Origin
In December 2020, multiple TikTok videos reignited a long-standing internet debate about an allegedly sunken ship visible on Google Earth in the port of a Japanese Island:
Indeed, the presence of this boat and its alleged sunken status has been debated in various Redditthreads for over a year.
One common assertion is that the image shows the remains of the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul, which sank off the coast of a Japanese Island named Kii Ōshima in 1890. If you don’t put too much thought into it, you can see why this theory is popular the sunken ship on Google Earth is seen in a port on an island named Ōshima.