HNLMS Sumatra (1920)

	Sumatra
History
Netherlands
Name	Sumatra
Builder	Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam
Laid down	15 July 1916
Launched	29 December 1920
Commissioned	26 May 1926
Fate	Scuttled on 9 June 1944
General characteristics
Type	Java-class cruiser
Displacement	6670 tons standard; 8087 tons full load;
Length	155.3 m (509 ft 6 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.22 m (20 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	82,000 shp (61,000 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
Armament	10 × Bofors 150 mm guns; 6 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 8 × Browning .50 machine guns;
Armour	7.5 cm (3.0 in) belt; 2,5 to 5 cm (2.0 in) deck; 12.5 cm (4.9 in) conning tower; 10 cm (3.9 in) shields;
Aircraft carried	2 Fokker C.XI-W floatplanes

HNLMS Sumatra was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was launched during World War I and saw action during World War II. She was scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham as part of a "gooseberry" pier to protect an artificial Allied Mulberry Harbour built as part of Operation Overlord.

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