Inside one of our earliest submarines

Inside on eof our earliest submarines

The first pictures have emerged from inside one of Australia's earliest submarines, almost 100 years after it sank during the Anzac day landings at Gallipoli.

A documentary crew shot the vision to honour Australian sailors involved in a vital but little known aspect of the campaign.

An eerie 70 metres down, Australia's second submarine AE2 remains remarkably intact.


Now, for the first time, through the still open hatch and using a robotic camera we can see inside.

Remarkable pictures show the conning tower control room, the engine room telegraph, he steering wheel and flags stowed in a locker.

On April 25th, in 1915, the AE 2 entered Turkey's Sea of Marmara, and was ordered to run amok off Cannackle to distract the Turkish forces from the landing at Anzac Cove.

It sank one local gunboat but after five days was hit by a Torpedo and all 32 crew members became prisoners of war.

This filming mission is a joint Turkish-Australian project for a documentary to be released next year honouring unsung, incredibly brave pioneers.