File:HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire under air attack 1942.jpg

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Description Bay of Bengal. 1942-04-09. HMAS Vampire (left) and HMS Hermes, a British aircraft carrier en route to Australia, being attacked and sunk by a Japanese carrier fleet. It also destroyed twenty three merchant ships. In four months this fleet sank five battleships, one carrier, two cruisers and seven destroyers without suffering one hit.
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current15:49, 27 November 2013Thumbnail for version as of 15:49, 27 November 2013639 × 383 (180 KB)Wolcott (talk | contribs)higher res
20:17, 1 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:17, 1 November 2011624 × 360 (114 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS ''Hermes'' (95) and the Australian destroyer HMAS ''Vampire'' (D68) being attacked and later sunk by a Japanese carrier aircraft in the Bay of Bengal on 9 April 1942. |S

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