World War II Shipwrecks in the Java Sea - HMS Electra, HMS Encounter, Japanese Cruiser Isuzu, USS Houston, USS Edsall, USS Langley, Hmas Perth, HMS Exe (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: HMS Electra, HMS Encounter, Japanese cruiser Isuzu, USS Houston, USS Edsall, USS Langley, HMAS Perth, HMS Exeter, USS Perch, USS S-36, USS Pope, Japanese destroyer Nadakaze, German submarine U-537, USS Bullhead, Japanese cruiser Ashigara, HNLMS De Ruyter, German submarine U-183, HMS Jupiter, HNLMS Kortenaer. Excerpt: HMS Electra (H27) was a Royal Navy 'E' class destroyer (one of 16, including two flotilla leaders, in the E and F classes to be built). She was ordered on 1 November 1932 as part of the 1931 Naval Build Programme; launched on 15 February 1934 at the Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard at Hebburn, Tyneside. The E class were similar to the preceding 'C' and 'D' classes of 1931, but with an improved hull form, modified bridge, three boiler rooms instead of two, and high angle 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns that could elevate to 40 degrees (as opposed to 30 degrees on the earlier classes). The costs to build the ship have been given as approximately 300,000 (Janes), 247,000, or 253,350 (excluding the items supplied by the Admiralty such as guns and communications equipment) . Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, Electra was a witness to many naval battles, including the Battle of the Denmark Strait and Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse. Upon commissioning in 1934, she was attached to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet, along with the rest of her E-class sister ships. In September 1935, the 5th Flotilla was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet for the duration of the Abyssinian crisis before returning to the Home Fleet the following March. In 1936, Electra was assigned to Non-Intervention Patrols in Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War. In 1938, she underwent a refit in Sheerness, and then was placed 'in reserve'. On 2 August 1939, she was 'Brought forward' (taken out of reserve) with Reservist ship's...