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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... Read more
Gunboat Soemba
Biography
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.
