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20 September 2024
Captain Turner’s deep sea search

THE loss of the SS Montevideo Maru is considered the worst maritime disaster in Australian history, and Bright resident Roger Turner last year led the research team who found its final resting place, 81 years on.

Captain Turner spent 30 years serving in the Royal Navy as a nuclear submarine engineer, before moving his young family to Australia in 2001.

His proximity to submarines and various mar...

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