After four days of searching near the Tsoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung on the southwest coast of the island, the navy was unsuccessful at locating the lost weapon and thus offered the reward to fishermen. Tsoying is Taiwan’s largest naval base, according to Globalsecurity.org.
The lost weapon is a German-built SUT (Surface and Underwater Target) torpedo. Submariners aboard the Hai Lung (meaning "Sea Dragon") lost the torpedo while on a drill. This is not the first time it has happened; a torpedo was lost in 2003 by the same submarine and was later found washed ashore, said the Taipei Times.
