An item reported that the Dutch queen Wilhelmina attended the launching at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29 December 1920 of the Dutch light cruiser Hr.Ms. Sumatra, which was to serve in the Dutch East Indies.(1)
Note
1. Laid down at the yard of the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam on 15 July 1916, launched 29 December 1920, scuttled as a block ship off Quistreham, France as part of an artificial harbour which was never realized. The wreck was sold in February 1951 to Persia [Iran] to be broken up. Due to lacking material caused by the First World War, enough budget and the loss of her turbines by fire was her launching and completion delayed. After the approval of the budget for 1919 was the building of the Sumatra and her sister ship Java continued. The ships were built based on a Krupp-design but in fact were both ships all altered before they even were commissioned.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB/24/118/41
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