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World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.
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Indian Ocean raid
1942 raid of Allied shipping by the Imperial Japanese Navy
The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1st Air Fleet
Imperial Japanese Navy unit during the Pacific War
The 1st Air Fleet , also known as the Kidō Butai, was a combined carrier battle group comprising most of the aircraft carriers and carrier air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the first eight months of the Pacific War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
HMS Hermes (95)
1924 unique aircraft carrier
HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hōshō was the first to be commissioned. The ship's construction began during the First World War, but…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
HMAS Vampire (D68)
1917-1942 V-class destroyer of the Royal and Royal Australian navies
HMAS Vampire was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1917 as HMS Wallace, the ship was renamed and commissioned into the RN later that year. Vampire was lent to the RAN in 1933, and operated as a depot tender until just before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)