The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 the submarines used on the raids on Sydney Harbour earlier in the war. To the right can be seen a testing lock. The submarines were placed in a long cement tank, which was flooded with water. They were then run into a water-tight 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.
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
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
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
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Australian observers and war correspondents were particularly interested in examining a midget submarine which is similar to those used in the raids on Sydn
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
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Australian naval ratings from HMAS Napier inspecting a Japanese Shinyo suicide launch and a midget submarine alongside each other in the Yokosuka Naval Base
