Enemy raider active near the Chagos Archipelago according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 6 August 1942

An item reported that an Allied merchant ship was attacked by an enemy raider about 600 nautical miles southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No.239 dated 6 August 1942.

Several Japanese submarines active in the Indian Ocean-Arabian Sea area according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 6 August 1942

An item reported that it seems that 4-6 Japanese submarines were active in the Indian Ocean-Arabian Sea area. The submarines were now moving eastward probably after a rendezvous with a supply ship in the Chagos Archipelago which seemed to render ineffective.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No.239 dated 6 August 1942.

British screw gun vessel HMS Lizard underway from Diego Garcia towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 23 March 1888

An item dated 22nd reported the passing of Nieuw Anjer [nowadays Anyer, Indonesia] by the British war steamship Lizard underway from Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She arrived there the same day, captain Portol or Portal.(1)

Note
1. Composite built, launched at the shipyard of Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Ireland on 27 November 1886 and finally sold to be broken up at Sydney, Australia in 1905. Main armament consisted of 6-4”guns.