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| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Sumatra |
| Builder | Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere Werktuigen, Amsterdam |
| Launched | 1890 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 1693 tons |
| Length | 229 ft 7 in (69.98 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 1 in (11.30 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion | 2,350 ihp (1,750 kW) |
| Speed | 17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Capacity | 207 to 276 tons of coal |
| Complement | 181 |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) |
The Dutch cruiser HNLMS Sumatra was a small protected cruiser with a heavy main gun. The ship was named after the island of Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It was discarded in 1907.
Design and construction
[edit]The design resembled a smaller version of the Esmeralda concept (the 1883 protected cruiser built by Armstrong/Elswick shipyards for Chile) and is most similar in size to the Chinese protected cruiser Chi Yuan (1883) a ship built at about the same time as Esmeralda.
Sumatra was armed with: one 21 cm A. No. 2 (Krupp 21 cm L/35) forward and one 15 cm A. No.2 (Krupp 15 cm MRK L/35) aft, both in shields. On the sides were sponsons for two 12 cm L.A. The smaller guns were: one 7.5 cm A., four 3.7 cm, two 3.7 cm revolver guns, and one mr. 7.5 cm A.[1]
The Dutch Navy also built a larger protected cruiser with heavier armament, Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden launched in 1892, which had an 11-inch gun forward and was most comparable to the Japanese protected cruisers of the Matsushima type.[2] These ships represented a design philosophy in which navies that could not afford first-class battleships (including the Netherlands) mounted heavy weapons on coastal defense ships or moderately sized protected cruisers with the idea these ships would pose a threat to first-class opponents.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Zeemacht 1900, p. 94.
- ^ Conways, p.376
Bibliography
[edit]- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- "Algemeen Overzicht der Scheepen en Vaartuigen van Oorlog". Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht. Vereins deutscher Eisen- und Stahlindustrieller und der Vereins deutscher Eisenhüttenleute. 1900. pp. 69–105.