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Monday, 16 October 2017

Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra visited the Dutch East Indies harbours in 1932

Sister ship HMAS Australia

An item reported that the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Surabaya 22-27 September 1932 and Tandjong Priok 29 September-4 October 1932.(1)

Note
1. County-class Kent sub class heavy cruiser consisting of the Berwick, Cornwall, Cumberland, Kent, Suffolk, Australia and Canberra, preceded by the Hawkins-class and succeeded by the York-class, laid down by John Brown&Company, Clydebank, Scotland with yard number 513 on 9 September 1925, launched on 31 May 1927, commissioned on 9 July 1928, completed on 19 July 1928 and heavily damaged during the battle off Savo Islands against Japanese forces on 9 August 1942 was she to be scuttled.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1931-1932.