Ship Wreck "HMS Encounter"
The HMS Encounter was a British E-class destroyer sunk on 1 March 1942. It's wreck has been largely destroyed by illegal salvagers.
The exact location of the wreck is unknown to us, but is near HMS Exeter's wreck site.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Royal Navy
- British second world war shipwrecks in Java Sea destroyed by illegal scavenging
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