Bay of Bengal. 1942-04-09. HMAS <i>Vampire</i> (left) and HMS <i>Hermes</i>, 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.
Japanese armed forces
1942-04-09
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