The action of 14 February 1944 refers to the sinking of a German U-boat off the Strait of Malacca during World War II by a British submarine.

It was one of the few naval engagements of the Asian and Pacific theater involving German and Italian forces.

[1] Following Italy's surrender to the Allies, a group of Italian submarines – including the Reginaldo Giuliani – were interned at Singapore by the occupying Japanese military on 10 September 1943.

The Kriegsmarine renamed her UIT-23, and she sailed for France on 15 February 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Werner Striegler with a cargo of tin, quinine and other goods.

[3] The survivors were forced to strap themselves to the floats of the planes where they rode out the eighty miles back to base.