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South Wales
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The
Japanese mini submarines of the
Kō-hyōteki class, participated in
several attacks during second world war. They were carried
on the deck of larger submarines, and launched for attacks
when they arrived at the designated targets. They had no
names, and was often called the same as the submarines who
carried them. One of these submarines were beached under
the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and three
were later sunk outside Australia. Three such submarines
attacked Sydney harbor 31.May 1942. Two of them
were almost immediately spotted and sunk, but the third
one attacked and sunk the Australian depot ship HMAS
Kuttabul. What thereafter happened to her is uncertain.
The wreck was located in November 2006, and rest today on
a depth of 54 meter at Bungan Head outside Newport.
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| 33°40′21″ S 151°22′58″ E  Picture: A captured Japanese submarine at Pearl Harbor 1942 Courtesy of Naval History |
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