To Sydney by Stealth - Midget Subs Attack Sydney, 1942 Quotes

“Lieutenant Jokai Chuma in I-27's midget was first to reach the Heads and at 8 p.m. crossed the indicator loop undetected by following close behind ferries and other traffic. A few minutes later, however, the midget's propeller became entangled in the torpedo net near the West Gate and she became hopelessly trapped like a fly in a spider web.”
― Hugh V. Clarke, To Sydney by Stealth: Midget Subs Attack Sydney, 1942

“Two ships, the Chiyoda and Chitose, were specially built, in the guise of sea plane carriers, to carry midget submarines and their call signs on naval radio were reported as seaplane carriers.”
― Hugh V. Clarke, To Sydney by Stealth: Midget Subs Attack Sydney, 1942

“At about 8.15 p.m. Cargill thought he saw something pass through one of the gaps in the boom net defences and rowed across to the centre portion of the nets, near the Western Gate, to investigate. He saw what appeared to be two oxygen bottles floating just below the surface and decided they belonged either to a mine or a submarine.”
― Hugh V. Clarke, To Sydney by Stealth: Midget Subs Attack Sydney, 1942