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Originally Posted by Rob Beale
163 Battery lost some of its guns when the Troopship Wahine ran aground and sank off Masela Island in the Arafura Sea north of Australia in 1951.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Rowe
Let's go diving!
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Point of order, the Wahine never sank.
It ran ground on a reef and remained intact and above the high water mark for years, but could not be refloated. It was cut up for scrap by a Japanese salvage company in the 60's.
http://www.aukevisser.nl/others/id918.htm
https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-emu
I wonder if the 25Pdrs and LPOP's re-appeared during Konfrontasi?