The Plot Thickens And A New Mystery Begins...

[cassa333]

Who stole the sunken ships of Java? Was it illegal salvagers or was it space aliens cleaning up the sea bed?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37997640

Not sure where to put this if it needs moving then let me know where it goes lol

[melv16]

Its probably the same scrap men who nicked my neighbours wrought iron gates :-)

[cassa333]

Lol Melv

[douglas9401]

The smart money's on the Aquaphibians, acting on the orders of King Titan.
They need materials to rebuild Titanica after serious damage was sustained during attacks by W.A.S.P.

Or so I've heard. Apparently anything can happen in the next half hour.

[cassa333]

Keep us updated Douglas on any news you hear. They may need our help at any moment

[douglas9401]

The Tracy family have been approached and stand ready to assist, cassa, try not to worry.

[Gromit]

Vietnam and Thailand salvagers according to this report from last year

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/illegal-divers-strip-ships-sunk-in-wwii-for-scrap

[Gromit]

Daily Telegraph 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/11187603/Celebrated-British-warships-being-stripped-bare-for-scrap-metal.html

[Lunol]

"I've seen some of these far-east salvagers in action. Hairy isn't the word for it. I'll bet it not just a graveyard for the WW2 ships any longer!

@Divebuddy. Are you saying that there was nothing mysterious about 2 ships disappearing completely and a third almost stripped completely was just down to "Salvagers"?

"But the three missing wrecks were located 100km (60 miles) off the coast of Indonesia, at a depth of 70m. Salvage operators say it would not be easy to lift them.

"It is almost impossible to salvage this," Paul Koole of the salvage film Mammoet told the Algemeen Dagblad. "It is far too deep."
Experts say the operation would have needed large cranes for long periods of time and would be unlikely to have gone unnoticed.

The Indonesian Navy, when contacted by the BBC, said they were unaware of the disappearance but said they would investigate.

"To say that the wreckage had gone suddenly, doesn't make sense," Navy spokesman Colonel Gig Sipasulta said. "It is underwater activities that can take months even years.""

^ Sounds unlikely unless there were thousands of salvagers with state of the art lifting equipment, ships and machinery.

[Lunol]

@Gromits link, "The parts brought up included propellers, steel parts, high-grade aluminium and brass fixtures."

"Small groups of divers using explosives to break up the ship's hull so that the parts can be brought up in smaller pieces"

Doesn't again sound logical to explain whole ships disappearences.

[cassa333]

I so wanted it to be space aliens.

[Lunol]

"I so wanted it to be space aliens."

I'm surprised that none of the far reich news crew have mentioned it has to be illegal aliens, lol.

Cassa it WASN'T a small group of divers stealing knick knacks so your hope for "Over worldy intervention" could still be a cause.