Netherland Cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter
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 Eat Indies.
During the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, HMLS De Ruyter was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea.
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Displacement | 6,442 long tons (6,545 t) (standard) 7,548 long tons (7,669 t) (full) |
| Length | 170.9 m (560 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 15.7 m (51 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 66,000 shp (49,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 3 × Parsons geared steam turbines 6 × Yarrow boilers2 × shafts |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 435 max |
| Armament | 7 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3×2; 1×1) 10 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns (5×2) 8 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Browning machine guns |
| Armor | Belt: 5 cm (2.0 in) Deck: 3 cm (1.2 in) Turrets: 3 cm (1.2 in) |
| Aircraft carried | 2 × Fokker C-11W floatplanes |
