File:Exeter sinking.jpg

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Description The Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Exeter sinking after the Battle of the Java Sea, 1 March 1942.
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Source Imperial Japanese Navy; this photo was captured by U.S. Forces on Attu Island, Alaska in 1943 and became U.S. Navy photo NH 91772 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Photo taken from a Japanese aircraft
Other versions http://www.warship.get.net.pl/_History/Galleries/_Sinking_gallery_02.html


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Public domain
This photograph is in the public domain in Japan because its copyright has expired according to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan (English translation) and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970. This is when the photograph meets one of the following conditions:
  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
  2. It was photographed before 1 January 1947.
It is also in the public domain in the United States because its copyright in Japan expired by 1970 and was not restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
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Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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current22:42, 15 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:42, 15 February 2011800 × 461 (229 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)clearer version
05:14, 22 February 2007Thumbnail for version as of 05:14, 22 February 2007520 × 302 (28 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)HMS ''Exeter'' sinking during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942. Photo taken from a Japanese aircraft. http://www.warship.get.net.pl/_History/Galleries/_Sinking_gallery_02.html ==Licensing== {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}}

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