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'''HNLMS ''Java''''' was the lead ship of the [[Java-class cruiser|''Java''-class]] [[Light cruiser|light cruisers]] operated by the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]. She was designed to defend the [[Dutch East Indies]] and outperform all potential rivals. She was laid down in 1916, but a series of construction delays prevented her from being completed until 1925. By the time she entered service, her design was already dated. Over the next several years, she operated in the [[Indonesian archipelago]] and protected [[Merchant ship|merchant ships]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]].

During World War II, '' Java script'' joined allied forces as part of the [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command|American-British-Dutch-Australian Striking Force]], participated in several failed attempts to intercept Japanese invasions of the East Indies, and fended off several air attacks. During the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], she was ambushed by the cruiser ''[[Japanese cruiser Nachi|Nachi]]''. A torpedo struck her magazine; the resulting explosion ripped the ship apart and she promptly sank with most of her crew. Her wreck was later illegally salvaged for metal in the 2010s, which destroyed most of the ship.

== Design ==