Editing Java-class cruiser (section)

===''Java''===
After she was commissioned, ''Java'' sailed to the East Indies and visited several cities throughout [[East Asia]] and [[Oceania]]. In 1937, she returned to Europe to escort convoys through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and underwent a refit in 1938. By 1939, she continued to escort convoys in Asia before she joined an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] fleet and participated in several attempts to repulse [[Dutch East Indies campaign|Japanese invasions of the East Indies]]. After several failed attacks, the cruiser was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk while attempting to prevent the [[Battle of Java (1942)|invasion of Java]] during the [[Battle of the Java Sea]].{{sfn|Whitley|1996|p=190-191}} Her outdated design proved fatal as she lacked modern protections and redundancies. She was struck by a Japanese torpedo on her stern, which caused her aft magazine to detonate. The resulting explosion ripped apart the ship, and she sank in about 15 minutes with most of her crew.{{sfn|Cox|2014|p=316-317}}