Ships attacked off the Australian coastline by Japanese submarines

Date	Ship	Country	Tonnage	Submarine	Damage
1942
16 May 42	Wellen	USSR	5,135 tons	I-29	Damaged by gunfire
31 May 42	HMAS Kuttabul	Australian	447 tons	Midget Submarine M24	Sunk, 19 killed, 10 wounded
3 Jun 42	Iron Chieftain	Australian	4,812 tons	I-21	Sunk by torpedoes
3 Jun 42	Age	Australian	4,734 tons	I-24	Came under gunfire but undamaged
5 Jun 42	Echunga	Australian	3,362 tons	I-24	Chased by I-24 but undamaged
9 Jun 42	Orestes	British	7,748 tons	I-24	Damaged by gunfire
12 Jun 42	Guatemala	Panamanian	5,967 tons	I-24	Sunk by torpedoes
20 Jul 42	George S. Livanos	Greek	4,835 tons	I-11	Sunk by torpedoes
21 Jul 42	Coast Farmer	USA	3,290 tons	I-11	Sunk by torpedoes
22 Jul 42	William Dawes	USA	7,177 tons	I-11	Sunk by torpedoes
23 Jul 42	Allara	Australian	3,279 tons	I-175	Damaged by torpedoes
24 Jul 42	Murada	Australian	3,345 tons	I-175	Damaged by torpedoes
27 Jul 42	Coolana	Australian	2,197 tons	I-11	Torpedoed but undamaged
3 Aug 42	Dureenbee	Australian	233 tons	I-175	Abandoned after damaged by gunfire
1943
18 Jan 43	Kalingo	New Zealand	2,407 tons	I-21	Sunk by torpedoes
18 Jan 43	Mobilube	USA	9,860 tons	I-21	Badly damaged by torpedoes
22 Jan 43	Peter H. Burnett	USA	7,176 tons	I-21	Damaged by torpedoes
8 Feb 43	Iron Knight	Australian	4,812 tons	I-21	Sunk by torpedoes
10 Feb 43	Starr King	USA	7,176 tons	I-21	Sunk by torpedoes
11 Apr 43	Recina	Yugoslavian	4,732 tons	I-26	Sunk by torpedoes
26 Apr 43	Limerick	British	8,724 tons	I-177	Sunk by torpedoes
27 Apr 43	Lydia M. Childs	USA	7,176 tons	I-178	Liberty ship 7,176 tons, sunk at 33º 8' S and 153º 24' E (100 miles N.E. of Sydney) in 20 minutes by 2 torpedoes, all crew rescued.
29 Apr 43	Wollongbar	Australian	2,239 tons	I-180	Sunk by torpedoes. 32 men killed, 5 survivors. Remains discovered off Crescent Head in about April 2020.
5 May 43	Fingal	Norwegian	2,137 tons	I-180	Sunk by torpedoes
12 May 43	Caradale	Australian	1,881 tons	I-180	Minor torpedo damage
12 May 43	Ormiston	Australian	5,832 tons	I-180	Damaged by torpedoes
29 May 43	Sheldon Jackson	USA	7,176 tons	I-174	Torpedoed but undamaged
6 Jun 43	John Bartram	USA	7,176 tons	I-174	Torpedoed but undamaged
16 Jun 43	Portmar	USA	5,551 tons	I-174	Sunk by torpedoes
16 Jun 43	LST-469	USA	5,000 tons	I-174	Badly damaged by torpedoes

Date	Ship	Country	Tonnage	Submarine	Damage
1942
7 Aug 42	Mamutu	Australian	300 tons	RO-33	Sunk by gunfire
1943
24 Apr 43	Kowarra	Australian	2,125 tons	I-26	Sunk by torpedoes, 21 killed, 11 survivors
14 May 43	Centaur	Australian	3,222 tons	I-177	Sunk by torpedoes, 258 killed
1 Jun 43	Point San Pedro	USA	3,303 tons	I-174	Torpedoed but undamaged
4 Jun 43	Edward Chambers	USA	4,113 tons	I-174	Came under gunfire but undamaged

Jenkins, David, "Battle Surface - Japan's Submarine War against Australia 1942 - 44", Random House Australia, 1992

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Date	Ship	Country	Tonnage	Submarine	Damage
1942
4 Jun 42	Iron Crown	Australian	3,353 tons	I-27	Sunk by torpedoes. 38 crew died. Wreck discovered in April 2019.
4 Jun 42	Barwon	Australian	4,239 tons	I-27	Came under gunfire & torpedo attack but undamaged

Date	Ship	Country	Tonnage	Submarine	Damage
1942
1 Mar 42	Parigi	Dutch	1,172 tons	I-2	Sunk by torpedoes off Fremantle
3 Mar 42	Narbada	?	8,988 tons	I-3	Came under gunfire 90 miles WNW of Fremantle
3 Mar 42	Tongariro	British	8,720 tons	I-3	Attacked 150 miles WSW of Fremantle
3 Mar 42	Siantar	Dutch	8,806 tons	I-1	Sunk by torpedoes NW of Shark Bay