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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 cruiser|''Velasco'']] class, which were used for colonial duties (and the unsuccessful defense of Manila Bay in 1898).
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