Scuba Diving Point Phillip Bay Victoria

Coogee Maxdepth: 35m Experience: Level: 2 Site layout: Within the Ship's Graveyard (around 32 ships in total) 4km offshore between Pt Lonsdale & Barwon heads Bow faces toward shore (N) in 33m Stern 35m Points of interest: Built in Sunderland, U.K, 1887 3 masted iron screw steamer Iron hull, 4 cemented bulkheads 68.5m x 9.1m & 7.1m depth 762 tons gross Sold in 1888 to a Melbourne owner For 41 years ran various routes between Melbourne & Geelong & also the passenger ferry run between Melbourne & Launceston Involved in a number of collisions over this time, but able to be repaired Also used as a NAVY mine sweeper & to repair the Bass Strait Telegraph Cable By 1928 had become uneconomical to maintain Stripped, then blasted outside The Heads where it settled on the seafloor Lists to Port Bow & Stern = most complete structures, much of midships is flattened or missing Swimthroughs at bow and stern Bow: railings Stern: rudder & rudder quadrant (used to steer rudder) are still in position, remains of the 2 decks Midships: engine bed (engine removed before scuttling), intact twin boilers, hatches