JAPANESE SUBMARINE SIGHTINGS
AROUND AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

Japanese Submarine plotted off Moreton Island
by RAAF Radar Station No. 23 at Fort Lytton
on 13 May 1943, the day before the "Centaur" was sunk

Japanese mother Submarines plotted off Brisbane
by RAAF Station No. 23 at Fort Lytton
before the midget submarine attack
on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942

Japanese submarine sighted near Fitzroy Island

Japanese submarine sighted and captured near Green Island

Japanese submarine sighted west of Arukun Mission in April 1943

Japanese Submarine RO-33 lands a party
on Murray Island, north Queensland

Ships attacked off the Australian coastline by Japanese submarines

Australian cities shelled by Japanese submarines

Reconnaissance flights over Australia from Japanese submarines during WW2

Japanese landings in Australia during WW2

German U-Boat attacks off the Australian Coast during WW2

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This page first produced 2 November 2000

This page last updated 14 January 2020