Talk:Perth/@comment-108.226.10.104-20191201234242/@comment-26111194-20191204193814

>Perhaps it's a reference to the fact that she sank to Harukaze who had one of the old IJN >533mm torpedoes?

Perth went down after taking four torpedoes (plus multiple destroyer caliber shell hits) = 2 x 533mm hits from Hatakaze & Harukaze and 2 x 61cm long lances from either Murakumo or Shirakumo.