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Between Cuba & Costa Rica, Caribbean Sea, Unknown

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Seaholme, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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Kurnell, Botany Bay , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Elba Island, Tuscany, ITALY

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Flinders Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY

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Unknown, Shatt-el-Arab River, IRAN

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Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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Oketee River, Jasper County, South Carolina, USA

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10 miles off Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Between Tientsin & Hong Kong, Unknown, CHINA

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Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Nelson's Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Nerang River, Southpot, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Miramar Beach, Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO

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18 miles south of Port Augusta, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Bar Beach, Newcastle , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Off North Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Mona Vale, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Leighton Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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San Vincenzo, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

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Sabara Island, Calvados Chain 11.4S, 153E, Calvados Archipelago, NEW GUINEA

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Kulengei, southeast of Kalili, Kavieng, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Enang , Kavieng, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta. , Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Sohano Island, Buka Passage, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Kerpuna , Abau Sub District, Central Province, NEW GUINEA

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Lancelin Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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King’s Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Abadan, Shat-Al-Arab River, IRAN

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10 miles off Cape Maisi, Guantanamo Province, CUBA

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Rib Reef off Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island, Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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Saibai Island, 80 miles north of Cape York, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA

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Keratsini , Attica, GREECE

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Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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Bound from New York to London in ballast, Unknown, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Bandar Ma’shur sea inlet, IRAN

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Unknown, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS

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St. John, Genti Bay, US Virgin Islands, USA

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Unknown, Saipan, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

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Unknown, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mombasa, Coast Province, KENYA

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Between Joal & Sangomar near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL

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Punam Passage, Rataman census div, Namatanai, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico, Texas, USA

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Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Mona Vale, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA

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Finschafen , Morobe Province, NEW GUINEA

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Tung Island, off the west coast of Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Watson Taylor's Lake, 25 miles south of Port Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Tiaroye, near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, Unknown, SENEGAL

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3 miles out to sea off Glenelg, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Knobby's Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Knobby's Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

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Piedade, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

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In a canal 10 miles north of St Augustine, Florida, USA

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Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

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North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Dodecanese Islands, Carpathian Sea, GREECE

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Off Waianae, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Kilindini Harbor, Mombasa, Coast Province, KENYA

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Rocket Hut Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Palm Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Off Central American coast at 8N.79W, Unknown, PACIFIC OCEAN

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Palm Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Cable Beach, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS

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Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

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Berry's Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Glenelg, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Auckland Creek, Gladstone, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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40 miles off Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA

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Unknown, Kwajalein, MARSHALL ISLANDS

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Mark’s Point, Swan Bay, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Jura Village, Gaza, ISRAEL

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Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Dorquain, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, 275 km from the sea, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Chennai, Unknown, INDIA

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Dar-es-Salaam harbor, Dar-es-Salaam , TANZANIA

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Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Port Newby, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Grange, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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City Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Oatley Bay near Como, George’s River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Pollock Beach, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Table Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Unknown, "Head of the Gulf", PERSIAN GULF

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Tweed Beach, Unknown, HONG KONG

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Unknown, Unknown, OKINAWA

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Unknown, Ryukyu, JAPAN

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Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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Vicinity of Abadan, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN / IRAQ

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Ocracoke, North Carolina, USA

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200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES

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Off Cheribon, Northern Java, JAVA

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Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Ocracoke Inlet, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

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Scottburgh, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Unknown, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL

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Unknown, Unknown, JAMAICA

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Cojimar, Havana Province, CUBA

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Mouth of Rio Dudio, 50 miles west of the city of Colon, Colon Province, PANAMA

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Shatt-al Arab River, Basrah, IRAQ

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USS Hull DD-350 was one of 3 destroyers that capsized in Typhoon Cobra, 300 miles east of Luzon, PHILIPPINES

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3 miles north of the inlet at Palm Beach, Florida, USA

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Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE

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Maroochydore Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Unknown, Unknown, PHILIPPINES

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Unknown, Bernardino Strait near Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES

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Unknown, Off Samar Island in the Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES

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Off Cape Engano, Unknown, PHILIPPINES

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225 miles east of Hong Kong, Unknown, Unknown

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Tewantin, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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North Beach, Maryland, USA

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Unknown, Unknown, CARIBBEAN SEA

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Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Hartenbos, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Aircraft went down on 6/12/1944. He survived on raft for 11 days and was 150 miles off Guam when rescued, Unknown, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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Atlantic Beach, Mayport, Duval County, Florida, USA

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Unknown, Unknown, SAMOA

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Unknown, Caribbean Sea, PANAMA

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Unknown, Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Triplicane Beach, Chennai, Unknown, INDIA

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North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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First Beach, Forster, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Unknown, Unknown, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Adriatic Sea, ITALY

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Unknown, Pacific Ocean, NEW GUINEA

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Inyoni Rocks, Amazimtoti , KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Off Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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Kei River Mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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22º08'S : 178º06'W, Near the Fiji Islands, PACIFIC OCEAN

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Victim was on said to be on tanker that collided off Florida coast on 10-20-1943, Florida, USA

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North shore of Rey Island, Las Perlas archipelago, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA

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Tyrrhenian Sea, 40 miles south of Naples , ITALY

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40 miles off Islamorada, near Cay Sal, Florida, USA

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Sines, Unknown, PORTUGAL

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Villa del Mar Beach, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO

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Triabunna, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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Unknown, Unknown, PACIFIC OCEAN

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68 miles east of Wallis Island, Unknown, CENTRAL PACIFIC

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68 miles east of Wallis Island, Unknown, CENTRAL PACIFIC

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Off Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Unknown, Unknown, INDIAN OCEAN

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3 miles from shore off McGregor Point, Maui, Hawaii, USA

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North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Unknown, Unknown, SIERRA LEONE

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Near the Abrolhos Archipelago , Unknown, BRAZIL

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Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Unknown, Northwest of Papua New Guinea, PACIFIC OCEAN

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Villa del Mar Beach, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO

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Guadalcanal, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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River Tigris, Unknown, IRAQ

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Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA

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Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA

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Midway, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA

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Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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50 km off St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Battle of Guadalcanal, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, Unknown, INDIAN OCEAN

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Off Guadalcanal, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

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Off Savo Island, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Clifton, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Unknown, Between Hawaii and U.S.A., PACIFIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Off South American coast, Unknown

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Cape Esperance (near Savo Islands), Makora-Ulawa Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Unknown, 04.05N-13.23W, ATLANTIC OCEAN

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360 miles north of Ascension Island, Unknown, ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Southwestern Pacific Base, Unknown, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Unknown, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Unknown, Unknown, ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Savona, Liguria, ITALY

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Unknown, Unknown, BAY OF BENGAL

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Unknown, Unknown, BRAZIL

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Unknown, Midway Atoll, USA

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Unknown, 300 miles east of St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), Unknown

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Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN

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30 nm southeast of Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Province, CUBA

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George’s River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Fairy Bower, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Egg Rock, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Fairy Bower, near North Steyne, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Surabaya, East Java, INDONESIA

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Off Big Friar Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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2 kilometres off Sagay, Camiguin Island, PHILIPPINES

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Simon’s Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Simon's Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Anchored off the largest island in the group, Cay Sal Bank, BAHAMAS

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Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

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Unknown, (Southwestern Pacific), MID-PACIFC OCEAN

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Unknown, Unknown, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

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Bella Vista Beach, Panama City, PANAMA

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Unknown, Unknown, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Carnarvon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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Unknown, Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Unknown, North of Pernambuco, Brazil, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Shark Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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125 nm north of Aruba, Unknown, CARIBBEAN SEA

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Montauk, New York, USA

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Parramata River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Sullivan's Island at entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA

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Brielle, Monmouth County (Offshore), New Jersey, USA

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Nankuli, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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15 miles south of Jones Inlet, New York, USA

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Between Esmeraldas & Salinas, Off coast of Ecuador, PACIFIC OCEAN

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750 miles off the African coast, Unknown, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Bogue (near Falmouth), Trelawney Province, JAMAICA

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Off Sierra Leone, In Convoy OB 274, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Unknown, Unknown, ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Munda, New Georgia, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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Gaire Village, between Rigo & Port Moresby, Unknown, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Inyoni Rocks, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Double Island Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

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Otoque Island, Panama Bay (Pacific Ocean), PANAMA

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Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

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Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

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Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA

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Danger Pool, Winkelspruit, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Gerringong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Inyoni Rocks, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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North Brighton, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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North Brighton, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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Surfers Paradise, near Southport, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Warner Beach, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Malagil, Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Koper, Adriatic Sea, SLOVENIA

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Bagalina, North coast Misima Island, Bwagaoia, NEW GUINEA

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Kerema , Western Papuan Gulf, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Kidd's Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Kowie River Mouth, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA