Dutch WWII ship wrecks ‘disappear’ from Java Sea – illegal salvage rife in region November 15, 2016 The HNLMS Kortenaer in the 1930s Three Dutch warships sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942 ...

In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea of Java to find the wrecks of several Dutch warships that sank during World War II.

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 ...

The Java Sea where a massive search operation is underway for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is also the graveyard for one of the largest naval engagements of World War II.

As many paused in Australia on ANZAC Day, the ABC's Indonesia correspondent Helen Brown attended her first dawn service at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jakarta.

Three Dutch warships—which sank in the Java Sea off Indonesia during a battle against the Japanese navy in World War Two—have simply disappeared.

HMS Exeter, HMS Electra and HMS Encounter were sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942 along with the crews on board. But 75 years later the vessels, which were destroyed by the Japanese ...

Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch defence ministry says. All three were sunk by the Japanese during the Battle of the ...

ree shipwrecks dating from World War II have disappeared from the bottom of the sea bed in the Java Sea, near Indonesia.