A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 4000 meters (13,120 feet) -- deeper than the Titanic -- off Luzon island in the South China Sea, using an autonomous underwater vehicle with in-built sonar....
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The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 4000 meters (13,120 feet) -- deeper than the Titanic -- off Luzon island in the South China Sea, using an autonomous underwater vehicle with in-built sonar....
Story here.
...Ben
