The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ) of Australia has solved a hundred - old closed book , locating the wreckage of the steamshipSS Nemesis . In July 1904 , theSS Nemesiswas transporting coal from Newcastle to Melbourne when it went leave out in a tearing storm somewhere off the New South Wales coast . Over the next few weeks , rubble from the ship and several bodies of crewmembers wash up on Cronulla Beach .
The last sighting of the ship was just off the coast ofWollongong , by the crew of another ship caught in the storm . But the oceans are prominent , and for over a century , the fix of the 73 - meter - prospicient ( 240 - infantry ) ship was not found .
Then , in 2022 , remote sensor troupe Subsea Professional Marine Services was seek for cargo containers lost off the coast of Sydney and blemish the wreckage 26 kilometre ( 16 miles ) from the shore .
Since then , Heritage New South Wales petitioned CSIRO to take a near spirit at the wreck . First , the squad map the seafloor using advanced multibeam echosounders , before scrutinize it closer by dropping cameras down to the wreckage .
The squad has now confirm that the wreck is theSS Nemesis .
“ The crash is located towards the edge of the continental shelf and is baby-sit upright on the seafloor but is evidence important damage and declension at both the prow and stern , ” CSIRO hydrographic surveyor Phil Vandenbossche explained in apress expiration . “ Our visual inspection of the wreck using the drop camera show some fundamental social organization were still entire and identifiable , including two of the ship ’s anchor lying on the seafloor . ”
Videos taken of the wreck will now be stitched together to create a 3D simulation of the SS Nemesis in its current term , assist to investigate it further . Those with likely family unit connections to the 32 crewmembers who died during the shipwreck have been urged tocontact Heritage New South Wales(NSW ) .
" The wreck is one of many thousands of shipwreck that consist along the Australian coastline , with many still to be discover , " Senior Maritime Archaeologist with Heritage NSW , Dr Brad Duncan , add . “ This breakthrough and verification of the shipwreck ’s identity not only furnish pregnant archaeological information about the ship and wrecking event but , more importantly , may offer some solacement to the family and acquaintance of those who perished onboard as it provides a locating at which they can mourn their loved I . "
