Overview-
The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Together, these 80-man boats laid mines, and then waited in their killing zones for targets to torpedo. On 20 January 1942, it all went horribly wrong. Sunk with all hands, the submarine I-124 remains outside Darwin today, testimony to bravery but also to folly.
Avonmore Books’ new edition of a 1990s work features new and improved graphics, a host of photographs, and the complete story of the submarine action and events through the decades beyond – for the sunken vessel did not lie easy. Code seekers, treasure hunters, and potential salvors eventually led to the formation of the Historic Shipwrecks Act.
About The Author-
TABLE OF CONTENTS-
Foreward
Explanatory Notes
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. A Submarine’s Story in War and Peace
Chapter 2. A Darwin Sketch
Chapter 3. Naval Combatants – Submarine versus Corvette
Chapter 4. A Strategic Picture
Chapter 5. Combat Leaders
Chapter 6. Battle!
Chapter 7. Death on the Seabed
Chapter 8. A Second Submarine?
Chapter 9. Codes and HMAS Sydney?
Chapter 10. The Salvage Attempt Begins
Chapter 11. Between Sinking and Salvage
Chapter 12. The 1970s and Salvage Attempts
Chapter 13. A Series of Visitors
Chapter 14. Mercury and a proposal to raise
Chapter 15. I-124 Today
Appendices
References
Index
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"Lewis has gone to considerable lengths to provide accurate and illustrated details of the vessels involved and the professional and private lives of the officers commanding them."