Victory at Sea Furutaka 1939 WM-6-09-2021 1941 and early 1942 was

1941 and early 1942 was spent attempting to attack British convoys en route to Malta

Fighting alongside their British allies

Despite this performance

and proved very effective in this role – often alerting troops to the presence of enemy machine gun nests or sniper positions before they came under fire

the E boat 115 feet long

Victory at Sea Furutaka 1939 WM-6-09-2021 1941 and early 1942 wasFurutaka was the lead of her two ship class of heavy cruiser. She was named for the mountain located on the island of Etajima, off Hiroshima bay, directly behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy. She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Savo Island, but met her fate at the Battle of Cape Esperance on 12th October 1942, at the hand of USS Salt Lake City and USS Duncan. This cruiser can also be found in the Battle for the