Sumatra departs Freetown with the British trooptransport Orion. The Sumatra and Van Kinsbergen practice their shooting in the following night. The Sumatra takes part in the search for the German raider Widder which had disguised herself as the Swedish freighter Narvik.ĭeparture for the Netherlands East IndiesĪrrival in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sumatra leaves Jamaica for shooting practice. The cruiser departs Curaçao to conduct a patrol sweep off the Colombian and Venezuelan mainland, where some German merchants were at anchor. Sumatra and Lady Drake ( with soldiers of the "Shropshire Infantry" on board ) depart Kingston for Curaçao. Sumatra anchors in the Bermudas, but continues the voyage with the Lady Drake later that day. The contact proves to be false, as it is a British squadron conducting excercises.ĭeparture from Halifax for Bermuda escorting the British trooptransport Lady Drake. The Sumatra sights flares over the horizon and breaks away to investigate. The uncompleted Jacob van Heemskerck is acting as escort. Sumatra arrives in the morning, but departs Milford haven later that day with princess Juliana and her daughters on board. Since the evacuation of Dunkirk is in progress in the channel, the cruiser sails around Scotland to her destination. The Sumatra receives a degaussing cable for protection against magnetic mines.ĭeparture from Immingham to Milford Haven in the bay of Bristol.
Sumatra leaves Vlissingen in the early morning for Yarmouth, England. The ship is under command of captain C.H.
German aircraft lay mines near the entrance of the harbor, and are fired upon by the ships in the harbor. The Sumatra was stationed in Vlissingen on the Westerschelde for inspection of merchants. Fortunately, the engineroom managed to power up the engines and she could safely sail away from the dangerzone. Sumatra is at anchor off Callantsoog when suddenly the anchorline breaks and Sumatra started drifting towards a minefield. The Sumatra assisted the salvagecrew with her searchlights during the night.
While the Sumatra lies at anchor in Den Helder, the submarine O-11 is rammed by the tug Amsterdam with the loss of three crewmembers. During neutrality, Sumatra performed various duties which included escorting merchants of Dutch and German origin through the Dutch territorial waters. Modernization at the naval dockyard in Soerabajaĭeparts Netherlands East Indies for the Netherlands. Sumatra was laid down at the Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Mij in Amsterdam on this date
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