The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bow section of the Japanese midget submarine HA 21, from the mother submarine I-22. The section carries two torpedo tubes, a tube guard protector and a saw toothed net cutter. This artifact was recovered by the RAN in 1942 and partly restored by the Navy for public display. In doing so, some of the fittings from the bow section of HA-14 were used. These can particularly be seen in the brass torpedo cover capture clamps.
Japanese Midget submarine which is a composite of two submarines - the Ha-21 and the Ha-14. The original submarine type was constructed of 6.4mm steel plate in five sections: Forward section incorpor
Stern portion of the Japanese midget submarine Ha 14, which had been carried by the I-27. Constructed from 6.4 mm steel plate with welded joints, twin contra rotating screws, protected within a propel
The mid conning tower section from Ha 14. This element shows evidence of the explosive charge used by the crew to destroy their submarine. The submarine's hull is constructed of 6.4 mm steel plate.
Inert (unfilled with any explosive) 18 inch diameter Type 98 torpedo from one of the two Japanese midget submarines which sunk during their attack on Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May/1 June 1942.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-10. DETAIL VIEW OF THE BOW OF THE JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE NO 21 SHOWING THE TORPEDO CAP GUARD, THE FORWARD NET CUTTER, TUBE CAPS (ONE RELEASED BUT JAMMED), THE HEAD OF A TORPEDO
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-10. EXTERNAL BOW VIEW OF JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE NO. 14 WHICH TOOK PART IN THE RAID IN THE HARBOUR ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-05-31, SHOWING THE MOUTHS OF THE TORPEDO TUBES AFTER TORP
