MV Krait

Jirgin ruwa mai suna MV Krait / ˈkraɪt / wani jirgi ne mai katako wanda aka shahara da amfani da shi a yakin duniya na biyu ta hannun rundunar Z Special Force (Z Force) ta Ostiraliya a harin da aka kai wa jiragen ruwan Japan da aka makale a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Singapore . An san harin da Operation Jaywick.

Ana nuna Krait a Gidan Tarihi na Maritime na Ƙasa na Australiya (ANMM) da ke Sydney.

 Tarihi 
Asali Krait jirgin kamun kifi ne na Japan da ke Singapore mai suna Kofuku Maru. Bayan barkewar yaƙin, jirgin ruwan Amurka mai lalata jiragen ruwa na USS <i id="mwHQ">Edsall</i> ya kama jirgin kuma ya yi amfani da shi wajen kwashe mutane sama da 1,100 daga jiragen ruwa da suka nutse a gabashin gabar tekun Sumatra. Daga ƙarshe jirgin ya isa Ostiraliya ta Ceylon da Indiya a shekarar 1942, kuma aka miƙa shi ga sojojin Ostiraliya. A cikin aikin soja na Ostiraliya, an sake mata suna Krait bayan ƙaramin maciji mai kisa.

A watan Satumba na shekarar 1943, Krait ta jigilar membobin rundunar Z Special Unit zuwa Singapore, inda suka yi nasarar kai hari tashar jiragen ruwa ta birnin, inda suka nutsar da jiragen ruwa bakwai, a cikin abin da aka fi sani da Operation Jaywick. Ta koma Ostiraliya a watan Oktoba. Sojojin Ostiraliya sun yi amfani da Krait a duk lokacin yakin, kuma tana nan a lokacin da sojojin Japan suka mika wuya a Ambon a watan Satumba na shekarar 1945.

Daga baya an yi amfani da Krait a matsayin jigilar kayan aikin tattara bayanan sirri zuwa tsibiran yankin, ciki har da Buru, Aru, Ceram, Banda, da Saparua. A wannan lokacin, ta ɗauki fursunonin Japan da dama, ƙungiyoyin binciken sojoji, da kuma wani jami'in leƙen asiri na jiragen ruwa.

A Ambon, jirgin ruwan ya sami biri a matsayin abin ado. An sanya masa suna Peter kuma ya rasa wutsiyarsa. Peter ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da ma'aikatan jirgin har sai da Krait ta gama hidimarta aka ja ta zuwa Morotai. Daga nan aka yi mata jigilar kaya zuwa Labuan, inda aka sayar da ita aka miƙa ta ga Kamfanin Borneo na Burtaniya kuma inda Able Seaman Robert Harry Easom na Perth ya ajiye tutar a matsayin abin tunawa. Yanzu haka ana nuna wannan tutar a wurin tunawa da Yaƙin Australiya a Canberra.[1]

 Manazarta 
"White ensign flown from HMAS Krait : Able Seaman R H Easom, Services Reconnaissance Department"