Japanese submarine I-30
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I-30 was an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine of the B2 class, during World War II. She participated to the Yanagi mission, aimed at connecting Japan and Nazy Germany by submarine during the conflict. She was the first Japanese submarine to reach Europe, and she reached the German U-Boat base in Lorient, France in 1942.
I-30 brought back various technological part and information from France, such as radar parts, a high-performance anti-aerial canon and various blueprints.
She made it back to Singapore, but encountered a mine on the way out from the harbour and sank with her precious cargo. Part of her cargo was salvaged by divers, but most of it was damaged beyond usefulness. It is known that blueprints and some parts of radar equipment was salvaged.
