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Java

HNLMS Java

Sunk

Royal Netherlands Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassJava
WarSecond World War
Main guns10 × 15 cm guns

Laid down before the First World War and completed in 1925. Fought at Badung Strait; torpedoed by Nachi at the Java Sea and sank in minutes.

Dutch cruiser Java prior to her 1937 refit with two tall, slender, masts. According to The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen, the photo was taken soon after her commissioning in 1925. The image is published by the Library of Victoria, who received the images in 1940 and releas Photo: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 10 × 15 cm guns
  • 4 × 7.5 cm (3.0 in) AA (removed 1935)
  • 8 × 40 mm AA (added 1935)
  • 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (added 1935)
  • 36 × mines

Armour

  • 7.5 cm (3.0 in) belt
  • 2.5 to 5 cm (2.0 in) deck
  • 12.5 cm (4.9 in) conning tower
  • 10 cm (3.9 in) shields
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde
Laid down31 May 1916
Launched6 August 1921
Displacement6670 tons standard 8339 tons full load
Length155.3 m (509 ft 6 in) overall 153 m (502 ft 0 in) waterline
Speed31 knots
Complement525

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 August 1921

19–20 February 1942

27 February 1942