Momentum is building in a campaign to protect the wreck of an Australian ship that went down during World War II. A team of divers from Australia and Indonesia will inspect HMAS Perth for damage later ...

On board HMAS Perth, Sunda Strait: Cats may have nine lives but Red Lead, the ship's cat on HMAS Perth, seemed to know that hers had come to an end 74 years ago. Legend has it that Red Lead repeatedly ...

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: One dark night off the coast of Java in 1942, two Allied ships were caught off-guard and forced to face the invading Japanese battle fleet alone. The Australian warships HMAS ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Jakarta: A team of Indonesian and Australian divers has made the shocking discovery that 60 per cent ...

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 ...

Only 40% remains of the final resting place for 353 Australian navy sailors who drowned off the coast of Java in the Second World War, archaeologists say Canberra: One of Australia’s most treasured ...

More than 74 years after HMAS Perth I was sunk by the Japanese in the Java Sea, HMAS Perth III will lay wreaths at the wreckage site. Her remains have been submerged in Indonesian waters for more than ...

In the early hours of March 1, 1942, the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth and an American warship, USS Houston, ran into a powerful Japanese invasion fleet in the Sunda Strait in the Java Sea. In the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. When the gunners on HMAS Perth ran out of ammunition as they faced the well-equipped Japanese in the ...

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 ...