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Sunday 3 September 2017

British heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire visited Batavia, Dutch East Indies in 1937


An item reported that the British heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire visited Batavia, Dutch East Indies between 21 January-1 February 1937.(2)

Notes
1. Of the County-class heavy cruisers, laid down by Portsmouth Dockyard, England on 21 September 1927, launched on 29 January 1929, commissioned on 30 September 1930 and sunk during a Japanese aircraft attack while underway towards Colombo, Ceylon on 5 April 1942.
2. She departed from there back towards Singapore to attend the manoeuvres over there before returning to England. Commanded by captain Murray.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.