British HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
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Part of Admiralen-class preceded by Wolf-class succeeded by Gerard Callenbugh-class. Dimensions 98,15 x 9,45 x 3,00m and a displacement of 1,316-1.680 (full load) tons. They were built after the drawing supplied by the British Yarrow yard and based on the design of the British experimental destroyers Ambuscade and Amazone. On stocks by Burgerhout’s Scheepswerf and Machinefabriek at Rotterdam 5 August 1925, launched 29 September 1926 and commissioned 12 April 1928. Call sign EV. Part of the Allied ABDA-squadron commanded by the Dutch rear admiral Karel Doorman. She tried to escape with the American cruiser Houston and the Australian cruiser Perth via Sunda Strait to the Indian Ocean the day after the disastrous battle in the Java Sea (27 February 1942). Heavily damaged in the fight with Japanese cruisers and destroyers she was set on fire by her own crew in sinking condition on the coast reef of the island Seboekoe Besar.
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