![]() The next day K-XII sank the naval tanker Taisin Maru (3,525 tons). O-16 attacked Tosan Maru (8,666 tons), Sakina Maru (7,170 tons), Ayato Maru (9,788 tons) and Asosan Maru (8,812 tons). K-XII sank the transport Toro Maru (1,939 tons) off Kota Bahru on 12 December. The RNN submarine group had success off Malaya. Sunk by O 16 but later salvaged.ĭuring the battle of Malaya, a Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) hunting group of three submarines sailed north to attack the Japanese landing at Kota Bahru. The Japanese passenger-cargo ship Tosan Maru. The Dutch submarines included in the early battles were the K XII, K XIII, K XIV, K XVI, K XVII, and the O 16 and O 20. The submarines played a critical role in the battles that followed as it were only submarines that had an ability to thwart the overwhelming Japanese airpower deployed to protect their invasion convoys. They were deployed to support Malaya, British Borneo, Singapore and the Philippines. The Dutch contributed their Glenn Martins and Dornier’s flying boats as well as their navy including their submarines. With the unprecedented advance of the Japanese invasion force throughout SE Asia the Allied Forces established in January 1942 the American-British-Dutch Australia (ABDA) Command. Dutch submarines supported the British war effort in the East. ![]() His book has a large number of footnotes to original documents. With the permission of the author, this overview is mainly a compilation from the relevant abstracts taken from the book Allies in a Bind by Dr Jack Ford. Images are from the RNN and the National Archives. The last three pictures are from the depot ships that supported the submarines. Zwaardvisch and Tijgerhaai, were temporarily transferred by the RN to the RNN. The above images are from the submarines used by the RNN.
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