IJN Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/ijn/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:47:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Virtual Reality tour of a WWII Japanese submarine wreck released on the 80th anniversary of her sinking https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/virtual-reality-tour-of-a-wwii-japanese-submarine-wreck-released-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-her-sinking/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/virtual-reality-tour-of-a-wwii-japanese-submarine-wreck-released-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-her-sinking/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:00:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7250 I-124 was a WWII Japanese submarine that was sunk with all hands (80 crew) by Allied forces on 20 Jan 1942 while on a mine-laying mission in the Beagle Gulf, Australia. She lies in 46 metres (150 ft) of water, 84 kilometres north-west of Darwin, NT. In anticipation of tomorrow’s 80th anniversary, in October 2021 […]

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