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