 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabviswa pabasa rokuperekedza muna January 1942 ndokutumirwa kuDutch East Indies kunosimbisa ngarava dzokudzivirira dzakaungana ikoko. Ngarava yacho yakasvika kunonoka kuti ipinde muhondo yeGungwa reJava uye yakatumirwazve kuEastern Fleet muna 1942. Muna September 1942 ngarava yacho yakabatanidzwa mumabasa anonzi Stream uye Jane, ose aiva nechinangwa chokutorazve Madagascar. Musi wa25 Gumiguru Heemskerck yakasvika kuFremantle, Australia, ikava pasi pehutungamiri hweAllied Naval Forces Western Australia, uko yakaita mabasa ekufambisa. 