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 ...

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 ...

The tail section of the AirAsia jet that went down with 162 people on board 10 days ago was found today in the Java Sea, raising hopes of a breakthrough in recovering the plane’s crucial black box to ...

Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 75 feet in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed soon after take-off from ...

The son of a Royal Navy officer who was imprisoned in a Japanese prisoner of war camp has described a flag signed by his father as a "piece of history". Richard Wood from Fordingbridge, Hampshire, ...