In 1942, the last two Allied warships in the Java Sea, USS Houston and HMAS Perth, prepared for a desperate escape, unaware they were sailing straight into a Japanese invasion fleet of 56 ships.
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 ...