The Booya was three masted Scooner built in 1917. It sank in Darwin Harbour during devastating Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve in 1974, taking the lives of all five people on board. Tied up at Fort Hill Wharf on Christmas Eve 1974, the Booya headed out to seek safer anchorage as the massive cyclone approached….
Early 2015 a group of IANTD divers travelled to Kokopo Papua New Guinea to investigate the loss of Australia’s first E Class submarine the AE1. Last seen a hundred years ago near the Duke Of York Islands on 14/9/14 by HMAS Parramatta, the AE1 failed to return to port and was lost with all hands…
IANTD divers visited the wreck sites in 2015 before illegal salvage was undertaken . The HMAS Perth was sunk along with the USS Houston during the battle for Java in 1942, they are unprotected from illegal salvage. IANTD dived the HMAS Perth and USS Houston in 2015. At that stage both vessels were relatively complete…
HMAS Sydney II was a Modified Leander class Cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. Built in 1935 she was purchased by the Australian Government .THE Sydney had an effective service in the Mediteranean Sea in 1940 with her 6 inch guns. On 19 November 1941, off the coast of Western Australia, she fought the disguised…
Picture of the Black Swan 1853-1880 similar in appearance and construction to the Reliance . The paddle steamer Reliance was built in 1865 on the banks of the Yarra River and traded cargo between Port Phillip and Western Port before striking a rock and sinking off Woody Island. Weather permitting searches are regulary taken to…
A project to find the SS Paringa lost off Wilsons Promontory in 1935 with all hands .The SS Paringa was an Australian passenger and Cargo Steamship owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company that disappeared in January 1935. S.S. “Paringa” was built at Kinghorn in England for the Adelaide Steamship Company’s Spencer Gulf passenger services in 1908. She…
The Nemesis disappeared with all hands in July 1904 and has not been found .She was last seen steaming south in heavy seas approx 25 miles from Sydney heads near Port Hacking . .Due to the distance to the wreck approximately 650 Nautical Miles from its last known location logistics will be the main issue…
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…