Recently there has been disturbing news that the wreck of HMAS Perth is being stripped by scrap merchants in the sea off Java. In February 1942, the Leander class cruiser HMAS Perth was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the Battle of the Sunda Strait. Of the 681 sailors aboard, 353 died. Of the 328 survivors, all but four became prisoners of war, of which only 218 lived to return home to Australia after the war. Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing the news along.
WWII shipwreck HMAS Perth stripped by bounty hunters off Java
Got a minute? Here is an animation of the world’s weather across the globe, showing the winds blowing across our ocean planet, as forecast by supercomputers and updated every three hours. You can also rotate the globe in any direction or zoom in and out by clicking and dragging with your mouse, so if you want to look specifically at the North Atlantic or the Southern Ocean, you can do do so. Be careful, however. The display can be mesmerizing.
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