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Dive Site  Darwin Princess

MAX DEPTH ? Metres               SUNK 1974 cyclone Tracy     

LENGTH 75 FEET                                           TONNAGE ? TONS GROSS

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Steel Passenger ferry licensed to carry 200 people lost during cyclone Tracy the vessel was used for a variety of activities including the transport of Telecom employees to Mandorah for work at the radio Australia site.

The vessel put to sea or broke her moorings  on the Christmas eve with only the skipper Ray Curtain  aboard and was never seen again.

The vessel  remained undiscovered until shortly after the discovery of the Schooner Booya in 2003

 

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