British cruiser HMS Dorsetshire intended to visit the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newpspaper De Indische courant dated 17 February 1938

HMS Dorsetshire

Hawkins-class

An item reported that the British cruiser HMS Dorsetshire would arrive on 4 March at Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies coming from Singapore for a stay of 4 days. Probably her next stop was to be Australia.(1)

Note

1. Of the County-class heavy cruisers, preceded by Hawking-class, succeeded by York-class, laid down by Portsmouth Dockyard on 21 September 1927, launched on 29 January 1929, commissioned on 30 September 1930 and sunk on 5 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft while underway to Colombo, Ceylon.