HNLMS Java (1921)
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HNLMS Java was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942.
Java before reconstruction
Java in 1925
Forward main armament on Java
Java in c. 1939
Royal Netherlands Navy
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The Royal Netherlands Navy is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is one of the four Netherlands Armed Forces. It was founded on 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest naval force in the world.
The Battle of Scheveningen in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War
HNLMS Java, ca. 1941
Piet de Jong, commanding officer of HNLMS Gelderland in 1958
The Standing NRF Maritime Group 1 in 2007 with HNLMS Evertsen second from the right