60 Squadron RAF flying low to attack a Japanese coaster off Akyab, Burma on 11 October 1942. Japanese submarine I-10 shown at Penang between Indian Ocean patrols. HMIS Indus in Akyab harbour, Burma, 1942. HMS Cornwall sinking following air attack. HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire under attack by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. HMAS Yarra was sunk by Japanese warships south of Java. USS Langley under air attack south of Java. HMAS Sydney was the only cruiser to be sunk by a commerce raider. Commerce raider Kormoran preparing to refuel a U-boat. Pantera was one of the destroyers based at Massawa destroyed when the Allies captured Italy's east African colonies. Fairey Albacore bombers launched from HMS Formidable raided Massawa. HMS Hermes as a convoy escort during the first year of wartime patrols.
Galileo Galilei was one of eight Italian submarines operating out of Massawa, and is shown here being captured by the Royal Navy. Atlantis was the first disguised commerce raider in the Indian Ocean. The pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee brought World War II to the Indian Ocean in 1939.
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