THE Navy has raised concern about the apparent looting of the wreck of the HMAS Perth, which was sunk near Java in 1942 with the loss of 353 lives. Claims that scrap merchants were stripping the HMAS ...

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: One dark night off the coast of Java in 1942, two Allied ships were caught off-guard and forced to face the invading Japanese battle fleet alone. The Australian warships HMAS ...

Millions of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie under the ocean, including most infamously the Titanic, resting almost four kilometres below the North Atlantic. These relics are just as important ...

In the early hours of March 1, 1942, the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth and an American warship, USS Houston, ran into a powerful Japanese invasion fleet in the Sunda Strait in the Java Sea. In the ...

THERE were emotional scenes at Fleet Base West this morning as family and friends gathered to say goodbye as HMAS Perth set sail for its first mission abroad. The 192 personnel are headed to the ...

Deep in Indonesia’s Banten Bay, HMAS Perth does not come into view all at once but reveals itself slowly. In the silty blue water, the final resting place of one of Australia’s most revered warships ...

What: The Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class Frigate HMAS Perth will visit Wellington, NZ to participate in ANZAC Day remembrance ceremonies in Wellington and Carterton, demonstrate the capabilities ...

HMAS Perth , seen here on its return to Fleet Base West, Garden Island. (Commonwealth of Australia) The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth has been redeployed to its home ...

The Abbott government should try to claim HMAS Perth as a war grave to prevent salvagers damaging the wreck, a historian and a survivor say. The federal government is being urged to claim HMAS Perth ...