At least two sunken Dutch warships have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea. According to Dutch News, three warships that sunk during the 1942 Battle of the Java Sea “have largely disappeared ...

AFTER surviving the Allied defeat at the battle of the Java Sea the day before, on February 28, 1942, Captain Hector “Hec” Waller had orders to retreat — to take the HMAS Perth to safety to Tjilatjap ...