The megayacht Octopus, owned by billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, helped to find the warship sunk in 1944. This was reported by the businessman himself using Twitter.
WW2 Battleship Musashi sank in 1944 is FOUND > 1K M deep by MY Octopus Sibuyan sea, bow Chrysanthemum, huge anchor. pic .twitter.com/b9ZMA0icI8
- Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) 2 March 2015
The 126m yacht is complete with two submarines and is occasionally used for archaeological expeditions, specifies Lenta.ru. In the course of one of such expeditions - near the Shibuyan Sea - minisubmarines and found an ancient vessel.
It turned out to be the battleship «Musashi», which once sailed under the flag of the Imperial Japanese Navy and participated in the battles of World War II.
Let us explain that the billionaire's megayacht has previously helped historians. Thus, in 2012, thanks to the submarines of the boat was discovered ship's bell of the British cruiser sunk by the Germans on May 24, 1941 «Hood»
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