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Some years ago a Japanese salvage company started making plans to salvage both PoW and Repulse for scrap metal (mainly non-ferrous metals and armour plate IIRC). These plans were eventually cancelled after the RN made it VERY clear that the salvage operation would not be allowed to go ahead.
PoW and Repulse aren't the only war graves we have trouble with - despite being in UK territorial waters, there have been repeated issues with divers (illegally) diving on Royal Oak as well...
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