Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On board HMAS Perth, Sunda Strait: Cats may have nine lives but Red Lead, the ship's cat on HMAS Perth, seemed to know that hers had ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the end star shells were all David Manning had left. It was February 28, 1942, and Banten Bay, on the north-west coast of Java, was ...

Momentum is building in a campaign to protect the wreck of an Australian ship that went down during World War II. A team of divers from Australia and Indonesia will inspect HMAS Perth for damage later ...

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 ...

The WA Nationals have abandoned plans for a fundraiser aboard the Australian Navy frigate HMAS Perth, conceding it was "inappropriate". The announcement came shortly after State Opposition Defence ...

MIKE CARLTON: We're between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. 70 years ago, a sea battle bloodied these calm waters. 353 brave young Australians were lost. The story of what happened here is ...

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 ...

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 says the new multi-phased array radar system has been installed on the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth, and identifies, tracks and guides missiles to several targets at the same time. The ...