Montevideo Maru Catastrophe: A ship was found at the bottom of World War II (video)
On July 1, 1942, the submarine of the Sturgeon "Sturgeon" of the US Navy attacked "Montevideo Maru", which at that time transported military and civilians captured by Japanese troops in Rabuli (Papua-Nova Guinea). As Anthony Albaniz reminded, 1060 prisoners, including 850 Australian servicemen and about 210 civilians from 14 countries, were killed together with a sunken ship.
"We hope that today's news will bring some comfort loved ones who have been waiting for it for a long time," the prime minister commented. The details of the study provide ABC News. "Stern" released four torpedo on Montevideo Maru. The sailors lowered the rescue boats, but they all overturned, and the ship sank in less than 11 minutes.
After the largest maritime catastrophe in the history of Australia, Montevideo Maru lasted at the bottom of the South China Sea at a depth of more than 4000 meters-it is 200 meters deeper than the fragments of Titanic. On April 6, a team headed by a NGO Silentworld Foundation and Fugro subsequent specialists went in search of a ship with the support of the Australian Ministry of Defense. They found a ship in 12 days.
The findings were preceded by the years of underwater scanning, which Roger Submarine specialist was conducted with Japanese and American colleagues. They learned a lot of data to narrow the search radius and made the bottom mapping. During the last expedition, they used the cards received to program the underwater drone, which, as a result, was sinking. Now this device is conducting a more thorough inspection of the debris.
"We hope that it will give us more prompts about how the events have developed," said Roger Turner. The researchers examined the fragments and concluded that the hold, the Fok-Klga and the bending of the nasal part coincide with the Montevideo Maru drawings. Scientists do not plan to raise any things or human remains, only will collect all the necessary data about the disaster. Silentworld Director John Malenss said that he had mixed feelings from the find.
"We looked at the grave of more than 1000 people," he commented. "We lost twice as many Australians here here in Vietnam, so this is an extremely important discovery for families and offspring. A very important technical task that captures and motivates is very important , but on the other hand, humanity. We had two people who lost their family members, so there were applause on the one hand and tears were applauded.