Without waiting for proof of the abilities of the Haarlemmermeer the Dutch navy ordered a second batch of these vessels, the Soestdijk class.

[4] Even before the lead ship of the Haarlemmermeer class had been commissioned, the Soestdijk and Coehoorn were laid down at the (state owned) Rijkswerf Amsterdam.

The explanation for the difference is that in the overview of active ships Tideman gave the length between perpendiculars.

By the time that the first ships of the Soestdijk class were commissioned, this inquiry had long been finished.

The Aart van Nes was decommissioned in 1879 in Surabaya[6] and converted to a ship for pilots on the eastern approaches of the city.