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* approximate location of the sinking of the Junyo Maru |
One of the largest, yet most forgotten, maritime disaster of WWII Read all about this little known historic event here.
Outline:
In September 1944 5620 Dutch, English, Australian and American POWs and Javanese slave labourers died when the 5000 ton Japanese cargo boat Junyo Maru - under the command of Japanese Forces - was torpedoed off the western coast of Sumatra by a British submarine HMS Tradewind.
The prisoners were on their way to Padang to be put to work on the Pakanbaru - Muara Railway in Sumatra. Not as famous as the Burma Railway but just as deadly!
The exact position of the sinking was reported as 2º 52' S, 101º 12' E. |
The Sinking of the Junyo Maru 
