Battle of Sunda Strait

Battle of Sunda Strait
	Part of World War II, Pacific War
	; HMAS Perth in February 1942
Date	28 February – 1 March 1942
Location	Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
United States; Australia; Netherlands;	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Hector Waller †; Albert H. Rooks †;	Kenzaburo Hara; Takeo Kurita;
Strength
American:; 1 heavy cruiser; Australian:; 1 light cruiser; Dutch:; 1 destroyer;	1 light carrier; 1 seaplane carrier; 5 cruisers; 12 destroyers; 1 minelayer; 58 troopships;
Casualties and losses
1 heavy cruiser sunk; 1 light cruiser sunk; 1 destroyer sunk; 1,071 killed; 675 POWs;	1 minelayer sunk; 4 troopships sunk or grounded; 1 cruiser damaged; 3 destroyers damaged; 10 killed; 37 wounded;
	The Japanese minelayer was sunk by friendly fire;

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 Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, American heavy cruiser USS Houston, and Dutch destroyer HNLMS 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.

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