71 YEARS AGO, on the 9th of April
1942, calamity struck HMAS Vampire
and HMS Hermes off the coast of Sri
Lanka in the form of 30 + Japanese bombers. After the raid was over, 315
British and Australian sailors were dead and wreckage littered the sea. HMS Hermes lying on its side at 52m is now
the graveyard for most of these courageous men. The Vampire is yet to be confirmed as found, although a wreck recently
discovered a few kilometres away may solve the mystery of its whereabouts.
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