The Telegraph.co.uk had an article back in November about the search for the wreck of the Australian hospital ship Centaur which was sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1943 with a loss of 268 dead (mostly injured patients) in what is regarded as the worst atrocity in the Pacific War.
This is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments.
Japan denied responsibility for it at the time and it wasn't known until 1977 what the number of the submarine was that launched the torpedoes on the clearly marked vessel.
The search begins this month and will be led by David Mearms who found the final resting places of the HMAS Sydney and German raider Kormoran a few years ago.
The Centaur was Scottish-built and carried 332 injured patients, medical personnel and crew.
Here's Hoping It Will Be Found. --Cooter
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