2 Mar 1940
Singapore
Singapore
24 Jan 1942
Singapore
Singapore
- Troop convoy MS2 arrived at Singapore, disembarking an Australian machine gun battalion and 1,900 green conscripts. ww2dbase [Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | Singapore | CPC]
13 Feb 1942
Singapore
Singapore
12 Jul 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Comandante Cappellini (Aquilla III) arrived at Singapore at 1029 hours and unloaded her cargo for Japan. She began to receive some repairs for damage incurred during the journey from Europe to the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
1 Aug 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Reginaldo Giuliani arrived in Singapore. ww2dbase [Reginaldo Giuliani | Singapore | CPC]
21 Aug 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Comandante Cappellini (Aquilla III) departed Singapore with 110 tons of rubber, 44 tons of tin ingots, and 10 tons of miscellaneous cargo aboard. She was escorted by Italian sloop Eritrea. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
24 Aug 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Comandante Cappellini (Aquilla III) arrived at Singapore. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
1 Sep 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Aquila VI arrived at Keppel Harbour, Singapore and began receiving repairs. Most of her crew were sent to Pasir Panjang village to rest. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Singapore | CPC]
8 Sep 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Aquila VI was interned at Singapore by orders of Rear Admiral Takaichiro Enomoto. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Singapore | CPC]
10 Sep 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Aquila VI was commissioned into the German Navy as UIT-25 at Singapore. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Singapore | CPC]
16 Sep 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Comandante Cappellini arrived at Singapore. A squad of Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces troops boarded the submarine in case the Italian crew from scuttling the boat. Most of the Italian crew members were detained and later transferred to the Sime Road prisoners of war camp, while four were allowed to continue working on the submarine. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
29 Oct 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Kamoi departed Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]
- Japan released Walter Auconi and other Italian officers and men formerly of submarine Comandante Cappellini from the Sime Road prisoners of war camp. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
6 Dec 1943
Singapore
Singapore
- Oberleutnant zur See Werner Striegler was made the commanding officer of UIT-25 at Singapore. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Singapore | CPC]
- At Singapore, captured Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini was commissioned into German service as UIT-24 with Heinrich Pahl in command. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
1 Feb 1944
Singapore
Singapore
2 Feb 1944
Singapore
Singapore
- UIT-24 departed Singapore for Penang. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
6 Apr 1944
Singapore
Singapore
15 Apr 1944
Singapore
Singapore
22 Apr 1944
Singapore
Singapore
25 Apr 1944
Singapore
Singapore
30 Apr 1944
Singapore
Singapore
5 May 1944
Singapore
Singapore
8 May 1944
Singapore
Singapore
25 May 1944
Singapore
Singapore
- UIT-24 departed Singapore for Kobe, Japan. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
11 Jul 1944
Singapore
Singapore
12 Jul 1944
Singapore
Singapore
18 Jul 1944
Singapore
Singapore
28 Jul 1944
Singapore
Singapore
3 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
17 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
18 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
22 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
25 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
26 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
27 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
30 Aug 1944
Singapore
Singapore
2 Sep 1944
Singapore
Singapore
3 Sep 1944
Singapore
Singapore
20 Sep 1944
Singapore
Singapore
- UIT-24 arrived in Singapore. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
12 Oct 1944
Singapore
Singapore
- UIT-24 arrived in Singapore. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
26 Dec 1944
Singapore
Singapore
- Escort carrier Kaiyo, Patrol Boat No. 102, minelayer Niizaki, escort vessel Okinawa, escort vessel Type C No. 25, escort vessel Type C No. 207, and escort vessel Type C No. 63 departed Singapore at 1158 hours to escort convoy HI-84 consisted of transport Ikutagawa Maru, transport Awa Maru, tanker Akashi Maru, tanker Toa Maruk tanker Amato Maru, tanker Ryoei Maru, and tanker Miri Maru; Awa Maru also carried about 525 British, American, and Australia prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Stewart | Awa Maru | Kaiyo | Singapore | CPC]
22 Feb 1945
Singapore
Singapore
1 Apr 1945
Singapore
Singapore
3 Apr 1945
Singapore
Singapore
9 May 1945
Singapore
Singapore
14 May 1945
Singapore
Singapore
4 Jun 1945
Singapore
Singapore
9 Jun 1945
Singapore
Singapore
18 Jun 1945
Singapore
Singapore
24 Jun 1945
Singapore
Singapore
- The Japanese OKA 9420 pathogen research operation was relocated from Singapore to Laos. All documents that remained behind were burned. ww2dbase [Ryoichi Naito | Singapore | CPC]
17 Jul 1945
Singapore
Singapore
12 Aug 1945
Singapore
Singapore
4 Sep 1945
Singapore
Singapore
- Kamoi departed Pulau Bukom, Singapore and returned to the main Singapore port. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]
- HMS Cumberland arrived at Singapore. ww2dbase [Cumberland | Singapore | DS]
6 Sep 1945
Singapore
Singapore
12 Sep 1945
Singapore
Singapore
- The Japanese forces on Singapore officially surrendered to Louis Mountbattan of Allied South East Asia Command at the City Hall. Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi was unable to attend the ceremony due to health reasons, thus Seishiro Itagaki of Japanese 7th Area Army stood in as the alternate representative. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Seishiro Itagaki | Singapore | CPC]
15 Sep 1945
Singapore
Singapore
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