HNLMS Sumatra (1890)

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	1 × 8.2 inch/35 caliber gun; 1 × 5.9 inch/35 caliber gun; 2 × 4.7 inch/35 caliber guns (2x1); 4 × 1-pounder guns; 2 × 1-pounder revolvers; 2 × 14-inch torpedo tubes;
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.

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