22 April 2023 at 03:40 Wreck with prisoners of war and civilians from the Second World War has been found The wreck of a Japanese transport ship that was sunk off the Philippines during the Second World War, with over 1,000 prisoners of war and civilians on board, has been located. On Saturday, a group of maritime archaeologists, the Silentworld Foundation, announced that the shipwreck is located at a depth of more than 4,000 metres. The transport ship Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by an American submarine on 1 July 1942. The crew of the submarine did not know that the Japanese ship was carrying prisoners of war. According to estimates, there were 979 Australian people on the ship, at least 850 of them prisoners of war. In addition, there were civilians from 13 other countries on board. In total, there were around 1,060 prisoners of war and civilians on board. – The discovery of the Montevideo Maru closes a horrific chapter in Australian military and maritime history, says Silentworld’s director John Mullen. (NTB)
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