HNLMS Java

HNLMS Java was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Designed in 1916 built in the Schelde naval shipyards and launched on 9 August 1921, Java was already old-fashioned by the time she was commissioned in 1925.

Java saw action, mostly as a convoy escort, during the Spanish Civil War and during World War II.

She fought in the battle of Badung Strait in February 1942.

She was sunk by, reportedly, a Long Lance torpedo from the Japanese cruiser Nachi during the battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942, and went down with the loss of 500 crew.

Her sister ship Sumatra was scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 as part of a pier to protect an artificial Mulberry Harbour built by the Allies as part of Operation Overlord.