Indonesia and Australia battle to save WWII shipwreck HMAS Perth from salvagers

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated February 11 2017 - 11:08pm, first published 6:47pm
HMAS Perth. Photo: Geoffrey Ward
HMAS Perth. Photo: Geoffrey Ward
HMAS Perth Photo: Geoffrey Ward
HMAS Perth Photo: Geoffrey Ward
The journey of HMAS Perth and USS Houston from the Battle of the Java Sea to the Sunda Strait, where both were sunk on the night of February 28/March 1, 1942. Photo: Royal Australian Navy
The journey of HMAS Perth and USS Houston from the Battle of the Java Sea to the Sunda Strait, where both were sunk on the night of February 28/March 1, 1942. Photo: Royal Australian Navy

Jakarta: Australia and Indonesia will conduct a joint dive of the World War II shipwreck HMAS Perth off the coast of Java next month amid fears the vessel, which is believed to hold the remains of 40 to 60 men, is being destroyed by illegal salvagers.

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