WWII shipwreck with over 1,000 Allied POWs found in South China Sea.

The wreckage of the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese ship that was transporting over 1,000 Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, has been located by a team of explorers. The ship was found at a depth of over 4,000 meters using an autonomous underwater vehicle with in-built sonar. The Montevideo Maru was Australia's largest maritime wartime loss, with 1,080 lives lost, including 979 Australians. No efforts will be made to remove artifacts or human remains out of respect for the families of those who died.