Duguay-Trouin class
An item reported that the French cruiser Piquet visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Balik Papan between 24-26 November 1936, Macassar between 27 November-1 December 1936, Bali between 2-6 December 1936 and Batavia between 7-14 December 1936.(1)
Note
1. Part of the Duguay-Trouin class light cruisers consisting of the Duguay-Trouin, Lamotte-Picguet and Primauget, succeeded by the Jeanne d’Arc. Laid down at the Arsenal de Lorient, France on 17 January 1923, launched on 21 March 1924, commissioned on 5 March 1927, stationed in the Far East (French Indochina) since 1933, participated in defeating a Thai squadron on 14 January 1941, training hulk in October 1941, disarmed in November 1941 and sunk by American aircraft in the so-called South China Sea Raid in the harbour of Saigon on 12 January 1945. Broken up after the Second World War.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.
