Japanese prisoner of war vessel the SS Montevideo Maru has been found in the South China Sea after it sank in 1942 with more than 1,000 prisoners on board.
Team has found the wreckage of a japanese merchant ship that sank during world war two while carrying more than 1000 prisoners of war and underwater vehicle discovered the ss montevideo maru about 4000 m beneath the surface of the south china sea where the ship was caring about 850 australian service members. along with some 200 others from 16 countries when it was torpedoed by an american submarine and sank in 1942. australian authorities thank the team for bringing closure to those who lost loved ones nearly 81 years ago. now three nfl players are banned indefinitely and two others have been hit with lighter sanctions after the league accused them of gambling. the nfl said quintus cephas and cj more of the detroit lions and shocker tony
Dubbed as Australia's "worst maritime disaster", the ship was torpedoed while it was travelling from Papua New Guinea to China's Hainan by a US submarine.
Deep-sea explorers have discovered the wreck of a transport ship torpedoed by a US submarine during World War II, killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners of war aboard.