast during the Second Castro crisis.