HNLMS Sumatra (1920)
Sumatra
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| 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 |
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| Type: | Java-class cruiser |
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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 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 Fokker C.XI-W floatplanes |
HNLMS Sumatra (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Sumatra) was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was launched during World War I and saw action during World War II. She was scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham as part of a "gooseberry" pier to protect an artificial Allied Mulberry Harbour built as part of Operation Overlord.
Sumatra was built by the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij in Amsterdam. She was laid down on 15 July 1916 and launched on 29 December 1920 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
The turbines intended for the ship were destroyed by fire on 31 May 1922 at Werkspoor in Amsterdam.
On 26 May 1926 the ship was commissioned into the Dutch Navy. Later that year, on 21 September, Sumatra left the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies. The sailed via New York City, the Panama Canal, San Francisco, Shanghai and Nagasaki.
On 19 February 1927, Sumatra was deployed to Shanghai to protect Dutch citizens and interests because of rising tension between Nationalists and Communists. On 23 March, Sumatra and foreign warship prepared for the evacuation of civilians after fighting had broken out between Nationalists and Communists. A landing party of 140 men from the ship took up position in Shanghai's business quarter. Afterwards, Sumatra returned to Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies on 12 May 1927.
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