Operation Sunfish

Operation Sunfish was a military operation by Allied troops in April 1945. It involved the battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and French battleship Richelieu. Their aircraft carried out a photo reconnaissance sweep of the area around Port Swettenham, 200 miles north of Singapore, on 14–16 April, before concluding the raid with an attack on Emmahaven (northern Sumatra) and Padang.[1] It had its origins in the proposed Operation Sounder.[2]

References

1. "HMS Khedive, British escort carrier, WW2".
2. "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 -Part 1 page 47–48". National Archives of Australia. p. 117–119.

External links

• Operation details at National Archives of Singapore
• "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 1 page 49-50". National Archives of Australia. p. 123–125.