December 20th Brisbane Times.
The AHS Centaur was found at 3:30 AM December 19th according to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh (I wonder any relation to the captain?). It is 2059 meters deep and 30 miles east of Moreton Island's southern tip.
It lies in one piece along the northern flank of a narrow gully.
The expedition will return in January with a submarine and submersibles to film and document the site.
There is a broken area about 2/3rds of the way down indicating where the torpedo hit. The ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine May 14, 1943. Of the 332 aboard, only 62 survived.
John Argent's father Jack was a paramedic who survived the attack but rarely spoke of it afterwards. He said the ship sank in three minutes because the torpedo struck the fuel bunker.
Great News. --Cooter
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