HMS Amphion (1934)

Later names:
HMAS Perth (1939)

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Leander (Group 2)
Builder:
HM Dockyard Portsmouth
Portsmouth, England
Pennant Number:
I-29
D-29 (RAN)
Ordered:
December 1, 1932
Launched:
July 27, 1934
Keel Laid:
June 26, 1933
Commissioned:


July 6, 1936
June 29, 1939 (RAN)
Fate:

Sunk Mar. 1, 1942 by Japanese warships (Destroyer Squadron 5) during the
Battle of the Sunda Strait. (Torpedoes/Gunfire)

Location: Sunda Strait, 7 miles off the coast of Java, Indonesia.
(05.50S - 105.55E)

Aprox. 342 crewmen killed, aprox. 334 survivors taken prisoner by the Japanese.
107 died in Japanese custody.



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