Malaysia has detained a Chinese vessel believed to have been salvaging the hulks of two British warships sunk in the South China Sea during the opening stage of World War II in the Pacific.
Malaysia’s Coast Guard took into custody a Chinese barge carrier, the Chuan Hong 68, on Monday, Japanese press outlets, on charges of illegally anchoring. Separately, The vessel is registered to a company in the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou.
“We are distressed and concerned at the apparent vandalism for personal profit,” said the Director General of the Museum of the Royal Navy Dominic Tweddle. “What we need is a management strategy for underwater naval heritage so that we can better protect or commemorate these ships.” Steel and other metals that predate the atomic age — also known as “low-background metals” — are uncontaminated by radiation. While the tiny amounts of radiation in modern metals are irrelevant for most applications, prewar metals, notably steel and lead, are ideal for highly sensitive particle experiments and in medical science devices like X-ray machines.
By contrast, the British ships resting under the South China Sea were sunk in battle in December 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor. Their hulks form the graves of 842 sailors.
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