3.2K views · 50 reactions | After 80 years of searching authorities have finally recovered the wreckage of SS Montevideo Maru shipwreck in the South China Sea. Allies sank the ship in 1942 during World War II, drowning more than 800 Australian prisoners of war and civilians. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/sydney #SSMontevideoMaru #MontevideoMaru #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney | Facebook

Montevideo Maru ship wreckage found 80 years after attack

It's taken more than 80 years, but the wreck of the ship involved in Australia's deadliest-ever maritime disaster has finally been discovered. More than 1000 Australians who were prisoners of the Japanese, died when the Montevideo Maru went down in the Pacific. | 10 News Adelaide

7.1K views · 79 reactions | ‘I burst into tears. I’ve been a bit emotional all day’: Cathy Parry McLennan's grandfather Arthur Perry was on the Montevideo Maru when it went down and today, Cathy finally has closure. She tells the extraordinary tale of how her grandmother discovered her husband’s death three years after the SS Montevideo Maru had sunk. | ABC News | Facebook