Topic summary
Battle of Sunda Strait
Japan- American:
- 1 heavy cruiser
- Australian:
- 1 light cruiser
- Dutch:
- 1 destroyer
- 1 heavy cruiser sunk
- 1 light cruiser sunk
- 1 destroyer sunk
- 1,071 killed
- 675 POWs
- 1 minesweeper sunk (friendly fire)
- 4 troopships sunk or grounded (friendly fire)
- 1 cruiser damaged
- 3 destroyers damaged
- 10 killed
- 37 wounded
The Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java, and Sumatra. On the night of 28 February – 1 March 1942, the Australianlight cruiserHMAS Perth, Americanheavy cruiserUSS Houston, and Dutch destroyerHNLMS Evertsen faced a major Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) task force. After a fierce battle lasting several hours, all Allied ships were sunk. Five Japanese ships were sunk, three of them by friendly fire.