Koetei was laid down at the shipyard of the Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam and launched on 16 April 1898.

Rossia was stranded at Diamant Punt, Aceh while en route from Odessa to Vladivostok transporting grain and railroad equipment.

Siboga was laid down at the shipyard of the Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam and launched on 28 April 1898.

Assahan was laid down at the shipyard of Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord at Rotterdam and launched in 1900.

Armed sloops of Hertog Hendrik, Zeeland and Assahan protected the landing of Dutch forces near Patiro on 20 July 1905.