Inside the navy’s search for war grave robbers in the South China Sea
“We were made aware of a Chinese de-rigging vessel that is reportedly dredging over
wreckage site,” said Navy Lt. Stephen Sipos, an operations officer on the HMCS Montreal currently deployed in the area.HMCS Montreal is on a six-month deployment from its home base in Halifax and over the last 10 days, Global News documented the work of the ship’s crew and the realities of leaving their families behind for a mission on the other side of the world.Story continues below advertisementU.S.
Combined with the sinking of the HMS Repulse on the same day nearby, which killed more than 500, the attacks marked one of the “worst disasters in British naval history,” according to the U.K.’s National Museum of the Royal Navy. And the crew of the HMCS Montreal was searching for a Chinese boat allegedly willing to disturb those graves for a shot at Second World War memorabilia.“We’re not here to escalate any tensions, we’re here to be a reporting asset for the navy,” Sipos said.
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