WW2 Royal Navy shipwreck salvage off Malaysia

[Jared0425]

Unfortunately it looks like the Repulse and Prince of Wales has now been heavily damaged by an illegal Chinese operation within Malaysia's EEZ. I'm not against salvage on most wrecks, but warships are things not to be touched without permission from the government who owns them.

U.K. Royal Navy ‘Distressed and Concerned’ by Illegal Chinese Salvage of WWII Wrecks - USNI News

An illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warship wrecks off the coast of Malaysia for scrap steel, aluminum and brass fittings, prompting a statement of concern from the Royal Navy, USNI News has learned. Chuan Hong 68 used a large dredging crane to pluck...

news.usni.org

 

[Jared0425]

These are pictures that someone took at the scrap yard. It's heartbreaking to see this happen.

 

[Kay Dee]

A bunch more photos at link below.
Some of 5,25" (133mm) shells from PoW. The must have really ripped into her to get to those. Very sad!

The Ship Model Forum • View topic - War grave looting Prince of Wales and Repulse

 

[Jared0425]

A bunch more photos at link below.
Some of 5,25" (133mm) shells from PoW. The must have really ripped into her to get to those. Very sad!

The Ship Model Forum • View topic - War grave looting Prince of Wales and Repulse

I just read that they dumped hundreds of human remains from the wrecks into a mass grave.

 

[Centrals]

I believe both wrecks are still belonging to His Majestic Gov.
Sink Chuan Hong 68 first and ask its owner to pay for the release of the crew.

 

[Kay Dee]

I just read that they dumped hundreds of human remains from the wrecks into a mass grave.

Oh my, it just gets worse and worse.

But are you sure that is the re the current situation (Repulse and PoW), or is someone alluding to what happened previously re dumping remains ashore from the wrecks (Exeter, Java, De Ruyter et al) the salvors raped in the Java Sea? (As that is what happened there too.)

Got a link to the current story?

 

[Celt]

The Royal Navy knew with years that this is happening and done nothing to stop it, they should have carried out a salvage operation 10 or 20 years ago to save what they could. They’re no saints either, they used the Lusitania for target practice.

 

[Blackcrusader]

Unfortunately it looks like the Repulse and Prince of Wales has now been heavily damaged by an illegal Chinese operation within Malaysia's EEZ. I'm not against salvage on most wrecks, but warships are things not to be touched without permission from the government who owns them.

U.K. Royal Navy ‘Distressed and Concerned’ by Illegal Chinese Salvage of WWII Wrecks - USNI News

An illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warship wrecks off the coast of Malaysia for scrap steel, aluminum and brass fittings, prompting a statement of concern from the Royal Navy, USNI News has learned. Chuan Hong 68 used a large dredging crane to pluck...

news.usni.org

Do you think China cares? lol

 

[Jared0425]

Oh my, it just gets worse and worse.

But are you sure that is the re the current situation (Repulse and PoW), or is someone alluding to what happened previously re dumping remains ashore from the wrecks (Exeter, Java, De Ruyter et al) the salvors raped in the Java Sea? (As that is what happened there too.)

Got a link to the current story?

I'm only reading on the numerous shipping and maritime forums, but here is a 5 year old article.

Bodies of second world war sailors in Java sea 'dumped in mass grave'

Illegal metal scavengers accused of disposing of remains from British and Dutch warships

www.theguardian.com

 

[Jared0425]

The Royal Navy knew with years that this is happening and done nothing to stop it, they should have carried out a salvage operation 10 or 20 years ago to save what they could. They’re no saints either, they used the Lusitania for target practice.

We did a deep dive into those claims about the Lusitania. It turns out that it was not used in any sort of Target practice.