The SS Chivalry was a British

United Kingdom

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 freighter

Cargo ship

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 sunk by a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese submarine

Submarine

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 in the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 in 1944.

On 22 February, the Chivalry was sunk in the Indian Ocean. The Japanese submarine then circled the survivors in two lifeboats, raking them with machine gun fire. An 8mm movie camera (Standard 8) was used to record this act. After 37 days in an open boat, 38 survivors were rescued by cargo liner

Cargo liner

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