HNLMS Soemba (1925)

Soemba c. 1930
History
Netherlands
Name	Soemba
Namesake	Sumba
Builder	Wilton's Dok- en Werf Maatschappij, Schiedam
Laid down	24 December 1924
Launched	24 August 1925
Commissioned	12 April 1926
Identification	Pennant numbers: T199, HX1, A891
Fate	Scrapped 12 July 1985
General characteristics
Class and type	Flores-class gunboat
Displacement	1,457 long tons (1,480 t) standard 1,793 long tons (1,822 t) full load
Length	75.6 m (248 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2,000 shp (1,500 kW) 4 Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Armament	As built: 3 × 5.9 in (150 mm) No. 7 guns 1 × 75 mm gun 4 × .50 Browning machine guns Added: 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Armour	Bridge: 50 mm (2.0 in) Deck: 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) Ammunition hoists: 25 mm (0.98 in) Gun shields: 14–80 mm (0.55–3.15 in)

HNLMS Soemba (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Soemba) was a Flores-class gunboat built in the mid-1920s for the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) to patrol the Dutch East Indies.