{"id":6041,"date":"2023-04-22T17:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:49:17","slug":"australia-says-discovery-of-wwii-shipwreck-ends-tragic-maritime-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/asia\/asia-pacific\/australian-news\/australia-says-discovery-of-wwii-shipwreck-ends-tragic-maritime-chapter\/2023\/04\/22\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia says discovery of WWII shipwreck ends ‘tragic’ maritime chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> wreckage<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> Japanese<\/span> merchant<\/span> ship<\/span> sunk<\/span> during<\/span> World<\/span> War<\/span> II<\/span> was<\/span> found<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> South<\/span> China<\/span> Sea<\/span> with<\/span> 864<\/span> Australian<\/span> soldiers<\/span> on<\/span> board,<\/span> Australian<\/span> Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Richard<\/span> Marles<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span> country<\/span> history.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Marles<\/span> said<\/span> her<\/span> SS<\/span> Montevideo<\/span> Maru,<\/span> an<\/span> unmarked<\/span> prisoner-of-war<\/span> transport<\/span> that<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> lost<\/span> since<\/span> it<\/span> scuttled<\/span> off<\/span> the<\/span> Philippines<\/span> in<\/span> July<\/span> 1942,<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> found<\/span> northwest<\/span> of<\/span> Luzon.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> ship<\/span> was<\/span> torpedoed<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> U.S.<\/span> submarine<\/span> en<\/span> route<\/span> from<\/span> what<\/span> is<\/span> now<\/span> Papua<\/span> New<\/span> Guinea<\/span> to<\/span> China’s<\/span> Hainan<\/span> Island,<\/span> unaware<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> prisoners<\/span> on<\/span> board.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> considered<\/span> Australia’s<\/span> worst<\/span> maritime<\/span> disaster.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> long-awaited<\/span> discovery<\/span> was<\/span> made<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Anzac<\/span> His<\/span> Day<\/span> commemoration<\/span> on<\/span> 25<\/span> April.<\/span> Anzac<\/span> Day<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> day<\/span> in<\/span> Australia<\/span> and<\/span> New<\/span> Zealand<\/span> to<\/span> commemorate<\/span> the<\/span> troops<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> all<\/span> military<\/span> conflicts.<\/span> “This<\/span> marks<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> tragic<\/span> chapters<\/span> in<\/span> Australian<\/span> maritime<\/span> history,”<\/span> Marles<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> video<\/span> message.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> search<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> wreck,<\/span> which<\/span> was<\/span> discovered<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> depth<\/span> of<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 4,000<\/span> meters<\/span> (13,123<\/span> feet),<\/span> was<\/span> led<\/span> by<\/span> non-profit<\/span> marine<\/span> archaeology<\/span> and<\/span> deep-sea<\/span> research<\/span> experts<\/span> and<\/span> supported<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Australian<\/span> Department<\/span> of<\/span> Defense,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> government.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> lack<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> location<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Montevideo<\/span> Maru<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> an<\/span> unfinished<\/span> business<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> families<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> have<\/span> lost<\/span> their<\/span> lives<\/span> so<\/span> far,”<\/span> Mares<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>More<\/span> than<\/span> 1,000<\/span> men<\/span> –<\/span> prisoners<\/span> of<\/span> war<\/span> and<\/span> civilians<\/span> from<\/span> several<\/span> countries<\/span> –<\/span> are<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> lost<\/span> their<\/span> lives<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> tragedy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The wreckage of a Japanese merchant ship sunk during World War II was found in the South China Sea with 864 Australian soldiers on board, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday. country history. Marles said her SS Montevideo Maru, an unmarked prisoner-of-war transport that had been lost since it scuttled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1566,1034,1575,2403],"tags":[4225,4226,4227,4228,4229,4230,4231,2132,4223,4224],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/download-2-3.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6044,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions\/6044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}