HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer went down with 900 souls during the Bttle of the Java Sea in 1942. Jump directly to the content. UK Edition. US Edition Scottish Sun Irish Sun.

Three Dutch warships that were sunk during World War Two have 'vanished' from the sea bed, sparking an investigation. The HNLMS De Ruyter, HMLMS Java and HMLMS Kortenaer were all downed by the ...

For decades the wreckages of three Dutch warships - HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer - were lost to the world, sitting at the bottom of the Java Sea.

The BBC asks how three WW2 shipwrecks could have disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea.