file created: 12/07/02 01:08:05 , last update: 05/15/00
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SS O-21
Koeniglike Marine submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
O-21 1937/11/20
Vlissingen (finished at Rosyth Navy Yard,
1939/10/21 1940/05/10 1957/02/11
decomm
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/02/21       Colombo base - under British operational control   81 
43/03/06 43/03/24     patro01: off Port Blair, Andamans (patrol numbers only for PTO)   81 
43/03/13       patro01: sinking AK Kasuga Maru (3967) off Port Blair, Andaman Is. (11-40N, 92-50E)   85 
43/04/11 43/04/29     patro02: off Malacca Strait   81 
43/04/18       patro02: lands 2 shore parties nar Bernah River, Java   81 
43/04/22       patro02: sinking AK s/s Jamazato Maru (6925 BRT) in Malacca Strait (03-28N, 99-47E)   81 
43/04/22       patro02: attacking Q-ship   81 
43/04/24       patro02: reconnaissance Sabang Bay   81 
43/05/18 43/06/14     patro03: Malacca Strait - no attacks   81 
43/07/09 43/07/20     sail from Colombo? to Exmouth Bay, Australia   81 
43/07/27 43/07/29     tried to pick up secret agent from vicinity Poeloe Sempoe, Southern Java   81 
43/08/01 43/08/02     lands secret agent in Pangpang Bay, E Java   81 
43/08/25 43/11/28     Fremantle base - under US operational control   81 
43/12       leftPac - departed to U.K. for engine repairs   81 
45/03       joinPac - Panama Canal   81 
45/04 45/05     Wellington - repairs   81 
45/04 45/09     Fremantle base - under US operational control   81 
45/07/08 45/08/08     patro: Sunda Strait, Java coast   81 
45/07/29       patro: damaging 2 coastal vessels (100 and 500 BRT) by gunfire NW of Java   81 
45/07/31       patro: sinking (gun) fishing boat NW of Java   81 
45/08/01       reconnaissance S Java   81 

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Notice: uncompleted when commissioned, finished in Scotland