QuickCheck: Did a German submarine dock in Penang in 1939?

By TAN YI LIANG

SEVERAL years ago, a collection of photos of Penang from the 1890s to the 1980s appeared online, and the caption of one of the photos states that it is of a German submarine – the U-181 – docking at Penang's Swettenham Pier in 1939. Did this really happen as captioned?

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World War 2 , Penang , Penang Harbour , Swettenham Pier , U-Boats , U-181 , Penang , Singapore , Batavia

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