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Description The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Exeter (68) and the Australian cruiser HMAS Hobart (D63) under aerial attack by Japanese aircraft in seas of South East Asia. A Dutch destroyer is visible at right. Most probably this image was taken as the ship was passing through the Gaspar Straights, Indonesia, 14-15 February 1942.
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current22:55, 29 October 2013Thumbnail for version as of 22:55, 29 October 2013992 × 722 (291 KB)CobatforAWM image
08:01, 20 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 08:01, 20 November 2011800 × 454 (71 KB)Wolcottoriginal IWM image
08:12, 9 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 08:12, 9 October 2005700 × 355 (54 KB)W.wolny

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