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| Hr. Ms. Java | Picture #01 |
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Dutch Cruisers (Kruisers)
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| Hr. Ms. Java [Java-class Cruiser] |
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| Hr. Ms. Java | Picture #01 |
| 31.05.1916 | Laid down |
| 06.08.1921 | Launched |
| 01.05.1925 | Commissioned |
| 27.02.1942 | Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea |
| 13.08.1938-04.05.1939 | Kapitein ter zee H.J. Bueninck |
| 27.04.1940-26.05.1940 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee Ph.B.M. van Straelen |
| 27.05.1940-27.02.1942 | Kapitein ter zee Ph.B.M. van Straelen |
| Hr. Ms. Sumatra [Java-class Cruiser] |
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| Hr. Ms. Sumatra | Picture #02 |
| 15.07.1916 | Laid down |
| 29.12.1920 | Launched |
| 26.05.1926 | Commissioned |
| 09.06.1944 | Used as blockship for the Mulberry-harbor in the Normandy waters. |
| 01.02.1939-29.01.1941 | Kapitein ter zee C.H. Brouwer |
| 29.01.1941-27.01.1942 | Kapitein ter zee H.J. Bueninck |
| 27.01.1942-17.02.1943 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee J.J.L. Willinge |
| 17.02.1943-10.03.1944 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee I.W. Reijnierse |
| 10.03.1944-30.04.1944 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee H. Witte |
| 30.04.1944-09.06.1944 | Captain G.E. Sutcliff (Royal Navy) (acting) |
| Hr. Ms. De Ruyter [De Ruyter-class Cruiser] |
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| Hr. Ms. Ruyter | Picture #03 |
| 16.09.1933 | Laid down |
| 11.03.1935 | Launched |
| 03.10.1936 | Commissioned |
| 27.02.1942 | Torpedoed in the Battle of the Java Sea |
| 28.02.1942 | Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea |
| 04.05.1939-27.01.1941 | Kapitein ter zee H.J. Bueninck |
| 18.08.1941-27.02.1942 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee E.E.B. Lacomblé |
| Hr. Ms. Tromp [Tromp-class Cruiser] |
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| Hr. Ms. Tromp | Picture #04 |
| 17.01.1936 | Laid down |
| 24.05.1937 | Launched |
| 18.08.1938 | Commissioned |
| 19.07.1941-15.08.1942 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee J.B. de Meester |
| 16.08.1942-08.10.1943 | Kapitein ter zee J.B. de Meester |
| 08.10.1943-30.04.1946 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee F. Stam |
| 01.05.1946-17.03.1947 | Kapitein ter zee F. Stam |
| Hr. Ms. Jacob van Heemskerck [Tromp-class Cruiser] |
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| Hr. Ms. Jacob van Heemskerck | Picture #05 |
| 31.10.1938 | Laid down |
| 16.09.1939 | Launched |
| 10.05.1940 | Commissioned |
| 10.05.1940-14.05.1940 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse Jhr. A. van Foreest (acting) |
| 14.05.1940-15.08.1942 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee Jhr. E.J. van Holthe |
| 16.08.1942-30.04.1943 | Kapitein ter zee Jhr. E.J. van Holthe |
| 30.04.1943-27.05.1944 | Kapitein ter zee W. Harmsen |
| 27.05.1944-15.09.1944 | Kapitein ter zee W. van den Donker |
| 15.09.1944-15.10.1945 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee Jhr. G.A. Berg |
| Sources & links: | Ph.M. Bosscher, De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (ISBN 90-6135-371-8) |
| P.S. van 't Haaff & M.J.C. Klaassen (samenst.). Gedenkboek honderd jarig bestaan der Adelborsten-Opleiding te Willemsoord 1854-1954 (1954) | |
| M.J.C. Klaassen (samenst.). Gedenkboek honderdvijfentwintig jarig bestaan der Adelborstenopleiding te Willemsoord 1854-1979 (1979) | |
| Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II (ISBN 1-85170-494-9) | |
| Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | |
| Go2war2.nl | |
| Nautiek scheepvaart en watersport site | |
| Picture sources: | Picture #01: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II |
| Picture #02: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | |
| Picture #03: Go2war2.nl | |
| Picture #04: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | |
| Picture #05: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | |
| Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman |
| Site created by: | Jeroen Koppes |
| Thanks to: | Jan Visser from: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II |
| Last update: | 01.04.2003-CSS |