In 1985, a joint French and American expedition lead by oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard discovered the wreck lying in two sections
the Baron Gautsch was returning from Kotor carrying more than 300 men, women and children, who were en route home from vacation
SS Umbria
Cousteau found it was packed with armaments, vehicles and weapons of war
SS Thistlegorn
The Caroline Islands are a scattering of little islands in the Pacific Ocean, north of New Guinea
The ship had several changes of both ownership and name and had been known as the Shoyo Maru and the Markos
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