Australia: Queensland – The AHS Centaur is Sunk by a Japanese Submarine
On this day in 1943 off the Queensland coast (Australia), the AHS Centaur is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sunk. The Centaur was a hospital ship, with 268 of the 332 people on board killed as a result of the attack. The submarine responsible for the attack was the I-177.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Centaur
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