Midget submarine australia
On the night of 31 May three Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney harbour. One became entangled in the boom net across the harbour, and her.
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Description:Publications and podcasts Japanese midget submarine attacks on Sydney, — Fact sheet On the night of 29 May , five large Japanese submarines positioned themselves 56 kilometres north-east of Sydney Heads. After circling Sydney Harbour the aircraft returned to its submarine, reporting the presence of 'battleships and cruisers' moored in the harbour. The flotilla's commanding officer decided to attack the harbour with midget submarines the next night. The next day the five submarines approached to within 11 kilometres of Sydney Heads, and at about 4. The outer-harbour defences detected the entry of the first midget submarine at about 8. Before HMAS Yarroma was able to open fire the submarine's two crew members destroyed their vessel with demolition charges and killed themselves.
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