Editing Java-class cruiser (section)

===''Sumatra''===
''Sumatra'' likewise operated with ''Java'' in the East Indies. Upon ''Java''{{'}}s return from her 1938 refit, ''Sumatra'' sailed to Europe where she also escorted convoys during the Spanish Civil War and served as a [[training ship]]. She was docked and awaited her own refit in May 1940 when [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] invaded the Netherlands. She then fled for the United Kingdom and was placed under the command of the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]]. The next month, she sailed for Canada to evacuate members of the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|Dutch Royal Family]] and later patrolled the [[Caribbean]] and [[Mid-Atlantic gap|mid-Atlantic]] for [[commerce raiding]]. Later that year, she returned to the East Indies, was retrofitted, and had her crew reassigned to other vessels. After war was declared against Japan, the cruiser fled Asia with only a portion of her crew and machinery online. She sailed around the world and arrived back to the United Kingdom. The Royal Navy viewed her as obsolete, and had her disarmed to replace worn-out weapons on other Dutch vessels and later had her sunk as a breakwater during the construction of an [[Mulberry harbours|artificial harbors]] after the [[Operation Overlord|Invasion of Normandy]].{{sfn|Whitley|1996|p=191}}{{Sfn|Willigenburg|2010|p=16,24}}