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 ...

Nachi was a heavily armed Japanese cruiser that played a central role in the Battle of the Java Sea. Equipped with powerful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three Dutch warships that were sunk during World War Two have 'vanished' from the sea bed, sparking an investigation. The HNLMS De Ruyter, HMLMS Java and HMLMS Kortenaer were all downed by the ...

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 ...

Work has begun to excavate a cemetery in Indonesia where officials believe the remains of British and Dutch sailors were dumped by scrap metal merchants who have raised sections of warships sunk ...

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 ...

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 ...