Action of 13 November 1943

Action of 13 November 1943
Part of World War II, Pacific War

Submarine HMS Taurus underway
Date13 November 1943
Location
off Penang, Malaysia, Indian Ocean
5°17′00″N 100°05′00″E / 5.2833°N 100.0833°E / 5.2833; 100.0833
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Mervyn Wingfield Irie Tatsushi
Strength
Submarine HMS Taurus Submarine I-34
Casualties and losses
None I-34 sunk
84 killed

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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