Royal Netherlands Navy — Cruiser class
Java-class cruiser
Java class
The class in numbers
- 3 Planned
- 2 Completed
- 1 Cancelled
- 2 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- Built
- 1916–1926
- In commission
- 1925–1944
- Preceded by
- Holland class
- Succeeded by
- HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
- Operators
- Netherlands
- Builders
- Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing
- Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam
- Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam (planned)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 6,669 long tons (6,776 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 8,207 long tons (8,339 t)
- Length
- 155.3 m (509.5 ft) OA
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Complement
- 525
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
- Armament
- 10 × 15.0 cm guns
- 8 (Java) or 6 (Sumatra) × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 8 × .5 in machine guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| HNLMS Java (1921) | 1921 | 1921 | Sunk 1942 |
| HNLMS Sumatra (1920) | 1920 | 1920 | Scuttled 1944 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Java-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.