Australia discovers sunken WWII ship carrying Australian POWs after 81 years.
TL;DR
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese transport ship that sank off the Philippines in July 1942, killing nearly 1,000 Australian troops and civilians, has been found by deep-sea explorers. The ship was torpedoed by a US submarine, unaware that it was carrying prisoners of war captured in Papua New Guinea. The wreck was located by an autonomous underwater vehicle at a depth of more than 4,000m. The wreck will not be disturbed, and human remains or artefacts will not be removed.
- Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship BBC
- World War II shipwreck of SS Montevideo Maru, which sank with over 1,000 POWs, found in South China Sea CNN
- Explorers find WWII wreck on which nearly 1000 Australians died Al Jazeera English
- ''I burst into tears': Why the discovery of Montevideo Maru shipwreck gave Cathy closure | ABC News ABC News (Australia)
- Japan ship carrying 979 Australians sunk by US found after 81 years South China Morning Post
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