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    Grounding of HMAS AE2

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    A busy Mudros Harbour, with the Australian submarine AE2 at the front left.

    A BUSY MUDROS HARBOUR, WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE HMAS AE2 AT THE FRONT LEFT. C01654 - AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

    On the night of 10 March, the Australian submarine HMAS AE2 ran aground on Buda Point, near present-day Fanaraki. 

    Following a patrol, AE2 had been entering Mudros Harbour after dark. The grounding resulted from the Sangrada Point lighthouse not being lit to avoid revealing the harbour’s location to the enemy. The grounding damaged the sub’s hull, but after speedy makeshift repairs on Lemnos, AE2 travelled to Malta where 13 of its hull plates were replaced. 

    It then returned to Lemnos to prepare for the landings.