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The Dutch ship '''HNLMS ''Java''''' launched in 1885 at Rotterdam was a sloop or small unprotected cruiser. <ref name=con309>Conways, p.376 </ref>

The ship was named after the island of [[Java (island)|Java]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (now [[Indonesia]]). This ship was a small colonial warship, larger than most gunboats but weaker than a [[protected cruiser]]. The term [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] in the steamship era was used by some navies including the British Navy for what were essentially large gunboats. The ''Java'' resembled the Spanish unprotected cruisers of the [[Velasco class cruiser|''Velasco'']] class, which were used for colonial duties (and the unsuccessful defense of Manila Bay in 1898).

On 27 March 1886, she collided with the British [[full-rigged ship]] ''Loch Broom'' in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|12|nmi|km}} west of the [[Eddystone Rocks|Eddystone Rock]], [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and was severely damaged. Four of her crew got aboard ''Loch Broom''. HNLMS ''Java'' was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]] to [[Java]], [[Netherlands East Indies]]. She put in to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times290386a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=29 March 1886 |issue=31719 |page=7 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times310386>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=31 March 1886 |issue=31721 |page=10 |column=D }}</ref>

This article is about the Dutch steam-powered sloop ''Java'' (1885). For the pre- World War 2 light cruiser HNLMS Java see the article [[Java class cruiser]].

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The Dutch ship ''Java'' launched in 1885 at Rotterdam was a sloop or small unprotected cruiser. <ref name=con309>Conways, p.376 </ref>

The ship was named after the island of [[Java (island)|Java]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (now [[Indonesia]]). This ship was a small colonial warship, larger than most gunboats but weaker than a [[protected cruiser]]. The term [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] in the steamship era was used by some navies including the British Navy for what were essentially large gunboats. The ''Java'' resembled the Spanish unprotected cruisers of the ''Velasco'' class, which were used for colonial duties (and the unsuccessful defense of Manila Bay in 1898).

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== References ==

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*{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860—19051860–1905|editor=Gardiner, Robert|publisher=Mayflower Books|___location=New York|dateyear=1979|isbn=978-0-8317-0302-48|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2}}

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