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Old 16-11-16, 03:58 PM
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Default Missing Dutch warship wrecks.

Almost certainly salvaged for scrap but it seems incredible that there is no trace of them.

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Also three British ships and one American Submarine

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Old 16-11-16, 05:51 PM
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Someone's taken the Exeter, that's incredible, too incredible, it must be a hoax.

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This article says they have just found her and its dated 13th November 2016.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-off-Java.html
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This article says they have just found her and its dated 13th November 2016.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-off-Java.html
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By Jasper Copping
10:07PM BST 17 May 2008

The cruiser HMS Exeter, best known for its valiant role in the Battle of the River Plate when it hunted down the pride of the German navy, the Admiral Graf Spee, was located by divers searching the Java Sea.
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Old 16-11-16, 06:40 PM
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Well spotted, and it does explain the 66 years which didn't quite add up.

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An old thread I know, but I found this on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9iRRBT1z54&t=766s
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Saw this on ebay

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Very sad.

To put it mildly I disagree with the sellers turn of phrase ‘before it was scrapped’.

Illegally salvaged or grave robbed would be more accurate.

The before (2007) and after (2016) pictures.
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