HNLMS Sumatra (1920)
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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
Sumatra sometime before 1935
Her single-barrel open turrets were already obsolete by the time Sumatra entered service.
Sumatra sunk as part of a breakwater, June 9, 1944. The scuttled wreck of HMS Durban is behind her.
HMS Durban
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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.
HNLMS Sumatra (1920)
…the North Sea and Mediterranean before work on the refit began. World War II Sumatra sunk as part of a breakwater, June 9, 1944. The scuttled wreck of HMS Durban is behind her. Sumatra was awaiting her refit in Vlissingen when the Netherlands was invaded in May 1940. Alongside most of the Dutch ships in the…
HMS Durban