Java class

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Java class
The Java
The Java
Ship data
Ship type Light cruiser
Construction period 1916 to 1926
Launch of the type ship August 9, 1921
Units built 2
period of service 1925 to 1944
Ship dimensions and crew
length
155.3 m ( Lüa )
153.0 m ( KWL )
width 16.0 m
Draft Max. 5.49 m
displacement Standard : 6,670 ts / 6,777 t
Use: 8,203 ts / 8,339 t
 
crew 526 officers and men
Machine system
machine 8 steam boilers
3 turbine sets
Machine
performance 		72,000 PS (52,956 kW)
Top
speed 		31 kn (57 km / h)
propeller 3
Armament
  • 10 × 150 mm guns (10 × 1)
  • 6-8 x 40 mm flak
  • 8 × 12.7 mm MG
Others
Catapults 1
Aircraft 2

The Java class was a class of two light cruisers built during the First World War of the Dutch Navy and named after islands in the Dutch East Indies .

construction

Mr. Ms. Java

The Java class was designed by the Germania shipyard in Kiel on behalf of the Netherlands, but it was built at Dutch shipyards. They were supposed to act as a counterweight to the Japanese cruisers of the Chikuma class and were therefore armed with 10 15.0 cm guns. However, these were still set up individually and only provided with protective shields and not yet in closed gun turrets . By setting up the guns (two in front and two aft and three on the sides), only seven guns could be used in the broadside . After numerous delays, the ships were only finished after more than nine years of construction. As a result, they were practically out of date by the time they were put into service.

Two ships of this class were built, the Java and the Sumatra . The construction of the planned third cruiser Celebes , which was intended as a fleet flagship and would therefore have been somewhat larger, was canceled before construction began.

History and commitment

Both ships were in service until World War II . During the Spanish Civil War and World War II, both cruisers were used largely for convoy protection. After the German attack on the Netherlands in 1940, Sumatra transported members of the Dutch royal family to Canada . When the war in the Pacific broke out , the Java was in the Dutch East Indies and was part of the ABDA fleet , which tried to prevent the Japanese advance towards the British and Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia . The cruiser was sunk in the battle in the Java Sea . The Sumatra was in 1944 landing in Normandy along with other aging vessels as a breakwater for a Mulberry Harbor sunk.

List of ships

Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Whereabouts
Java Koninklijke Maatschappij "De Schelde" ,
Vlissingen 		May 31, 1916 August 9, 1921 May 1, 1925 sunk on February 27, 1942 by torpedo hits during the Battle of the Java Sea
Sumatra Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij ,
Amsterdam 		July 15, 1916 December 29, 1920 May 26, 1926 decommissioned on April 29, 1944 and sunk on June 9, 1944 as a breakwater
off Ouistreham ( Mulberry Harbor )
Celebes Wilton-Fijenoord ,
Rotterdam 		Construction contract canceled in 1919

literature

  • Mike J. Whitley: Cruiser in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-613-01842-6 , p. 220-220 .

Web links

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