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| Tonnage | 6670 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 473'4" by 48'9" by 18'6" 155.3m by 16m by 6.1m |
| Maximum speed | 31 knots |
| Complement | 525 |
| Aircraft | 2 seaplanes |
| Armament | 10x1 5.9"/50
guns 8x1 40mm Bofors AA guns 8 0.50 machine guns |
| Protection | 2" (50mm) belt aft 3" (75mm) belt machinery and magazines 2.4" (60mm) bulkheads 1" (25mm) armor deck with 2" (50mm) slopes to upper edge of belt 3.9"/1" (100mm/25mm) turret vertical/horizontal 2" (50mm) uptakes 4.9" (125mm) conning tower |
| Machinery |
3-shaft Germania geared turbine
(72,000 shp) 8 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers |
| Bunkerage | 1200 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 3600 nautical miles (6600 km) at 12 knots |
The Sumatras were laid down in 1916 as a very modern design intended as flagships for the Netherlands East Indies squadron. However, they were not completed until 1925-26. They were thus badly obsolete from the day they joined the fleet. Sumatra herself was decommissioned at Surabaya when war broke out in the Pacific, but sailed to England for recommissioning and service in the Atlantic.
| Java | Torpedoed
1942-2-27 by Nachi in the Java Sea |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-4-13)
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