Gunboat Soemba

Gunboat Soemba
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-94-6456-695-6
Verlag: Lanasta

Buch, Englisch, 64 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 270 mm

Reihe: Lanasta - Warship

HNLMS Soemba was a Flores-class gunboat built in the mid-1920s for the Royal Netherlands Navy to patrol the Dutch East Indies. She had a displacement of only 1,450 tons and was originally armed with three 150mm guns, supplemented with anti-aircraft and smaller weapons for self-defence. It was a successful design with good seaworthiness due to its high forecastle. Not heavily armoured, but designed for flexibility and manoeuvrability in coastal waters. Flores and Soemba had impressive careers and became known as the ‘Terrible Twins’ during WWII.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mulder, Jantinus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen

Über Autor(innen)

Jantinus Mulder (1963) is the founder of the publishing house Lanasta. With an educational background in graphic industries and business, he is also a life-long model maker who builds model ships for customers. He has contributed articles to magazines and written books.