WW2 Shipwrecks Disappeared

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May 31, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner discusses the illegal salvage of the sunken World War Two vessels HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse by the Chinese vessel Chuan Hong 68; suspected of doing the same to Dutch vessels off Indonesia.

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