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...lass cruiser|''Java''-class cruiser]], a class of Dutch World War II light cruisers * [[Java-class frigate (1813)|''Java''-class friagte (1813)]], a class of American frigate ...

...tates)|Rear Admiral]] in the United States Navy. She was sunk by Japanese cruisers, approximately 200 miles east of [[Christmas Island]] on or around 2 March ...Allied ships from the area. The force consisted of four battleships, five cruisers of Cruiser Division 4, the [[aircraft carrier]]s {{Ship|Japanese aircraft c ...

| strength1 = 3 cruisers<br>7 destroyers<br>2 submarines<br/>20 aircraft ...wo American destroyers to retire to the southeast instead of following the cruisers to the northeast. In the darkness, ''Asashio'' and ''Oshio'' mistook each o ...

{{Short description|Class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy}} ...d to defend the [[Dutch East Indies]] against the [[Empire of Japan]], the cruisers were designed in 1916 to be the best in the world. However, a series of iss ...

...bs.com/SundaStrait.html |archive-date = 2014-12-03 }}</ref> The two Allied cruisers were sunk, while a Japanese [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] and a transp ...

...g ''Scipion''), thirteen frigates, seven [[Sloop-of-war|sloops]] and eight cruisers of the [[British East India Company|East India Company]], [[Invasion of Jav ...

|Ship commissioned=30 November 1925<ref>Lacroix, ''Japanese Cruisers'', p. 794</ref> ...as the third (and final) vessel completed in the ''Sendai'' class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flags ...

| strength1 = 4 cruisers<br/>7 destroyers | casualties1 = 70 sailors killed<br>2 cruisers damaged ...

...|Houston|CA-30|2}}. Following the attack, ''Edwards'' escorted the damaged cruisers via [[Lombok Strait]] to [[Tjilatjap]] on the southern coast of [[Java (isl ...

{{Short description|Class of British heavy cruisers}} ...of the preceding {{sclass2|County|cruiser|4}}, scaled down to enable more cruisers to be built from the limited defence budgets of the late 1920s. ...

...Sound#World War II|The Slot]] towards the Shortlands. One of the American cruisers was sunk, and a further three were damaged. ...ok|last=Lacroix|first=Eric|author2=Linton Wells |year=1997|title= Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-311-3}} ...

...' and ''Perth'' left at 19:00, ''Evertsen'' was not ready and followed the cruisers two hours later. ...} were closest to the convoy. Flanking the bay to the north were the heavy cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma| ...

...avy]]. Intended to reinforce the older [[Java-class cruiser|''Java''-class cruisers]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]], her design and construction were limited by ...d Series |location=London}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=16–17|page=14}} Three ''Java'' cruisers were initially planned, however the third, ''Celebes''—intended as the flag ...

...vert|150|mm|abbr=on}} [[Krupp]] guns, the same type and calibre as for the cruisers [[Java class cruiser|''Java'' and ''Sumatra'']]). Their main asset was an a ...

...s senior Japanese commander in the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], sinking two cruisers and three destroyers in exchange for damage to a single Japanese destroyer. ...

...aptain (naval)|captain]] in 1937 for the Dutch East Indies, commanding the cruisers {{HNLMS|Sumatra|1920|2}} and {{HNLMS|Java|1921|2}}. In August 1938, he was ...oops, three waves of counterattacks were planned. The first wave involving cruisers and destroyers was unsuccessful, culminating in the sinking of the Dutch de ...

...h|year=2001|title=Question 14/00: Characteristics of Dutch ''Tromp'' Class Cruisers|journal=Warship International|volume=XXXVIII|issue=2|pages=136–141|issn=004 {{Tromp class cruisers}} ...

...oning|decommissioned]] in 1972. Her sister ship followed suit in 1975; the cruisers were replaced in Dutch service by the two {{sclass|Tromp|frigate}}s. * Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 196 ...