Japanese Midget Submarine

August 7, 2007

A report from a Sydney paper says that Japanese Midget Submarine M24 had been found last year. The site was declared an historic shipwreck, and relatives of the two dead crewmen participated in a commemoration in Sydney.

The M24 entered Sydney Harbour on May 31st 1942 and fired the torpedo that sank the HMAS Kuttabul killing 21 sailors on board.

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