The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of British York Class Heavy Cruiser, HMS Exeter. HMS Exeter was commissioned on 23 July 1931. She was badly damaged in the Battle of the River Plate against the German pocket ship Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee, with all guns put out of action and suffering 61 killed and 23 wounded. She withdrew to the Falkland Islands for repairs which took until January 1940 when she was able to return to Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth for full repairs which took until 10 March 1941. She was sunk in the Wast Indies, north west of Surabaya in the Java Sea by a Japanese cruiser force on 1 March 1942.
View of the Leander Class Light Cruiser, HMS Ajax, that was commissioned on 12 April 1935. On 27 October 1939, she became the flagship of Commodore Harry HArwood's South America Division and took part
View of the German armoured ship (pocket battleship) Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee. The Admiral Graf Spee was commissioned in 1936 and in September 1939 was released for operations against Allied me
View of the German vessel Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee showing shell damage after an attack. The Admiral Graf Spee was used to harass Allied merchant shipping. It was scuttled by her captain Hans L
Smoke pours from the scuttled German armoured ship (pocket battleship) Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee. Her forward 11 inch gun turret is engulfed in smoke. Abaft is her tower superstructure surmounte
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. Exeter survived this attack to be later sunk in
