Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship
The Japanese ship was torpedoed off the Philippines in 1942, killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners.
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She seems to be a mess on the bottom. Looks like the long travel ripped off her uppers and then the impact broke her in several places.Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship
The Japanese ship was torpedoed off the Philippines in 1942, killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners.
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Another POW ship sunk by "friendly fire".
I have dived this wreck yrs ago and the vis was the worst that I had ever experienced. It has been off limited for well over 10yrs,
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