HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-71199
More on...   
Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Exeter   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 800 x 461 pixels
Photos on Same Day 1 Mar 1942
Photos at Same Place Java Sea, Dutch East Indies
Added By C. Peter Chen
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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1. Anonymous says:
13 Feb 2013 03:53:12 AM

Thank you for your efforts to help us remember brave men. I developed and distrubuted the HMAS Sydney 11 with Navis for relesase on her finding. Expensive exercise but many relatives of crew were so happy. Keep up good work
2. Tripcony says:
8 Aug 2015 07:58:56 AM

My father was already in the water there by this time but spent his last moments at his post sending out morse code as a signalman he jumped off the bridge at the very last when it was time to go, aged 19 spent 36hrs in the water before being picked up by japanese nevy 3.5yrs as a POW 3yrs in Japan

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