The ship
Neptune struck Indispensable Reef on 3 August 1868, and was lost. The crew was rescued by the
SS Boomerang. During the
Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May 1942, two Japanese carrier attack planes
B5N2 (EI-306 and probably EI-302) flying reconnaissance mission from the carrier
Shokaku ditched on Indispensable Reef due to lack of fuel. In 1983, the Solomon Islands Government apprehended a vessel from
Taiwan that had been poaching the
giant clam stocks around Indispensable Reef. Corals and endangered fish species are also being plundered for the aquarium trade. ==See also==