DARING EXPLOITS
MIDGET SUBMARINES OF THE
ROYAL NAVY
SYDNEY, September 6. Two midget submarines from H.M.S. Bonaventure, the Royal Navy submarine depot ship now in Sydney, sneaked underneath the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao in Johore Strait, near Singapore, on July 31, and divers from the submarines attached timefuse mines to the cruiser's hull. It is believed that the vessel was blown up. Coinciding with this exploit, another midget submarine from the Bonaventure cut the Saigon-Japan and SaigonSingapore cables at the entrance to Saigon harbour. These daring activities were revealed officially by Captain W. R. Fell, 0.8. E., D.S.C, R.N., of the Bonaventure, who is a New Zeaiander and who has been in the Royal Navy for 30 years.
The Bonaventure's first mission was the crippling of the German battleship Tirpitz. Midget submarines put the Tirpitz out of action long enough to enable her to be sunk by the R.A.F.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 59, 7 September 1945, Page 7
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149DARING EXPLOITS Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 59, 7 September 1945, Page 7
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