List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters

List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters

hips sunk by surface raiders

hips sunk by submarines

The following table has been adapted from [http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/PIAMA15_appendices.pdf Appendix V] of [http://www.navy.gov.au/Publication:Papers_in_Australian_Maritime_Affairs_No._15 "A Critical Vulnerability: The impact of the submarine threat on Australia's maritime defence 1915 - 1954"] by David Stevens. Stevens' appendix lists all known Axis submarine activity in Australian waters during WWII and includes data on unsuccessful submarine attacks on Allied shipping, attacks made in Papuan and Netherlands East Indies waters and Japanese patrols in Australian waters which did not result in any attacks on Allied ships.

ee also

*Axis naval activity in Australian waters
*Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters

Notes


*"Battle Surface: Japan’s Submarine War Against Australia 1942-44" by David Jenkins (1992, Random House, NSW Australia) ISBN 0 09 182638 1


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