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Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
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Royal Netherlands Navy
Navy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Royal Netherlands Navy is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It traces its history to 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest navy in the world.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)
Royal Netherlands Navy coastal defence ship
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a Royal Netherlands Navy coastal defence ship in service from 1910 until 1942. She was a small cruiser-sized warship that sacrificed speed and range for armor and armament. She was armed with two 283 mm four 150 mm ten 75 mm and four 37 mm guns, in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sumatra
Region and island in western Indonesia
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi.2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dutch East Indies
Dutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands made…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)