campaign, interwar and Second World War

Operation Rimau

Name: Operation Rimau
Location: Port of Singapore, Singapore

Operation Rimau was a campaign fought in 1944 at Port of Singapore, in what is now Singapore. It was part of Operation Hornbill. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: N/A against 23 commandos; 1 junk.

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Fought1944

WherePort of Singapore, Singapore1.288N, 103.866E

OutcomeJapanese victory

BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstZ Special Unit

Casualties and lossesclaimed 3 ships sunkand1 junk scuttled; 13 killed or died in custody; 10 executed

Part ofOperation Hornbill

Record

Date	1944 (year precision) to 1944
Place	Port of Singapore, Singapore 1.288N, 103.866E
Kind	Campaign, interwar and Second World War
Strength	N/A	23 commandos; 1 junk
Casualties and losses	claimed 3 ships sunk	1 junk scuttled; 13 killed or died in custody; 10 executed
Commanders	Ivan Lyon

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Operation Jaywick 1943, 0.1 km SW
Battle of Pasir Panjang 1942, 11 km W
Bombing of Singapore 1944, 11 km NW
Battle of Singapore 1942, 13 km NW
Action of 13 December 1964 1964, 20 km SW

Elsewhere in 1944

Operation Rimau is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 10 in present-day Singapore.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097464, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Rimau, revision 1379353247, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.