Operation Stab

Operation Stab
Part of the Pacific War of the Second World War

The Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea
Date21 July – 4 August 1942
Location
Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
15°N 88°E / 15°N 88°E / 15; 88
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Japan
Commanders and leaders
James Somerville
Units involved
  • 1 battleship
  • 2 aircraft carriers
  • 4 light cruisers
  • 6 destroyers
  • 1 minelayer
  • 2 corvettes
  • 2 sloops
  • 1 auxiliary vessel
  • 2 tankers
  • 10 transport ships
Casualties and losses
  • 4 aircraft destroyed
  • 4 killed (flying accidents)
  • 1 aircraft destroyed
  • 9 killed
Location within Indian Ocean

Operation Stab was a British naval deception during the Second World War to distract Japanese units for the forthcoming Guadalcanal campaign by the US armed forces.

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