Operation Stab

Operation Stab
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War
Date 21 July 1942 – 4 August 1942 Location Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean 15°N 88°E / 15°N 88°E / 15; 88 Result Allied success
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Australia  Netherlands	Japan
Commanders and leaders
James Somerville	Unknown
Units involved
1 battleship 2 carriers 4 light cruisers 6 destroyers 1 minelayer 2 corvettes 2 sloops 1 aux vessel 2 tankers 10 transport ships	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 aircraft destroyed 4 killed (flying accidents)	1 aircraft destroyed 9 killed

Operation Stab was a British naval deception during the Second World War to distract Japanese units for the forthcoming Guadalcanal campaign by the US armed forces.