Ship Wrecks Located

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 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…