HMS Banka
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hms-banka-278-3053734
title:
HMS Banka
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HMS Banka was a British minesweeper which was officially sunk on 9 December 1941 by a mine off the coast of Malaysia. Its crew of four British officers and 40 Malays all died with the exception of six Malay crew. It had been deployed to assist the British, Australian and Indian land forces in stopping the Japanese invasion of Malaya. HMS Banka's final resting position is at 57m, 12 nm NE of Tioman Is. near the two sunken Dutch submarines on the same mine line laid by Japanese ship Tatsumiya Maru
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Minesweeper of the Royal Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Banka
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2023-12-29T17:08:55Z
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