Japanese aircraft attacking Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

Hr.Ms. Soerabaja. Collectie Nederlands Instittu voor Militaire Historie, object 2158_011201

An item reported that Japanese aircraft attacked on 18 February Surabaya, Dutch East Indies hitting one Dutch ship and sinking an old submarine.(1)

Note

1. The K VII. Laid down by Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands for the Department of Colonies on 25 July 1916, launched on 8 March 1921, commissioned on 5 September 1922 and sunk lying in the Marinehaven by a bomb on 18 February 1942. 13 Crew members were killed. After the war is the wreck broken up. Also the former coastal defence ship Hr.Ms. Soerabaja (ex-=De Zeven Provinciën) lying in the harbour entrance was hit in a bomb falling in the funnel and exploding inside the ship.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942