Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37346/supplement/5529. Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve. On 31st July 1945 in the Johore Straits, Singapore, Lieutenant Fraser, in command of HM Midget Submarine XE.3, went to attack the Japanese cruiser Takao, which was located after a long and hazardous journey. Lieutenant Fraser slid the submarine under the target which lay over a depression in the sea bed, and his diver went out to fix the limpet mines to the bottom of the ship. The two side-charges then had to be released, but the starboard charge stuck and the diver climbed out again and after a nerve-wracking five minutes released the charge. XE.3 then made for home. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35967/supplement/1584. LEGION OF MERIT,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37805/supplement/5912.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37346/supplement/5529. Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve. On 31st July 1945 in the Johore Straits, Singapore, Lieutenant Fraser, in command of HM Midget Submarine XE.3, went to attack the Japanese cruiser Takao, which was located after a long and hazardous journey. Lieutenant Fraser slid the submarine under the target which lay over a depression in the sea bed, and his diver went out to fix the limpet mines to the bottom of the ship. The two side-charges then had to be released, but the starboard charge stuck and the diver climbed out again and after a nerve-wracking five minutes released the charge. XE.3 then made for home. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35967/supplement/1584. LEGION OF MERIT,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37805/supplement/5912.