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[[File:H.M. Java 1935-5 in Nederlands Indië.jpg|thumb|''Java'' after her 1937 refit. Note her shorter and thicker mast. ]]

=== Peace time ===

After she entered service, ''Java'' sailed to [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]] before she left for the Dutch East Indies. She was soon fitted with [[Derrick|derricks]] to support two planes. The first aircraft she was fitted with was the [[Fairey IIID#IIID|Fairey IIID]], although they were fragile and replaced by the [[Fokker C.VII-W]] floatplane in 1926. For the next several years, she operated in the [[Indonesian archipelago|Indonesian Archipelago]] and visited numerous cities throughout [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]]. In 1937, she left Asia and protected convoys traveling through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] for several months in 1937. While in Europe, she participated in the [[Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth#The Coronation Review of the Fleet|1937 Spithead Fleet Review]] before returning to the Netherlands for a refit. During her refit, her anti-air armament was swapped out four twin [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|Borfors]] [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|{{Convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] guns, the masts were rebuilt and shortened, and four {{Convert|12.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} [[Machine gun|machine guns]] were added. Once work was done in January 1938, she resumed convoy escort duty in Gibraltar before she returned to the East Indies in May.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp|page=|pages=190-191}}

===Dutch East Indies Campaign===