The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HMAS K9 was a Dutch submarine which was used by the Royal Australian Navy for training purposes during the Second World War. K9 was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy and allocated for service in the Netherlands East Indies. On the night of 31st May 1942, K9 was lying in Sydney Harbour alongside the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul. During the night a torpedo from one of the Japanese midget submarines passed under K9 and exploded when it struck the harbour bed beneath Kuttabul, sinking the latter at a cost of 21 lives.
HMAS K9 was a Dutch submarine which was used by the Royal Australian Navy for training purposes during World War II. K IX (K9) was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy and allocated for service in t
Dutch Submarine K IX (K9) berthed alongside Garden Island, Royal Navy. K IX was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy to an Electric Boat Co (USA) design and allotted for service in the Netherlands Eas
Studio wedding portrait of F3222 Ordinary Seaman Arthur James Smith, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Marylands, Western Australia and his wife Hilda Edith Smith. After enlisting in the RANR
Street portrait of S5161 Stoker (STO) John Edward Thomas Gannon, RAN, of Warrawong, NSW. A merchant seaman prior to his enlistment, STO Gannon was killed on the night of 31 May 1942 when HMAS Kuttab
Studio portrait of S5973 Able Seaman (AB) Neil Roberts, of Sydney, NSW. AB Roberts was on board HMAS Kuttabul on the night of 31 May 1942 when the converted ferry was sunk in Sydney Harbour from a tor
Several men watch as a Japanese midget two-man submarine is raised from the harbour bed. The Japanese submarine, which attempted a raid on shipping in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 was rammed and sunk
