Battery exploded on board of Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. KXIII according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 23 December 1941

An item referred to the N/A Singapore reporting that on board of the Dutch submarine K-13 at Singapore a battery exploded one crew member died, 5 others wounded.(1)

Note

1. Laid down by Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands on 15 October 1923, launched on 23 December 1924, commissioned on 29 March 1926, explosion on 21 December 1941 3 dead 3 wounded, scuttled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 13 dated 23 December 1941.