USS Houston and HMAS Perth attempted a night escape through Sunda Strait and instead stumbled into a massive Japanese invasion force unloading at Bantam Bay. Outnumbered beyond reason, the two ...

HMAS Perth saw action in many theatres of World War II. Photo: Geoffrey Ward David Manning survived the sinking of HMAS Perth in World War II. Photo: Penny Stephens ...

Millions of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie under the ocean, including most infamously the Titanic, resting almost four kilometres below the North Atlantic. These relics are just as important ...

THE Navy has raised concern about the apparent looting of the wreck of the HMAS Perth, which was sunk near Java in 1942 with the loss of 353 lives. Claims that scrap merchants were stripping the HMAS ...

In the shadowy waters of the Sunda Strait on February 28, 1942, HMAS Perth navigated with grim determination under the leadership of Captain Hector Waller - a man known for both tactical brilliance ...

HMAS Warramunga transited the Sunda Strait on Remembrance Day, where Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth I was lost in 1942.. Ship’s company fell silent to reflect on the loss and the sound of the ...