Nummer: 27906a


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : South Pacific
Date of attack : 31.05.1942
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-24
Commander : Hanabusa
Grid : Sydney
presumed target type : Battleship
presumed tonnage : 30600 ts
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Midget submarine
Date of observation : 31.05.1942
Time of observation : 23:25
Nationality of target : Australian
Actual type of target :
Name of target : Kuttabul
Year of launch : ..
Actual tonnage : 447 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : Garden Is. (Sydney)
Footnote : Two of the midgets launched by I-22, I-24 and I-27 reached the harbor at Sydney. Ha 17 attacked cruiser USS "Chicago", reported as battleship HMS "Warspite", but the torpedoes detonated against the quai and damaged an accomodation-hulk, which was a total loss, and the dutch submarine K-IX.
related attacks : Angriff 1


updated on: 00.00.0000
Remark: Ha 17 Ban/Ashibe