World War II: In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_14_February_1944" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Action of 14 February 1944">action of 14 February 1944</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Regia Marina">Regia Marina</a> submarine in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strait of Malacca">Strait of Malacca</a>.