In this version, however, it's a British merchant ship, not an American one, that came to the rescue of the Ourang Medan and found only the dead crewmen (no dog in this version). These articles describe a distress call from the ship requesting help from a medic and a warship. She discovered quotes from British marine officers in 1940 published in British national newspapers during World War II. The earliest known mention of the sinking of the Ourang Medan was found by researcher Estelle Hargraves. Some stories reported the ship was near the Solomon Islands, while others placed it in the Marshall Islands. 'Equally, the inconsistent dates constantly stand out, as does the changing location.' Nobody ever came forward to say they knew the ship or had served on her,' he adds. 'There is no shipping record of a vessel under that name. The first problem with the story is that there is no evidence that a ship named the Ourang Medan ever existed, says East. Variations on the story of the fate of the Ourang Medan circulated for years and so, like other mysteries of the sea, it's unclear where the truth begins, and where it ends.

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