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'''Operation Rimau''' was an attack on [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] shipping in [[Singapore]] Harbour, carried out by an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[commando]] unit [[Z Special Unit]], during [[World War II]] using Australian built Hoehn military MKIII [[folboat]]s.<ref>Attestation of 7 Commissioned officers of 'Z' Special Unit that Hoehn folboats were used in Operation Rimau. NAA K1214-123/1/06.</ref> It was a follow-up to the successful ''[[Operation Jaywick]]'' which had taken place in September 1943, and was again led by Lieutenant Colonel [[Ivan Lyon]] of the [[Gordon Highlanders]], an infantry regiment of the [[British Army]].

Originally part of a much larger operation called ''[[Operation Hornbill (World War Two)|Operation Hornbill]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozatwar.com/sigint/hornbill.htm |title=Operations Hornbill, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) |publisher=Ozatwar.com |access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> the aim of Rimau was to sink Japanese shipping by paddling the folboats in the dark and placing [[Limpet mine|limpet mines]] on ships. It was originally intended that motorised semi-submersible canoes, known as "[[Sleeping Beauty (canoe)|Sleeping Beauties]]", would be used to gain access to the harbour, however, they resorted to folboats. After the raiding party's discovery by local Malay authorities, a total of thirteen men (including raid commander Lyon) were killed during battles with the [[Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan|Japanese military]] at a number of island locations or were captured and died of their wounds in Japanese captivity. A group of ten commandos were transported to Outram Road Jail in Singapore after capture by the Japanese, were tried with [[perfidy]] and [[espionage]] in a Japanese court and executed on 7 July 1945.<ref name="Success and failure in the port of Singapore—Z Special Unit and the Jaywick and Rimau raids">{{citation|title = Success and failure in the port of Singapore—Z Special Unit and the Jaywick and Rimau raids|url = http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/z_special/pdf/z_force.pdf|publisher = ANZAC Day|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060429034342/http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/z_special/pdf/z_force.pdf|archive-date = 29 April 2006|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Rimau Historic Marker">{{citation|title = Rimau Historic Marker| date=11 January 2012 |url = http://lynettesilver.com/investigations/rimau-historic-marker/|publisher = Lynette Ramsay Silver OAM}}</ref>

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