HNLMS Sumatra (1890)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Sumatra.
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)

Design and construction

The design resembled a smaller version of the Esmeralda concept (the 1883 protected cruiser built by Armstrong/Elswick shipyards for Chile) and is most similar in size to the Chinese protected cruiser Chi Yuan (1883) a ship built at about the same time as Esmeralda. Sumatra had the 8.2-inch gun forward and the 5.9-inch gun aft, both in shields, with sponsons on the sides for the two 4.7-inch guns. The Dutch Navy also built a larger protected cruiser with even heavier armament, Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden launched in 1892, which had an 11-inch gun forward and was most comparable to the Japanese protected cruisers of the Matsushima type.[1] These ships represented a design philosophy in which navies that could not afford first-class battleships (including the Netherlands) mounted heavy weapons on coastal defense ships or moderately sized protected cruisers with the idea these ships would pose a threat to first-class opponents.

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References
  1. Conways, p.376

Bibliography
  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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