Wreck of the Japanese fishing ship Noshemi Maru on Minerva Reef. This is where Tongan fishermen were rescued from by a No. 5 Squadron Sunderland after being castaways.

Aerial oblique view of Minerva Reef with the Wreck of the Japanese fishing ship Noshemi Maru. This is where Tongan fishermen were rescued from by a No. 5 Squadron Sunderland after being castaways.

Image from the KR Bremner personal collection. Four Tongan castaways beside the wreck of the Japanese fishing trawler ship Noshemi Maru on Minerva Reef.

Image from the KR Bremner personal collection. A member of the rescue crew from No. 5 Squadron, standing with some of the castaways beside the wreck of the Japanese fishing trawler ship Noshemi Maru on Minerva Reef.

Image from the KR Bremner personal collection. A member of the rescue crew from No. 5 Squadron, standing with some of the castaways beside the wreck of the Japanese fishing trawler ship Noshemi Maru on Minerva Reef.

Image from the KR Bremner personal collection. Tongan man with his still in the shipwreck of a Japanese fishing trawler ship on Minerva Reef.

Group of Tongan Castaways signal to the No. 5 Squadron Sunderland circling overhead the wrecked fishing boat on Minerva Reef.

Image from the KR Bremner personal collection. Tongan castaways in a rubber dinghy during their rescue from Minerva Reef by a No. 5 Squadron Sunderland crew.