HMS Durban
Videos
HMS Durban was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 29 May 1919 and commissioned on 1 November 1921.
HMS Durban
HMS Durban and HNLMS Sumatra (foreground) half-sunk amid a line of block ships, 9 June 1944
HNLMS Sumatra (1920)
Videos
HNLMS Sumatra was a Java-class light cruiser operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was designed to defend the Dutch East Indies and outperform all potential rivals. She was laid down in 1916, bu
HMS Durban
…where further modifications were made in Portsmouth between June and August. She then escorted convoys from Britain to South Africa. HMS Durban and HNLMS Sumatra (foreground) half-sunk amid a line of block ships, 9 June 1944 On 8 December 1942 the ship grounded in the entrance to Mombasa harbour. After refloating…
Sumatra sometime before 1935
Her single-barrel open turrets were already obsolete by the time Sumatra entered service.