The British authorities have started an investigation into the disappearance of seven shipwrecks – including three Dutch navy vessels – from the Java Sea. Earlier this week, Dutch defence minister ...

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Two British shipwrecks dating from World War II have "vanished" from the floor of the Java Sea, and several others have been partially removed, in raids blamed on illegal scrap metal salvage operators ...

THE UNDERWATER graves of British servicemen who gave their lives in the war are being desecrated by scrap metal merchants who plunder sunken Royal Navy ships for steel. The shameless scavengers have ...

Three British ships that sank during the Second World War have been almost entirely salvaged from the bottom of the Java Sea bed by scrap metal dealers. In February 1942, 368 British servicemen died ...

The shameless scavengers have targeted heavy cruisers sunk by the Japanese in the Second Battle of the Java Sea in 1942 with the loss of scores of men. Deep water grabs are used to bring metal to the ...