LEUT H. E. Carse. RANVR, recorded in KRAIT’s log that on the passage through Lombok Strait, after the successful commando raid on Singapore Harbour, (Operation Jaywick), a modern Japanese destroyer approached to within 100 yards of KRAIT, during darkness. The destroyer did not use a searchlight, and after 5 minutes she sheered off, and went directly away from KRAIT.
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1943
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