CAREENING BAY, WA. 1945. A PAIR OF ONE-MAN SUBMERSIBLE CANOES, KNOWN AS `SLEEPING BEAUTIES', ARE ...

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Accession Number P01447.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

CAREENING BAY, WA. 1945. A PAIR OF ONE-MAN SUBMERSIBLE CANOES, KNOWN AS `SLEEPING BEAUTIES', ARE TRANSPORTED IN A SMALL BOAT NAMED `POM POM' DURING Z SPECIAL TRAINING AT THE SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) TRAINING BASE. FIFTEEN `SLEEPING BEAUTY' CANOES WERE TAKEN IN LATE 1944 ON `OPERATION RIMAU' THE SECOND AND ABORTIVE SINGAPORE RAID.(DONOR G. JAMES)