"Australia and Indonesia Join Forces to Save the HMAS Perth" Topic

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10 Mar 2017 4:13 p.m. PST

"Australia and Indonesia are joining forces to protect the wreckage of the HMAS Perth off the coast of Java. Next month, they will jointly dive the wreck that is believed to contain the remains of forty to sixty seamen. The operation is in response to their belief that the wreck is being illegally destroyed by salvagers.

Three Japanese vessels that were sunk off the coast of Borneo by US ships in World War II have reportedly been destroyed by illegal salvaging operations.

The dive on the Perth is intended to acquire a detailed survey of the vessel. It is the first such survey since 2014. That survey followed the discovery that the ship and others in the area had been ripped up for scrap…"
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