[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).

[4] On 6 July 1904, Utrecht and Gelderland both ran aground near Aroes Lampoejang, South Sumatra because of incomplete maps.

Later that year on 18 September, Utrecht assisted Van Outshoorn of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij that had hit a cliff.

The journey took them to Tanjung Priok, Mahé, Perim, Port Said, Algiers and Tangier before they arriving on 30 August at Den Helder.

During this review the crew of Utrecht dressed in seventeenth century costumes and sailed on a replica of Hudson's ship Halve Maen that was built by the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam.

[7] 25 April 1910, the ship left Paramaribo for a trip to Buenos Aires for the celebration of 100 years independence of Argentina.