IANTD SPECIAL INSURANCE OFFER TO MEMBERS Dear IANTD Professional, We are pleased to announced that IANTD Members now have access to Dive Professional Liability Insurance from Oceanic Marine Risks. If you were previously insured via Horsell or have a policy due for Renewal, or simply wish to consider the Insurance options, please see the release…
A group of IAND Divers from SOE search for the lost wreck Glenelg .The ship foundered at 4am on the 25th of March 1900 with the loss of 31 lives .It was the worst shipping disaster of the time. Mark Ryan and his group from SOE also discovered the wreck of the Alert which was…
By Coral Divers (Suzie Lack / Sash Muller) The “Darwin Princess” was a ferry plying the harbour between Darwin city and Mandorah in 1974 when Cyclone Tracy struck. The young skipper Raymond Curtain, decided to take her to sea, to try to keep her safe from the rising storm surge and huge seas, during the…
(or How wreck identification isn’t always easy!) Written by Greg Blair & Barrie Heard When wrecks have been re-discovered post sinking/scuttling there is a fair amount of effort involved in, first identifying, then verifying, exactly what is the name of the vessel. Sometimes this effort involves far more time than what was spent “mowing the…
On 15 June 1940 a Nazi raider named the Pinguin embarked on a mission to capture and destroy as many allied merchant ships as possible. Between June 1940 and May 1941 the Pinguin’s Captain Kruder was responsible for one of the most successful operations by any German raider in World War II . Travelling from…
The City of Rayville sits in 72 meters and is only dived by experienced Trimix Divers .One of the first divers to visit the wreck were IANTD Instructors Barry Heard and Bob Wealthy. SS City of Rayville, also referred to as the MV and/or MS City of Rayville was a 5883-ton American steamship. She was…
The SS Milora was a 3,347 tonne coal steamship constructed in 1893. After a long career of service and mishaps, including grounding on Point Lonsdale Reef in 1934, she was stripped of valuables, towed into Bass Strait about five kilometers off Torquay, and scuttled with explosive charges in 1935. Today, she rests as the largest…
“Six Men Lose Their Lives in Carrier Accident” screamed the headlines from the Argus on Monday July 21 1947. A tragic set of events during formation flying manoeuvres over Port Phillip Bay by a visiting flying squadron from HMS Theseus resulted in a horrific accident that claimed many young airmen. The planes were flying in…