Ship Found 80 Years After Australian Maritime Disaster

Ship Found 80 Years After Australian Maritime Disaster
A supplied image obtained on April 22, 2023, shows the wreckage of the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese transport ship that sank on July 1, 1942 during World War II. AAP Image/Supplied by Silentworld Foundation
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The wreck of a ship caught up in Australia’s worst ever maritime disaster has been found 4000 metres under the sea, 80 years after it was torpedoed by an American submarine.

The Montevideo Maru, discovered off the coast of the Philippines, sank with about 980 Australian troops and civilians aboard—almost twice as many Australians killed than during the Vietnam War.