- By Laurence Peter
- BBC News
Deep- sea travelers have actually located the wreck of a Japanese transportation ship which sank off the Philippines, eliminating virtually 1,000 Australian soldiers as well as private citizens in World War Two.
It was Australia’s worst maritime disaster: a United States submarine torpedoed the ship uninformed that it was loaded with detainees recorded in Papua New Guinea.
The Montevideo Maru sank in July 1942.
An approximated 979 Australians passed away, in addition to 33 Norwegian seafarers as well as 20 Japanese guards as well as team.
An Australian maritime archaeology team, Silentworld Foundation, arranged the goal, assisted by a Dutch deep-sea study firm called Fugro.
The wreck was found by an independent undersea car (AUV) at a deepness of greater than 4,000 m (13,123 feet) – much deeper than the Titanic …