Action of 13 November 1943

Action of 13 November 1943
Part of World War II, Pacific War
Submarine HMS Taurus underway
Date 13 November 1943 Location off Penang, Malaysia, Indian Ocean 5°17′00″N 100°05′00″E / 5.2833°N 100.0833°E / 5.2833; 100.0833 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Mervyn Wingfield	Irie Tatsushi
Strength
Submarine HMS Taurus	Submarine I-34
Casualties and losses
None	I-34 sunk 84 killed

The action of 13 November 1943 was a submarine engagement during the Second World War. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kaidai Junsen Type B1 submarine I-34 in the Strait of Malacca by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Taurus. I-34 was on a Yanagi Mission, an underwater convoy secretly shipping goods between Japan and their German allies.