East Indies Fleet
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The Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.
HMS Renown in 1944 with other Eastern Fleet ships
On board HMS Racehorse, destroyer of the Eastern Fleet
Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet, in Colombo, British Ceylon, 17 July 1944
Gracie Fields with the British East Indies Fleet, Trincomalee, Ceylon, 20 October 1945
Indian Ocean raid
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The Indian Ocean raid was a sortie of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers struck Allied shipping, naval bases and airfields around British Ceylon but
East Indies Fleet
…the occupation of Malaya, Singapore and the Dutch East Indies, there was an aggressive threat from the east. This threat became a reality during the Indian Ocean raid when an overwhelming Japanese naval force operated in the eastern Indian Ocean, sinking an aircraft carrier and other warships, and disrupting freight…
British heavy cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and Cornwall under Japanese air attack and severely damaged on 5 April 1942.
Example of a Watanabe E9W1 seaplane, similar to that carried by I-7
The Southern Force heading for the Indian Ocean on 30 March. Left to right, Akagi, Sōryū, Hiryū, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna and Kongō, photographed from Zuikaku
HMS Cornwall burning and sinking on 5 April 1942