Japanese midget submarine

The charge failed to detonate likely from being in contact with seawater. At hours, corvettes HMS Genista and HMS Thyme counterattacked with depth charges but failed to hit the Japanese midget submarines. Midget submarines are best known for harbor penetration, although only two World War II boats, the British X-craft and the unsuccessful Welman submarine , were specifically designed with this in mind. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. Privacy Copyright Disclaimer Accessibility Site map Contact us RSS. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the mother submarine.

At on 30 May one of five large Japanese submarines launched a reconnaissance aircraft northeast of Sydney, Australia. The initial Kaiten Type 1 was converted from a inch Type 93 torpedo. National Historic Landmark , No. On the 29 May , the Japanese submarines I , I and I arrived at Madagascar.