Wreck of Japanese warship found off Philippines

By MARGARET NEIGHBOUR
Published 5th Mar 2015, 09:14 BST
This image appears to show a metal that looks like a catapult used to launched float planes. Picture: AFP/GettyThis image appears to show a metal that looks like a catapult used to launched float planes. Picture: AFP/Getty
This image appears to show a metal that looks like a catapult used to launched float planes. Picture: AFP/Getty
MICROSOFT co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found a massive Japanese Second World War battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago, his representatives said.

The apparent discovery of the wreckage of the Musashi, one of the largest battleships in history, comes as the world prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.

Mr Allen and the team aboard his superyacht, the Octopus, found the ship on Sunday, more than eight years after their search began, his agent said in a statement.

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