The German raider supply ship, OLE JACOB, was sighted by an Australian Sunderland flying boat in the Coral Sea. The sighting report was intercepted by the raider ORION, whose captain believed the aircraft was calling in HMAS STUART. Both enemy vessels escaped into the Indian Ocean.
Australian Naval History on 16 February 1941
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