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WWII ENEMY MARINE ACTIONS AGAINST AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA IN WWII SPECIAL ISSUE POSTERS WWII ENEMY MARINE ACTIONS AGAINST AUSTRALIA E14Y Glen float plane launching from a submarine. Floats and wings were removed to enable storage in the hangar (foreground). ese aircraſt conducted reconnaissance flights over Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart Japanese midget submarine destroyed and recovered from Sydney harbour e symbol used by the Japanese to identify their submarines was recognised as “I” by Allied forces Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Tasmania Queensland Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory ENEMY SURFACE ACTIONS BY GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISERS (RAIDERS) Five German raiders, converted merchant ships armed with concealed guns, torpedo tubes and fi tted for mine laying, conducted operations from August 1940 through June 1943 off the western, southern and south eastern coasts attacking shipping and laying mines. Between August and November 1940 actions by, or mines laid by raiders Orion, Pinguin and Storstad sank the merchant ships Cambridge, City of Rayville, Nimbin, Millimumul and damaged Hertford. Mines were laid off the South Australian coast, Sydney and Melbourne and Japanese submarines laid mines off Darwin and in Torres Strait ( ). Off the West Australian coast in November 1940 the raider Pinguin captured and sank the merchant vessel Maimoa and also sank the merchantman Port of Brisbane in December. South-west of Carnarvon in November 1941 the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney was sunk in a mutually destructive encounter with the German raider Kormoran. The raider Michel sank the Høegh Silverdawn and Ferncastle off Western Australian in June 1943, the last action by German raiders in Australian waters. JAPANESE SUBMARINE ACTIONS, AUSTRALIA, 1942 I-121, Jan 12 NT. Mine laying. 37 mines laid I-122, Jan 15 QLD. Mine laying. 30 mines laid I-123, Jan NT. Mine laying. Unknown number laid I-124, 16 Jan NT. 27 mines laid I-123, Jan 20 NT. Attacked three US Navy ships, all escaped I-124, Jan 20 NT. Submarine sunk by HMAS Deloraine I-121, Jan 21 NT. Allied warships attacked I-121 which escaped I-25, Feb 17 NSW. Sydney harbour, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-25, Feb 26 VIC. Melbourne, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-25, Mar 1 TAS. Hobart, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-2, Mar 1 WA. Paragi torpedoed, sunk I-1, Mar 3 WA. Siantar torpedoed, sunk I-3, Mar 3 WA. Narbada, gun attack, damaged I-3, Mar 3 WA. Tongariro torpedo attack, undamaged I-1, Mar 9 NT. Australian soldiers in boat captured off Timor I-29, May 16 NSW. Wellen, gun attack, damaged I-25, May 23 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-21, May 30 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-29, I-21, I-24, I-22, I-27, Midget Submarines M-14, M-24, M-21, May 31 NSW. Sydney harbour, HMAS Kuttabul torpedoed, sunk. I-24, Jun 3 NSW. Age, gun attack, damaged I-24, Jun 3 NSW. Iron Chieftain, torpedoed, sunk I-27, Jun 4 NSW. Barwon, torpedo/gun attack, escaped I-27, Jun 4 NSW. Iron Crown, torpedo attack, sunk I-24, Jun 5 NSW. Echunga, chased, undamaged I-24, Jun 8 NSW. Sydney, gun attack, buildings damaged I-21, Jun 8 NSW. Newcastle, gun attack, buildings damaged I-24, Jun 9 NSW. Orestes, gun attack, damaged I-11, Jul 20, NSW. George S Livanos, torpedoed, sunk I-11, Jul 21, NSW. Coast Farmer, torpedoed, sunk I-11, Jul 22 NSW. William Dawes, torpedoed, sunk I-24, Jul 23 NSW. Guatamala, torpedoed, sunk I-175, Jul 23 NSW. Allara, torpedoed, damaged I-175, Jul 24 NSW. Murada, torpedo attack, undamaged I-11, Jul 27 NSW. Coolana, torpedo attack, undamaged I-175, Aug 3 NSW. Dureenbee, gun attack, sunk I-32, Aug 4 WA. Katoomba, gun attack, chased, escaped RO-33, Aug 7 QLD. Mamutu, gun attack, sunk I-162, I-165, Aug Nov NT. Patrols, operating from base in Penang 1943 I-21, Jan 18 NSW. Kalingo torpedoed, sunk I-21, Jan 18 NSW. Mobilube torpedoed, towed to port I-21, Jan 22 NSW. Peter H Burnett torpedoed, damaged I-165, Jan 28 WA. Gun attack on Port Gregory, no effect I-21, Feb 8 NSW. Iron Knight torpedoed, sunk I-21, Feb 10 NSW. Star King torpedoed, sunk I-21, Feb 19 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-6, I-26, Mar QLD. Mine laying, Brisbane waters, swept and cleared Unknown, Mar 18 QLD. Charles S Jones, torpedoed, survived I-26, Apr 11 NSW. Recina torpedoed, sunk I-26, Apr 24 QLD. Kowarra torpedoed, sunk I-177, Apr 26 NSW. Limerick torpedoed, sunk I-178, 27 Apr NSW. Lydia M Childs, torpedoed, sunk I-180, Apr 29 NSW. Wollongbar torpedoed, sunk I-180, May 5 NSW. Fingal torpedoed, sunk I-180, May 12 NSW. Caradale torpedoed, damaged I-180, May 12 NSW. Ormiston torpedoed, damaged I-177 May 14 QLD. AHS Centaur torpedoed, 268 fatalities I-174, May 29 NSW. Sheldon Jackson, attacked, undamaged I-174, Jun 1 QLD. Point San Pedro, attacked, undamaged I-174, Jun 4 QLD. Edward Chambers, attacked, escaped I-174, Jun 6 NSW. John Bartram, attacked, undamaged I-24, Jun 9 NSW. Orestes, gun attack, damaged I-24, Jun 12 NSW. Guatemala, torpedoed, sunk I-174, Jun 16 NSW. Portmar, torpedoed, sunk I-174, Jun 16 NSW. LST 469, torpedoed, damaged I-165, Sep 14 WA. Reconnaissance of Australian defences 1944 I-165, May 31 WA. Reconnaissance of Australian defences GERMAN U-BOAT ACTIONS, AUSTRALIA, 1944 U-862, Dec 9 SA. Illissos, gun attack, damaged U-862, Dec 14 TAS. Attack called off when aircraft sighted U-862, Dec 25 NSW. Robert J Walker, torpedoed, sunk 1945 U-862, Feb 5 WA. Peter Sylvester, torpedoed, sunk Darwin Carnarvon e Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed off North Stradbroke Island on May 14, 1943. Of the 332 medical and civilian crew 268 were killed HMAS Deloraine sank the submarine I‐124 off Darwin on January 20, 1942 e loss of HMAS Sydney and all 645 crew on November 19, 1941 was Australia’s biggest Naval disaster. e German raider Kormoran was also sunk with a loss of 80 lives. e exact location of the battle was not known until both wrecks were discovered south‐west of Carnarvon by ‘e Finding Sydney Foundation’ in March 2008, 112 nautical miles, (207klms) off Steep Point A converted merchant ship, Kormoran was fitted for mine laying, armed with six 150mm guns, five anti‐aircraſt guns, six torpedo tubes and carried two floatplanes in cargo holds. Flying under flags of other nations, raiders approached target vessels before concealed guns were exposed for battle North Stradbroke Island Hobart Melbourne Sydney Newcastle SS Kowarra, torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I‐26 off the Queensland coast on April 24, 1943 Crew of the U-Boat U‐862 manning its 105mm deck gun SS Port of Brisbane, sunk in Indian Ocean off Western Australia by German raider Pinguin Iron Chieſtain, sunk near Sydney during torpedo attack by Japanese submarine I‐24 Nimbin, sank off Sydney when it struck a mine laid by the German raider Pinguin Research by Military Historian Dr Tom Lewis OAM © M A Reed. Email: [email protected] Posters in the series: WWII Air Combat Flights Against Australia; WWII Enemy Surface Vessel Actions Around Australia; WWII In Broome And The Northwest; The Tiwi Islands And WWII; A Wartime Territory.
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WWII ENEMY MARINE ACTIONS AGAINST AUSTRALIA A U S T R A L I A I N W W I I S P E C I A L I S S U E P O S T E R S
WWII ENEMY MARINE ACTIONS AGAINST AUSTRALIA
E14Y Glen float plane launching from a submarine. Floats and wings were removed to enable storage in the hangar (foreground). These aircraft conducted reconnaissance flights over Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart
Japanese midget submarine destroyed and recovered from Sydney harbour
The symbol used by the Japanese to identify their submarines was recognised as “I” by Allied forces
WesternAustralia
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
Queensland
NorthernTerritory
AustralianCapital Territory
ENEMY SURFACE ACTIONS BY GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISERS (RAIDERS) Five German raiders, converted merchant ships armed with concealed guns, torpedo tubes and fitted for mine laying, conducted operations from August 1940 through June 1943 off the western, southern and south eastern coasts attacking shipping and laying mines. Between August and November 1940 actions by, or mines laid by raiders Orion, Pinguin and Storstad sank the merchant ships Cambridge, City of Rayville, Nimbin, Millimumul and damaged Hertford. Mines were laid off the South Australian coast, Sydney and Melbourne and Japanese submarines laid mines off Darwin and in Torres Strait ( ). Off the West Australian coast in November 1940 the raider Pinguin captured and sank the merchant vessel Maimoa and also sank the merchantman Port of Brisbane in December. South-west of Carnarvon in November 1941 the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney was sunk in a mutually destructive encounter with the German raider Kormoran. The raider Michel sank the Høegh Silverdawn and Ferncastle off Western Australian in June 1943, the last action by German raiders in Australian waters.
JAPANESE SUBMARINE ACTIONS, AUSTRALIA, 1942 I-121, Jan 12 NT. Mine laying. 37 mines laid I-122, Jan 15 QLD. Mine laying. 30 mines laid I-123, Jan NT. Mine laying. Unknown number laid I-124, 16 Jan NT. 27 mines laid I-123, Jan 20 NT. Attacked three US Navy ships, all escaped I-124, Jan 20 NT. Submarine sunk by HMAS Deloraine I-121, Jan 21 NT. Allied warships attacked I-121 which escapedI-25, Feb 17 NSW. Sydney harbour, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-25, Feb 26 VIC. Melbourne, floatplane reconnaissance flightI-25, Mar 1 TAS. Hobart, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-2, Mar 1 WA. Paragi torpedoed, sunk I-1, Mar 3 WA. Siantar torpedoed, sunk I-3, Mar 3 WA. Narbada, gun attack, damaged I-3, Mar 3 WA. Tongariro torpedo attack, undamaged I-1, Mar 9 NT. Australian soldiers in boat captured off Timor I-29, May 16 NSW. Wellen, gun attack, damaged I-25, May 23 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-21, May 30 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-29, I-21, I-24, I-22, I-27, Midget Submarines M-14, M-24, M-21, May 31 NSW. Sydney harbour, HMAS Kuttabul torpedoed, sunk. I-24, Jun 3 NSW. Age, gun attack, damaged I-24, Jun 3 NSW. Iron Chieftain, torpedoed, sunk I-27, Jun 4 NSW. Barwon, torpedo/gun attack, escaped I-27, Jun 4 NSW. Iron Crown, torpedo attack, sunk I-24, Jun 5 NSW. Echunga, chased, undamaged I-24, Jun 8 NSW. Sydney, gun attack, buildings damaged I-21, Jun 8 NSW. Newcastle, gun attack, buildings damaged I-24, Jun 9 NSW. Orestes, gun attack, damaged I-11, Jul 20, NSW. George S Livanos, torpedoed, sunk I-11, Jul 21, NSW. Coast Farmer, torpedoed, sunk I-11, Jul 22 NSW. William Dawes, torpedoed, sunk I-24, Jul 23 NSW. Guatamala, torpedoed, sunk I-175, Jul 23 NSW. Allara, torpedoed, damaged I-175, Jul 24 NSW. Murada, torpedo attack, undamaged I-11, Jul 27 NSW. Coolana, torpedo attack, undamaged I-175, Aug 3 NSW. Dureenbee, gun attack, sunk I-32, Aug 4 WA. Katoomba, gun attack, chased, escaped RO-33, Aug 7 QLD. Mamutu, gun attack, sunk I-162, I-165, Aug Nov NT. Patrols, operating from base in Penang
1943 I-21, Jan 18 NSW. Kalingo torpedoed, sunk I-21, Jan 18 NSW. Mobilube torpedoed, towed to port I-21, Jan 22 NSW. Peter H Burnett torpedoed, damaged I-165, Jan 28 WA. Gun attack on Port Gregory, no effect I-21, Feb 8 NSW. Iron Knight torpedoed, sunk I-21, Feb 10 NSW. Star King torpedoed, sunk I-21, Feb 19 NSW. Sydney, floatplane reconnaissance flight I-6, I-26, Mar QLD. Mine laying, Brisbane waters, swept and clearedUnknown, Mar 18 QLD. Charles S Jones, torpedoed, survived I-26, Apr 11 NSW. Recina torpedoed, sunk I-26, Apr 24 QLD. Kowarra torpedoed, sunk I-177, Apr 26 NSW. Limerick torpedoed, sunk I-178, 27 Apr NSW. Lydia M Childs, torpedoed, sunk I-180, Apr 29 NSW. Wollongbar torpedoed, sunk I-180, May 5 NSW. Fingal torpedoed, sunk I-180, May 12 NSW. Caradale torpedoed, damaged I-180, May 12 NSW. Ormiston torpedoed, damaged I-177 May 14 QLD. AHS Centaur torpedoed, 268 fatalities I-174, May 29 NSW. Sheldon Jackson, attacked, undamaged I-174, Jun 1 QLD. Point San Pedro, attacked, undamaged I-174, Jun 4 QLD. Edward Chambers, attacked, escaped I-174, Jun 6 NSW. John Bartram, attacked, undamaged I-24, Jun 9 NSW. Orestes, gun attack, damaged I-24, Jun 12 NSW. Guatemala, torpedoed, sunk I-174, Jun 16 NSW. Portmar, torpedoed, sunk I-174, Jun 16 NSW. LST 469, torpedoed, damaged I-165, Sep 14 WA. Reconnaissance of Australian defences
1944 I-165, May 31 WA. Reconnaissance of Australian defences
GERMAN U-BOAT ACTIONS, AUSTRALIA, 1944 U-862, Dec 9 SA. Illissos, gun attack, damaged U-862, Dec 14 TAS. Attack called off when aircraft sighted U-862, Dec 25 NSW. Robert J Walker, torpedoed, sunk
1945 U-862, Feb 5 WA. Peter Sylvester, torpedoed, sunk
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The Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed off North Stradbroke Island on May 14, 1943. Of the 332 medical and civilian crew 268 were killed
HMAS Deloraine sank the submarine I‐124 off Darwin on January 20, 1942
The loss of HMAS Sydney and all 645 crew on November 19, 1941 was Australia’s biggest Naval disaster. The German raider Kormoran was also sunk with a loss of 80 lives. The exact location of the battle was not known until both wrecks were discovered south‐west of Carnarvon by ‘The Finding Sydney Foundation’ in March 2008, 112 nautical miles, (207klms) off Steep Point
A converted merchant ship, Kormoran was fitted for mine laying, armed with six 150mm guns, five anti‐aircraft guns, six torpedo tubes and carried two floatplanes in cargo holds. Flying under flags of other nations, raiders approached target vessels before concealed guns were exposed for battle
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SS Kowarra, torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I‐26 off the Queensland coast on April 24, 1943
Crew of the U-Boat U‐862 manning its 105mm deck gun
SS Port of Brisbane, sunk in Indian Ocean off Western Australia by German raider Pinguin
Iron Chieftain, sunk near Sydney during torpedo attack by Japanese submarine I‐24
Nimbin, sank off Sydney when it struck a mine laid by the German raider Pinguin
Research by Military Historian Dr Tom Lewis OAM© M A Reed. Email: [email protected] in the series: WWII Air Combat Flights Against Australia; WWII Enemy Surface Vessel Actions Around Australia; WWII In Broome And The Northwest; The Tiwi Islands And WWII; A Wartime Territory.
