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Java Sea. 15 February 1942. Bomb spray surrounds the Royal Netherlands cruiser, Java, during a Japanese air attack. The Dutch ship was one of the ships involved in the operations against the Japanese in the Java Sea. She was hit by a torpedo, blew up and sank on the 27 February. (Donor J. King)
Java Sea. 15 February 1942. Bomb spray obscures the British cruiser HMS Exeter, as Exeter and the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, manoeuver during a Japanese air attack. Exeter survived this attack t
The 6670 ton Dutch Cruiser Java, which was sunk by the Japanese on 27 February 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea while defending the Netherlands East Indies. Launched in 1925, the ship was armed
Java Sea. Bomb spray follows the British cruiser HMS Exeter, as Exeter and the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, manoeuver during a Japanese air attack. Exeter survived this attack to be later sunk in
Java Sea. Bomb spray obscures the British cruiser HMS Exeter as Exeter and the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, manoeuver during a Japanese air attack. Her "A" turret can be just seen through the spra
Java Sea. Bomb spray follows the British cruiser HMS Exeter, as Exeter and the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, manoeuver during a Japanese air attack. A Dutch destroyer is at right. Exeter survived t
Java Sea. Bomb spray obscures the British cruiser HMS Exeter as Exeter and the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, manoeuver during a Japanese air attack. Exeter survived this attack to be later sunk in
