HMS Li Wo was an auxiliary patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy, which was sunk on 14 February 1942 by Japanese warships as she single-handedly attacked...

was awarded the VC: On 14 February 1942 in the Java Sea, off Malaya, HMS Li Wo, a patrol vessel, formerly a passenger steamer, commanded by Lieutenant...

(1931) Li Wo (1938); 1,000 ton passenger ship later converted as a patrol vessel for the Royal Navy; sank near Singapore in 1942 as HMS Li Wo. HMAS Matafele...

officers, Commander Denis 'Lofty' Sprague, captain of HMS Thames, and Lieutenant Patrick Griffiths of HMS Rorqual, and French warrant officer mechanic Yves...

cruisers, De Ruyter, Java and HMAS Perth, the heavy cruisers Houston and HMS Exeter, and nine destroyers, as ABDA fleet's largest effort yet to destroy...

Cross of the war was awarded to Gerard Roope for action whilst in command of HMS Glowworm (although not gazetted until 1945). The war at sea began immediately...

of 14 February, a river boat commandeered by the British Royal Navy, HMS Li Wo — under Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson — ferrying personnel and equipment...

design by the British Yarrow Shipbuilders, which was based on the destroyer HMS Ambuscade, which Yarrow had designed and built for the British Royal Navy...

for Netherlands East Indies Engagements, 23 January – 27 February 1942. HMS Argus Some English language sources rely on Roscoe which incorrectly attributes...

HMS Jupiter was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. As completed, Jupiter had a main gun armament of six 4.7-inch (119 mm) QF Mark XII guns in three...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

gun forward, two Lewis guns aft, and depth charges, and commissioned as HMS Vyner Brooke. Her Australian and British officers were mostly Malay Royal...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

HMS Electra was a one of nine E-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, Electra was a witness...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

disastrous results 13 February Battle of Palembang – British gunboat HMS Li Wo intercepts a Japanese convoy and engages it alone, she sinks a transport...

HMS Maori was a Tribal-class destroyer named after the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. She served with the United Kingdom Mediterranean Fleet...

escort the tanker Panuco to Tripoli. On 18 October the British submarine HMS Una unsuccessfully attacked Panuco north of Catania, Sicily, with torpedoes...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

design by the British Yarrow Shipbuilders, which was based on the destroyer HMS Ambuscade, which Yarrow had designed and built for the British Royal Navy...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

World War 1916-07-055 July 1916 Thomas Wilkinson OF-2.3Temp. Lieutenant HMS Li Wo Second World War 1942-02-1414 February 1942* John Williams NOR-2.2Private...

targets. Tembien was spotted by Lieutenant Commander David Wanklyn's submarine HMS Upholder. Two of Wanklyn's torpedoes struck the Tembien, causing her to sink...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

design by the British Yarrow Shipbuilders, which was based on the destroyer HMS Ambuscade, which Yarrow had designed and built for the British Royal Navy...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...

as PB-101. HMS Li Wo: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri. HMS St. Breock:...

Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn 13 Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent...