The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian officers and British Marines examine a nest of twenty four midget submarines found on the Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay. They are identical to the submarines used in the raids on Sydney Harbour earlier in the war. The submarines were placed in a long cement tank, which was flooded with water. They were then run into a watertight tube, and a hatch was closed on them. This, when filled with water, presented identical conditions to the submarine in actual use under the sea. Note the testing lock at right.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. August 1945. Australian officers and British Marines examine a nest of twenty four midget submarines found on the Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay. They are smaller than th
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Captain H. J. Buchanan DSO, RAN Commander of the British Landing Force, and staff having a close up view of some of the midget submarines surrendered in the
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR EXAMINE CHOCKS ON THE FOREDECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 BELIEVED TO BE CRADLES FOR M
Ebisu, Japan. 1952-01. A midget submarine testing tank in Ebisu, a British Commonwealth Leave Camp. Midget submarines were tested here during World War II. This pen was later converted to a prison. (D
Circular metal lower access hatch for a Type A midget submarine.. Three strengthening ribs on interior surface. Hinge mechanism on exterior. The exterior is finished in a matt black camouflage paint
A water filled ditch (foreground) which formed part of the final objective of the 5th Australian Division (Div) in the disastrous attack on 19 July 1916. Reported to be a system of trenches, these di
