Dutch screw armoured steam corvette Zr.Ms./Hr.Ms. Sumatra 1888-1907

Source Vice admiraal Norman MacLeod. Chapter VI. De Marine, “Eene Halve Eeuw [1848-1898]

Laid down at the Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere Werktuigen at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 5 March 1888, launched on 26 April 1890, commissioned on 16 March 1891, decommissioned in the Netherlands 10 May 1902, laud up in 1905, stricken in 1906 and on 27 March 1907 sold to be broken up. Part of the Indische Military Marine and served in the Dutch East Indies.

Building costs included preparing for the first time for sea ƒ 1.066.000,00. Steel-built. With a displacement of 1.720 tons were her dimensions 70,00 x 11,30 x 4,35 metres. Her armour consisted of a 3,8cm thick deck and her turret was protected by 15cm. The two steam engines and 4 boilers and two screws made a speed of 12,84 miles possible. Coal bunker capacity 280 tons. The armament consisted of 1-21cm gun, 1-15cm gun, 2-12cm guns, 4-3,7cm guns, 2-3,7cm revolvers, 1-7,5cm mortar and 2 torpedo guns. Her crew numbered 167 men.