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  1. HNLMS Sumatra was the second of the Java-class light cruisers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and scuttled on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham, as part of a gooseberry pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord. destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #cruiser #RoyalNetherlandsNavy #HNLMSSumatra

  2. HNLMS Sumatra was the second of the Java-class light cruisers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and scuttled on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham, as part of a gooseberry pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord. destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #cruiser #RoyalNetherlandsNavy #HNLMSSumatra

  3. HNLMS Sumatra was the second of the Java-class light cruisers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and scuttled on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham, as part of a gooseberry pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord. destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #cruiser #RoyalNetherlandsNavy #HNLMSSumatra

  4. HNLMS Sumatra was the second of the Java-class light cruisers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and scuttled on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham, as part of a gooseberry pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord. destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #cruiser #RoyalNetherlandsNavy #HNLMSSumatra

  5. HNLMS Sumatra was the second of the Java-class light cruisers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and scuttled on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham, as part of a gooseberry pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord. destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #cruiser #RoyalNetherlandsNavy #HNLMSSumatra

  6. Rotors over : a Royal Netherlands Navy NH90 NFH (N-317) banks with the door open as the Netherlands Coast Guard Leonardo AW189 SAR sweeps by during SAIL 2025.
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  7. Rotors over : a Royal Netherlands Navy NH90 NFH (N-317) banks with the door open as the Netherlands Coast Guard Leonardo AW189 SAR sweeps by during SAIL 2025.
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  8. HNLMS De Ruyter (1935) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy commissioned on 3 October 1936. De Ruyter was intended to operated with two other light cruisers Java and Sumatra in defence of the Netherlands East Indies.

    During the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, HMLS De Ruyter was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea. destinationsjourney.com/nether #HNLMSDeRuyter #LightCruiser #Cruiser #NavalHistory #WW2 #RoyalNetherlandsNavy

  9. HNLMS De Ruyter (1935) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy commissioned on 3 October 1936. De Ruyter was intended to operated with two other light cruisers Java and Sumatra in defence of the Netherlands East Indies.

    During the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, HMLS De Ruyter was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea. destinationsjourney.com/nether #HNLMSDeRuyter #LightCruiser #Cruiser #NavalHistory #WW2 #RoyalNetherlandsNavy

  10. The lead-ship of her class of six #protectedcruisers built for the #RoyalNetherlandsNavy, #HNLMSHolland was launched on 4 October 1896

    Holland spent her career in the #NetherlandsEastIndies. During the #BoxerRebellion of 1900, along with other Dutch #warships, she safeguarded Dutch and European interests in Shanghai. She again safeguarded European citizens during the fall of Imperial China in 1911.

    HNLMS Holland was decommissioned in 1920 #cruiser #warship #maritime destinationsjourney.com/histor