Action of 17 July 1944 1944
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 17 July 1944 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1944 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | World War II era (1939–1945) | derived from year |
| Nearest landmass | At sea (nearest continent: Asia) | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | World War II | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 4.4500, 100.1830 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The action of 17 July 1944 was a submarine engagement of the Second World War. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy Kadai-type submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Telemachus (Commander Bill King).
Operating for the first time with the Eastern Fleet at Colombo in Ceylon, on 13 July King had sailed into One Fathom bank to intercept Japanese traffic between Penang and Singapore. They waited until 17 July when submerged, the ASDIC operator alerted King to the sound of propellers and the watch soon spotted a Japanese submarine, I-166.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Action of 17 July 1944 (revision 1375594378), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
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