Discovery of WWII Shipwreck with Over 1,000 Allied POWs is 'Extraordinary'

A team of explorers has found the sunken Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, which 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 was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 4000 meters off Luzon island in the South China Sea. There will be no efforts to remove artifacts or human remains out of respect for the families of those who died.