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Light cruiser H.M.A.S. Perth, 1940
Photographer: Australian War Memorial
Caption: Light cruiser H.M.A.S. Perth, 1940
Additional Description: in action against Italian and German forces in the Atlantic and Mediterranean prior to serving with ABDA COM in the Battle of the Java Sea and being sunk along with Houston in the Sunda Strait by the ascendant Imperial Japanese Navy on the night of 28 February/1 March 1942.
Submitted: November 8, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p84439
File Size: 0.067 Megabytes

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