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 ...

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 ...

Malaysian media and maritime open-source intelligence analysts last week located a dredger sitting illegally over the designated war grave of the two British warships sunk by Japanese bombers in ...

HMAS Perth painted in camouflage. (Photo: Royal Australian Navy). David Manning, (centre), was a teenage gunner on HMAS Perth when it was sunk by a massive Japanese naval force. (Photo: Royal ...

A striking memorial dedicated to commemorating the lives lost on HMAS Perth I officially opens in East Fremantle this Saturday, 83 years to the day from the ship’s sinking. Designed by the same people ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. Malaysian media and maritime open-source intelligence analysts last week located a dredger sitting illegally ...

A Chinese ship has been caught red-handed trying to quietly loot the war graves of 840 men, ripping up World War II-era wrecks. Malaysian media and maritime open-source intelligence analysts last week ...