What the records say
- When
- 13 Nov 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 5.28° N, 100.08° E
- Description
- submarine engagement of World War II
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Action of 13 November 1943
Submarine engagement of World War II
The action of 13 November 1943 was a submarine engagement during the Second World War. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kaidai Junsen Type B1 submarine I-34 in the Strait of Malacca by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Taurus. I-34 was on a Yanagi Mission, an underwater convoy secretly shipping goods between Japan and their German allies.
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