FEARS are growing for the fate of British war heroes graves after three ships sunk during the Second World War went missing off the coast of Indonesia. HMS Exeter, HMS Electra and HMS Encounter were ...

A sunken vessel in the Java Sea has been confirmed as the wreck of the USS Houston, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese during a ferocious Second World War battle. It serves as the final resting place for ...

HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer went down with 900 souls during the Bttle of the Java Sea in 1942 THE Netherlands has revealed it is to probe the mysterious disappearance of the wrecks ...

THE UNDERWATER graves of British servicemen who gave their lives in the war are being desecrated by scrap metal merchants who plunder sunken Royal Navy ships for steel. The shameless scavengers have ...

Government demands probe after wrecks of HMS Exeter, HMS Electra and HMS Encounter found to have vanished THE wrecks of three Royal Navy battleships that were sunk in a ferocious WWII battle have ...

AFTER surviving the Allied defeat at the battle of the Java Sea the day before, on February 28, 1942, Captain Hector “Hec” Waller had orders to retreat — to take the HMAS Perth to safety to Tjilatjap ...

Players: Allies: ABDA Eastern Strike Force (five cruisers and nine destroyers) commanded by the Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. Japan: 2nd and 4th Destroyer Flotillas and 5th Cruiser Squadron.

The Netherlands said on Tuesday that it is to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the wrecks of three Dutch navy ships sunk during a major Second World War battle. Amateur divers discovered ...

In 1942, the Japanese surged through the Dutch East Indies, conquering territory at an incredible pace. By February, Japanese troop convoys advanced towards Java, as they were met by a small Allied ...

HNLMS De Ruyter with 345 men on board was the flagship of Dutch Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the ...

Players: Allies: ABDA Eastern Strike Force (five cruisers and nine destroyers) commanded by the Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. Japan: 2nd and 4th Destroyer Flotillas and 5th Cruiser Squadron.