What the records say
- When
- 1943
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 15.41° N, 73.81° E
- Description
- 1943 attack on German ship transmitting information to U-boats from Goa
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Operation Creek
1943 attack on German ship transmitting information to U-boats from Goa
Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War II on 9 March 1943. It involved a nighttime attack by members of the Calcutta Light Horse and the Calcutta Scottish against a German cargo ship, Ehrenfels, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugão Harbour in neutral Portugal's territory of Goa.
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