Prince of Wales and Repulse again under attack.........

[Kev D]

...........this time by the Chinese.
https://news.usni.org/2023/05/25/u-k-ro ... wii-wrecks

[wadinga]

Hi All,

From AP

Malaysia’s maritime agency said it has detained a Chinese-registered vessel on suspicion of looting two Second World War-era British shipwrecks in the South China Sea.

The agency said it had found a cannon shell believed to be from the Second World War on board the bulk carrier ship.

The maritime agency said it believed the rusty cannon shell was linked to the police seizure of dozens of unexploded artillery and other relics at a private scrapyard in Johor.

The New Straits Times newspaper reported that the munitions were believed to be from the warships and that police conducted an on-site controlled explosion of the weapons.

All the best

wadinga

[Kev D]

Photos of a shell, and a gun barrel being offloaded from the barge, presumably off one of the two wrecks can be seen in this post on another forum.

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/vi ... 1#p1025401

[marcelo_malara]

Photos of a shell, and a gun barrel being offloaded from the barge, presumably off one of the two wrecks can be seen in this post on another forum.

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/vi ... 1#p1025401

I would like one of those shells going off so they learn the hard way....