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The narrative that makes up The Tiger’s Revenge has been drawn from many documents, conversations and interviews many of which are accessible here as a resource hub for all things to do with Jaywick.

Summary Report and Journal of Ivan Lyon Operation Jaywick

Report of JAYWICK Operation [Narrative] [Singapore]

Documentation relating to award post Operation Jaywick and citations.

Logbook of Lieutenant Ted Carse

Log book of the MV Krait's voyage from Australia to Singapore on Operation Jaywick, 1943

Vessel Management Plan – MV Krait

Krait is a national treasure and is registered as an Official War Memorial in Australia. Such is the acknowledgement and respect for this vessel and what she and the fourteen operatives achieved. Her continuous care and maintenance is a tribute to Australians and especially the Australian War Memorial and Australian National Maritime Museum. This unique document gives an insight into Kriat’s history and future care.

Jaywick - Rimau - Krait Operations

Official Secret Report from 1943 detailing voyage of Krait and the attack on Japanese shipping. Personal accounts of attack team.

Davidsons Log

Davidson was an excellent judge of character and highly respected by the personnel he honed. This log gives insight into his analysis of characters in Camp X and the ruthlessness of his training.

Selbourne Letter

Evidence that not only had John Curtin the Prime Minister of Australia recommended Lyon for a Victoria Cross, Francis Ford had lobbied hard the British Minister for Economic Warfare (SOE) Lord Selbourne whilst visiting England to increase Ivan Lyon's recommendation to a Victoria Cross. To which Selbourne and the Military Secretary accepted his higher recommendation.

Included is a transcript of Selbourne's letter highlights to Ivan Lyon’s father the three witness rule for a VC. The Tiger’s Revenge Enhanced Edition explains the reasoning why this may have been overruled.

Cockleshell Heroes-Operation Jaywick a strategic analysis

Cockleshell Heroes is a globally acknowledged heroic act and operation, actually named (Operation Frankton) Churchill said that it shortened the duration of the war, something many historians have struggled to evidence. Operation Jaywick was an audacious success something acknowledged by the most senior commanders but is still little known or understood.

Operation "JAYWICK" September 1943

Media coverage following Jaywick in 1946, Summary Report and personal accounts of the attack.