Wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy ship SS "Montevideo Maru", sunk during World War II, is found after 81 years in the South China Sea, off the coast of Luzon Island. The ship, which was carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war, including 850 Australian POWs, represented the largest loss of life for the Australian armed forces during the Second World War.
Wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy ship SS Montevideo Maru, sunk during World War II is found after 81 years in the South China Sea, off the coast of Luzon Island. The ship, which was carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war, including 850 Australian POW’s, represented the largest loss of life for the Australian armed forces during the Second World War.
Wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy ship SS "Montevideo Maru", sunk during World War II, is found after 81 years in the South China Sea, off the coast of Luzon Island. The ship, which was carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war, including 850 Australian POWs, represented the largest loss of life for the Australian armed forces during the Second World War.