Sydney Harbour- 29th of May 1942
On the 29th of May 1942, five large submarines settled themselves at the Heads of Sydney, 56 kilometres from shore. Early the next day at 3am one of the five submarines sent a reconnaissance aircraft over Sydney Harbour that brought back information of battleships and cruisers docked to a wharf in Sydney Harbour. With this information the officer of the squadron authorised that three midget submarines were to sneak into the harbour the next day. After the squadrons command the day before the five submarines get closer to Sydney Heads leaving 11 kilometres between them and there they discharged three midget submarines at 4:30 pm leaving them to getting into the depth of Sydney Harbour.
In the darkness of the night of 31 May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines slowly made their way into Sydney Harbour after being launched from five submarines linger just off the Heads of Sydney. These Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarines held two crew members and did not all make it successfully to inside of Sydney Harbour. At 8:00 pm, Sydney's outer-defences recognised the first submarines approach but did not become an alarm until it became caught up in anti-torpedo net that was cast from George's Head and Green Point. Australia's HMAS Yarroma, part of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy was ready to open fire though the two crew members activated a demolition charge, demolishing the midget submarine and killing themselves to avoid capture. News got around about the midget submarines lurking in Sydney's waters the residents reactions of Sydney differed between people. Many local residents were scared and felt threaten by the Japanese's approach on sabotaging the harbour and deserted their home to flee the possible destruction and war though many other Sydney citizens did not think much of the first submarine in the harbour and came to watch officials retrieve it out of the bay.
After the first submarine was found, the Japanese sent their second midget submarine into the harbour at 9:48 pm and directed it to approach the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The destination of the Japanese submarine worried the Royal Australian Navy and the Naval Officer of Sydney and so the officer commanded action to be made. When the submarine was about 200 metres from Garden Island, USS Chicago a large cruiser ship fired shots at the Japanese submarine. The submarine then retaliated with two torpedoes that were fired at the cruiser. Both torpedoes failed to reach the target as one landed on the shore of Garden Island but never exploded. The other torpedo hit the harbour bed just narrowly missing the Dutch submarine K9 and the depot ship, HMAS Kuttabul. As the torpedo hit the harbour bed under the HMAS Kuttabul the explosion still affected the ship and made an impact, killing 21 sailors that were members of the Royal Australian Navy. The Japanese midget submarine had completed its job and exited the harbour after the incident. Crew members of the HMAS Yandra spotted the third Japanese submarine in the harbour and was depth-charged by the Royal Australian Navy. The two crew members of the third Japanese submarine committed suicide and the vessel sunk in Taylor's Bay, Sydney. This made the Sydney locals shaken and left concerned to if the Japanese were going to invade in the near future.
In the darkness of the night of 31 May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines slowly made their way into Sydney Harbour after being launched from five submarines linger just off the Heads of Sydney. These Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarines held two crew members and did not all make it successfully to inside of Sydney Harbour. At 8:00 pm, Sydney's outer-defences recognised the first submarines approach but did not become an alarm until it became caught up in anti-torpedo net that was cast from George's Head and Green Point. Australia's HMAS Yarroma, part of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy was ready to open fire though the two crew members activated a demolition charge, demolishing the midget submarine and killing themselves to avoid capture. News got around about the midget submarines lurking in Sydney's waters the residents reactions of Sydney differed between people. Many local residents were scared and felt threaten by the Japanese's approach on sabotaging the harbour and deserted their home to flee the possible destruction and war though many other Sydney citizens did not think much of the first submarine in the harbour and came to watch officials retrieve it out of the bay.
After the first submarine was found, the Japanese sent their second midget submarine into the harbour at 9:48 pm and directed it to approach the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The destination of the Japanese submarine worried the Royal Australian Navy and the Naval Officer of Sydney and so the officer commanded action to be made. When the submarine was about 200 metres from Garden Island, USS Chicago a large cruiser ship fired shots at the Japanese submarine. The submarine then retaliated with two torpedoes that were fired at the cruiser. Both torpedoes failed to reach the target as one landed on the shore of Garden Island but never exploded. The other torpedo hit the harbour bed just narrowly missing the Dutch submarine K9 and the depot ship, HMAS Kuttabul. As the torpedo hit the harbour bed under the HMAS Kuttabul the explosion still affected the ship and made an impact, killing 21 sailors that were members of the Royal Australian Navy. The Japanese midget submarine had completed its job and exited the harbour after the incident. Crew members of the HMAS Yandra spotted the third Japanese submarine in the harbour and was depth-charged by the Royal Australian Navy. The two crew members of the third Japanese submarine committed suicide and the vessel sunk in Taylor's Bay, Sydney. This made the Sydney locals shaken and left concerned to if the Japanese were going to invade in the near future.