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Friday 20 October 2017

German light cruiser Emden visited the Dutch East Indies in 1937

An item reported that the German cruiser Emden visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Padang between 20-24 February 1937, Belawan between 9-16 December 1937 and Surabaya between 21-28 December 1937.(1)

Note
1. Building ordered as Ersatz Niobe in 1921, laid down at Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 8 December 1921, launched on 6 January 1925. Commissioned on 15 October 1925, scuttled on 3 May 1945 and broken up in 1949.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.