HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire under air attack 1942.jpg

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Bay of Bengal. 1942-04-09. HMAS Vampire (left) and HMS Hermes, a British aircraft carrier en route to Australia, being attacked and sunk by a Japanese carrier fleet. It also destroyed twenty three merchant ships. In four months this fleet sank five battleships, one carrier, two cruisers and seven destroyers without suffering one hit.

Date

9 April 1942

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P02018.126

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Japanese armed forces

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