HNLMS Sumatra (1920)
Sumatra
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Sumatra |
Builder | Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam |
Laid down | 15 July 1916 |
Launched | 29 December 1920 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1926 |
Fate | Scuttled on 9 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Java-class cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 155.3 m (509 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | 82,000 shp (61,000 kW), three shafts |
Speed | 31 knots |
Range | 4,340 nmi (8,040 km; 4,990 mi) at 11 or 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 526 |
Armament |
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Armour |
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Aircraft carried | 2 Fokker C.XI-W floatplanes |
HNLMS Sumatra was a
Construction
Sumatra was built by the
The turbines intended for the ship were destroyed by fire on 31 May 1922 at Werkspoor in Amsterdam.[2]
Service history
On 26 May 1926 the ship was commissioned into the Dutch Navy. Later that year, on 21 September, Sumatra left the Netherlands led by naval captain George Lodewijk Schorer for the Dutch East Indies, sailing via New York City, the Panama Canal, San Francisco, Shanghai and Nagasaki.[3]
On 19 February 1927, Sumatra was deployed to Shanghai to protect Dutch citizens and interests because of rising tension between
On 18 June 1930, she was recommissioned after an extensive refit at Surabaya after a turbine was damaged. On 28 July the ship returned to Surabaya for more repairs after a fire in the boiler room during speed trials. Sumatra was towed to Surabaya by Krakatau.[5]
While on exercises with the destroyers De Ruyter and Evertsen and five submarines Sumatra was stranded on an uncharted reef near the island of Kebatoe on 14 May 1931. Three days later, she was pulled lose by Soemba and a tug. Afterwards, she was towed to Surabaya for repair until 21 September.[6]
From December 1933 until mid-1935, Sumatra was modernized at Surabaya. Among the improvements was the replacement of the original four 75 mm anti-aircraft guns by six 40 mm guns.[7]
On 16 November 1935, Sumatra and the destroyers
On 23 August 1936 Sumatra, her sister ship Java and the destroyers Van Galen, Witte de With and Piet Hein were present at the fleet day held at Surabaya. Later that year, on 13 November, she and her sister ship and the destroyers Evertsen, Witte de With and Piet Hein visited Singapore. Before the visit they had exercised in the Chinese Sea.[9]
On 8 June 1938 the ship sailed from Tanjung Priok to the Netherlands. From 8 to 17 July she performed convoy duties during the Spanish Civil War in the Strait of Gibraltar. Afterwards the ship returned to the Netherlands where she arrived on 22 July 1938 in Den Helder. Later that year on 3 September she participated in a fleet review off the coast of Scheveningen held in honor of Queen Wilhelmina who was than 40 years head of state.[10]
World War II
As the Netherlands were overrun by the German Army during May 1940, Sumatra left the Netherlands for England. After having a degaussing cable installed to protect her from magnetic mines, she proceeded to Milford Haven. Princess
During the fall of 1940, Sumatra made her way to the Dutch East Indies where she was immediately laid up for an extensive overhaul. This overhaul was not completed in January 1942 when
On 14 February 1951 her wreck was auctioned with other wrecks to be scrapped.[12]
References
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1920". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1922". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1926". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1927". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1930". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1931". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1933". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1935". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1936". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1938". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1940". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ "Sumatra history". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
Bibliography
- Caruana, J. (1991). "Question 14/90". Warship International. XXVIII (3): 299–300. ISSN 0043-0374.