![]() Java before reconstruction
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Name | Java |
Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Flushing |
Laid down | 31 May 1916 |
Launched | 6 August 1921 |
Commissioned | 1 May 1925 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese cruiser Nachi on 27 February 1942. Later illegally salvaged. |
General characteristics | |
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 | 73,000 shp (54,000 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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Armour |
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Aircraft carried | 2 Fokker C.XI-W floatplanes |
HNLMS Java was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942.