file created: 12/07/02 00:58:36 , last update: 03/23/00
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CL Perth
Royal Australian Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sydney 1933/06/26
Portsmouth Naval Dockyard
1934/07/26 1936/07/06 1942/03/01
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex HMS Amphion
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