HMAS Perth saw action in many theatres of World War II. Photo: Geoffrey Ward David Manning survived the sinking of HMAS Perth in World War II. Photo: Penny Stephens ...

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 ...

Australia and Indonesia are sending divers to inspect the wreck of a warship torpedoed off the coast of Java during World War II next month to determine how best to protect the site from looters. The ...

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 ...

Jakarta: A team of Indonesian and Australian divers has made the shocking discovery that 60 per cent of World War II shipwreck HMAS Perth has vanished, with evidence of large-scale illegal salvaging ...

Recent research presented at a maritime archaeology conference has revealed at least 48 shipwrecks - including WWII ships and some post-war vessels - have been illicitly salvaged in Southeast Asia.

HMAS Perth has reaffirmed close Australian Defence ties to Canada with a visit to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in Victoria, Canada The visit by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ANZAC Class ...