SS Montevideo Maru wreck found

[Craiglxviii]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65356496.amp

The wreck of the Montevideo Maru, carrying 1000 Australian POWs, has been found off the Philippines. She was torpedoed in 1942.

RIP lads.

[Lordroel]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65356496.amp

The wreck of the Montevideo Maru, carrying 1000 Australian POWs, has been found off the Philippines. She was torpedoed in 1942.

RIP lads.

Now lets hope she remains a wreck and does not end up being scrapped as have several maritime wrecks in the area.

[brutus]

Now lets hope she remains a wreck and does not end up being scrapped as have several maritime wrecks in the area.

The ship is too deep to scrap. It lies about 4,000 meters down.

[Lordroel]

Now lets hope she remains a wreck and does not end up being scrapped as have several maritime wrecks in the area.

The ship is too deep to scrap. It lies about 4,000 meters down.

Sadly, never say never to those who want to.

[M.Becker]

Now lets hope she remains a wreck and does not end up being scrapped as have several maritime wrecks in the area.

The ship is too deep to scrap. It lies about 4,000 meters down.

Sadly, never say never to those who want to.

Completely uneconomical, maybe even if pre Hiroshima steel is worth as much as silver.