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CL Perth
Royal Australian Navy light cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Sydney | 1933/06/26 Portsmouth Naval Dockyard | 1934/07/26 | 1936/07/06 | 1942/03/01
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12 | 42/01 |   |   | patrol, escort, exercises duties |   108  |
| 42/01 |   |   |   | escort reinforcement convoy to Port Moresby |   81  |
| 42/02 |   |   |   | reached Java |   |
| 42/02/14 | 42/02/24 |   |   | sail from ?Australia? to Batavia |   108  |
| 42/02/25 |   |   | ABDA | Tanjong Prijok - sail to Surabaya |   |
| 42/02/26 | 42/02/28 |   | CombStrFor | xJavaS |   |
| 42/02/28 |   |   |   | sail from Tanjong Priok to Sunda Strait |   81  |
| 42/03/01 |   |   |   | sunk(Mikuma+Mogami) Sund Strait - 328 KIA, 106 POW |   108  |