From the Dutch Submarine Site.
The Dutch submarine 0 16 had a good cruise during December 1941.
On 8 December it attacked the Japanese Malay invasion.
Dec. 10-- damaged the Japanese troopship Ayatosan Maru.
Dec. 12-- attacked several Japanese ships in the Bay of Soengei Potani (east coast of Malaya and only nine meters deep). The 0 16 torpedoes while surfaced.
Sank: troopships Tosan Maru, Asosan Maru and Kinka Maru.
Damaged troopship Ayatosan Maru (second attack on that ship in two days)
All of the sunken ships were later raised and recommissioned.
Dec. 15-- about 2:30 AM, the 0-16 struck a mine after sailing right into a line of Japanese mines while exiting the Gulf of Siam and nearly broke in half. Forty-one died and just one survivor.
The K XVII was also sunk by these mines.
The 0 16 is regarded as a war grave.
Quite a Cruise. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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