With Java secure, the IJN launched a devastating raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942, sinking the carrier Hermes and a pair of heavy cruisers. The Allies were on the run.

In the Battle of the Java Sea on February 27, 1942, a combined force of Dutch, US, British and Australian ships was hopelessly outmatched, suffering the loss of five warships and 2,300 sailors ...

The Battle of the Java Sea in 1942 was disastrous for the Allied Powers and the Netherlands experienced heavy casualties: roughly 900 Dutch and 250 Indo-Dutch sailors died.

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Vol. 16, No. 1 (MARCH 2021), pp. 39-56 (18 pages) Three Dutch naval ships, HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer, were lost during the Battle of the Java Sea ...

The remains of the Dutch vessels are from the Battle of the Java Sea, which was fought in 1942 between Allied and Japanese forces.

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 ...

Three warships that sunk during the 1942 Battle of the Java Sea “have largely disappeared from the sea bed.” ...

Japanese caught Allies by surprise in Battle of Sunda Strait AFTER surviving the Allied defeat at the battle of the Java Sea the day before, on February 28, 1942, Captain Hector “Hec” Waller ...

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific.