[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).

Later that year on 16 April the ship made a trip to Melbourne and Albany, Australia to represent the government of the Dutch East Indies at the opening of the Australian parliament in May 1901.

The journey made stops at Tanjung Priok, Mahé, Perim, Port Said, Algiers and Tangier before arriving at Den Helder on 30 August.

[7] On 18 June 1914 the ship left for Durrës to retrieve the remains of Major Lodewijk Thomson and bring them back to the Netherlands.

[8] On 6 January 1916 the British submarine HMS E17 stranded on the Dutch coast but managed to pull itself loose.

On 17 May 1940 the ship was set on fire by its own crew to prevent it to be captured by the invading German forces.