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Tuesday 17 October 2017

British drill and training ship HMS Laburnum visited the Dutch East Indies in 1935

An item reported that the British drill and training ship Laburnum visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Boeleleng between 21-24 March 1935 and Surabaya between 25-27 March 1935.(1)

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1934-1935. 

Note
1. Acacia-class sloop, laid down by Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun, Scotland in February 1915, launched on 10 June 1915, completed in August 1915, handed over to New Zealand on 11 March 1922, since 11 February 1935 drill and training ship for the Strait Settlements Naval Volunteer Reserve, scuttled at Singapore on 15 February 1942, salvaged around 1946, later scuttled to be used as part of an artificial breakwater but again salvaged and broken up in 1967.