The action of 17 July 1944 was a submarine engagement of World War II. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kadai class submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca by the British Royal Navy submarine Telemachus.
L'action du 17 juillet 1944 est un engagement sous-marin dans l'océan Indien durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a entraîné la destruction du sous-marin de la marine impériale japonaise I-166 de classe Kaidai V dans le détroit de Malacca par le sous-marin de la Royal Navy Telemachus. (fr)
The action of 17 July 1944 was a submarine engagement of World War II. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kadai class submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca by the British Royal Navy submarine Telemachus. (en)
The action of 17 July 1944 was a submarine engagement of World War II. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kadai class submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca by the British Royal Navy submarine Telemachus. Operating for the first time with the Eastern Fleet at Colombo in Ceylon, Commander Bill King on 13 July had put himself in a position known as One Fathom bank in order to intercept Japanese traffic between Penang and Singapore. They waited until the 17th when submerged, the ASDIC operator alerted King to the sound of propellers, and the watch soon spotted a Japanese submarine; that being I-166. (en)
L'action du 17 juillet 1944 est un engagement sous-marin dans l'océan Indien durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a entraîné la destruction du sous-marin de la marine impériale japonaise I-166 de classe Kaidai V dans le détroit de Malacca par le sous-marin de la Royal Navy Telemachus. (fr)
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