Sunken hospital ship found after 67 years

Shipwreck hunters have captured the first underwater footage of a Second World War hospital ship sunk by the Japanese in 1943 with 268 people killed.

Shipwreck hunters have captured the first underwater footage of a Second World War hospital ship sunk by the Japanese in 1943 with 268 people killed.

A search team sent a submarine robot more than 6,500ft down to get the images of the Australian vessel Centaur.

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