Most of the 55 crew member bodies remain within the hull, which is a war grave.
In 2002 the site was officially designated a war grave by the British government.
The cemetery contains the war graves of 64 Commonwealth service personnel.
There are also 341 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery.
But the Japanese attitude to other countries' war graves is not winning them any friends.
Many military wrecks are also protected by virtue of their being war graves.
Many of the dead remain in the fort and the site is considered a war grave as well as a museum.
The site of the wreck is now designated as a war grave.
Under his direction, war graves were recorded and tended by the mobile unit.
There are no plans to raise her as the site is being treated as a war grave.