Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship

The Japanese ship was torpedoed off the Philippines in 1942, killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners.

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An Australian maritime archaeology group, Silentworld Foundation, organised the mission, helped by a Dutch deep-sea survey company called Fugro. Speaking by phone from the search vessel, Capt Turner said that after being hit, the Montevideo Maru had assumed a steep angle within six minutes and disappeared below the waves in 11 minutes. Just three lifeboats were launched and 102 Japanese crew and guards rowed to the Philippines.

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