desc=World War II: The depot ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 300 nautical miles south of Java, Netherlands East Indies by ship Japanese destroyer Arashi 2 , ship Japanese cruiser Atago 2 , ship Japanese cruiser Maya 2 , ship Japanese destroyer Nowaki 1940 2 , ship Japanese cruiser Takao 1930 2 (all Empire of Japan) with the loss of 40 of her 97 crew.