J1 (37M) Submarine Wreck

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Torquay
Ships Graveyard, Bass Strait, Vic
The J1 sub sits in 37M of water and is one of 6 of the j-class subs in the area

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84M in length and carried 5 officers and 40 men. She was fitted with depth charges and was the only Australian submarine to ever sink another sub with depth charges during deployment from 1919-1922.

J1 was sold to the Melbourne Salvage Company on 26th February 1924 then scuttled in 1926 after being stripped of any useful materials.

Diving


Depth (M):
37

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