| Noteable events involving Tradewind include: 16 Sep, 1944 HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) sinks two small Japanese vessels with scuttling charges off the Sunda Strait. 18 Sep, 1944 HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Junyo Maru (5065 GRT) about 18 nautical miles south of Mukomuko, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 02º52'S, 101º12'E. Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of the submarine, the Japanese ship was carrying 4200 Javanese slave labourers and 2300 Allied prisoners from Batavia to Padang. 5620 lives were lost in the sinking.
If you want to know more about this sinking follow this offsite link: The sinking of the Junyo Maru (see map) 30 Oct, 1944 HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) lays mines of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. 8 Nov, 1944 HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) sinks five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Burma. 10 Nov, 1944 HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Burma. 1 Jan, 1945 The Japanese merchant cargo vessel Kyokko Maru (593 GRT) sinks off the Mergui Archipelago, Burma in position 12º26'N, 98º39'E after hitting a mine laid by the British submarine HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) on 30 October 1944. (see map) 20 Apr, 1945 HMS Tradewind (Lt. J. Nash, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese tug and two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. 29 Apr, 1945 HMS Tradewind (Lt. J. Nash, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Takasago Maru (1116 GRT) in the Gulf of Siam in position 06º48'N, 101º36'E. (see map) |