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…
In this photo released Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., the Odyssey Explorer’s ROV takes a photo of a Bronze cannon on the shipwreck site of HMS Victory bearing the royal crest of King George I, in the English Channel. Florida deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years…
Researchers are closer to solving an Australian maritime mystery. A team made up of 40 archaeologists, scientists and volunteers has confirmed a shipwreck found on the Great Barrier Reef is that of the Mermaid. The Government ship sank in 1829, south of Cairns, while attempting to deliver a dispatch to disband the fledgling Port Raffles…
IANTD Clothing now available.Please contact justin@iantd.com.au for your order Prices as follows :Polar Fleece $48.00 Polo Shirt $36.50 Ladies V neck tshirt black and white $42.00 Mens T shirt $36 Black and Grey Caps $20 Stubbie holders $10. Clothing available in all sizes
We are pleased to announce that Aquability of Mentone, Vic owner Mark Ryan is a Technical Dive Facility .Mark an IANTD IT offers all IANTD Courses. We are located only 20 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD which means that we are the closest IANTD Dive centre to the heart of Melbourne. Located Cheltenham Road opposite Mordialloc…