Sinking of the Centaur The Centaur, 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, was a motor passenger ship converted in early 1943 for use as a hospital ship. In November 1941 it had rescued survivors of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran after it had sunk and been sunk by HMAS Sydney. On 12 May 1943 the Centaur sailed…
Gallipoli ship mystery laid to rest By Melissa Fyfe June 6, 2005 Members of the Southern Ocean Exploration dive group explore the shipwreck of TSS Kanowna, which sank off Wilsons Promontory in 1929 after striking a rock. It is a Saturday in late April, on a boat in Bass Strait. Four middle-aged men are high-fiving…
The Dandenong was found in May 2014 around the entrance to Westernport Bay by members of the MAAV Des Williams ,Peter Taylor and IANTD Instructor Mick Whitmore. The wreck was dived on slack water as the currents are quite treacherous at the entrance to Westernport. Inset on the right you can see a crane of…
One of our projects was to find and map the steamship “City of Hobart” which foundered in 1877.Due to its remote location Air View will be used as a liveaboard dive vessel .There are two wrecks close to this site .A search was planned for early 2015 when favourable sea conditions were forecast .After many…
After 70 years IANTD with SOE and a team of divers on the IANTD vessel “MV Action” discover the wreck of the Coramba . Lost with all hands it has been a mystery as to what became of the coastal trader which was lost in one of Victoria’s biggest storms in the early 1930’s ….
The wreck of the TSS Coramba has been located 76 years after it was tragically lost with all 17 crew during one of Victoria’s most fierce storms.The storm forced the closure of Port Phillip heads the entrance to Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay,the only time since settlement. The vessel lies in 66 meters of water and…
IANTD Australia, has acquired the Air Sea Rescue Vessel, 02-109 for Archaeological wreck survey in Bass Strait. This historic patrol boat was designed during World War Two for patrol and rescue operations. Ex HMAS Air View (923) 02-109, is an American constructed 63 ft Miami class patrol boat originally built for the United States Navy….
In August 2008, Trinity House relocated the World War I German submarine UB-38 from the Dover Strait seabed to a deeper site two miles away. The wreck was moved from a depth of 77 feet (23.5m) to 131 feet (40m) because modern, deep-draft ships risked striking the hull in the busy shipping lane. The outcome…
By Martin Tozer/ Southern Ocean Explorers) The Glenelg first traded under the British flag until entering service in 1880 on the Australian coastal run between Adelaide, Hobart and Sydney. It had a variety of owners over the next 20 odd years, spending most of that time around the east coast of Australia, until purchased in…
A new book that has just been published is now available on a site where many wrecks were scuttled off Torquay in Victoria the “graveyard”. Written and produced by SOE Retail $45.00 Contact for your copy or the Author Mark Ryan at “Aquability”.https://www.southernoceanexploration.com Wrecks of War ,A salvage Divers Diary by Des Williams is also…