Sydney Project divers passion for exploration and going where no one been before inspires the group to find new wrecks and bring them back to life. The following database is for wrecks we have found, dived, or currently searching for. Once rust is in your blood, there is just something about diving wrecks that is hard to describe. The chance of a new discovery, the history and circumstances behind the loss of a vessel and in some cases the tragic loss of life. Visiting a ship for the first time since it went down, is a special feeling and a rare privilege that will always drive us to find new wrecks.

To read more about the wrecks listed below, click on their name.
 

BEGA - Steamer Screw Encounter Ex-H.M.A.S - Steamer screw Iron Knight - Iron oar carrier Keilawarra - Steamer Screw Koputai - Steamer paddle Nemesis - Steamer screw SS Cumberland - Merchant SS Wear - Steamer screw William Dawes - Liberty

"Iron Knight" Bermagui - Iron oar carrier Max Depth: 130 Mtrs Average Depth: 125 Mtrs Average Viz: 20 Mtrs Lives Lost: 36 Construction: Iron Sank In: 1943 The Steamer was en route from Whyalla to Newcastle with a load of iron ore when it was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine I.21 in the early hours of 8 February 1943. Of the fifty crew on board only fourteen survived after being rescued from a raft by the French warship Le Triomphant. The vessel sank in 2 minutes whilst in a convoy of other vessels traveling north from Whyalla (SA) to Newcastle (NSW). The escort vessel was HMAS Mildura and HMAS Townsville. I-21 was one of the 5 mother submarines involved in the Midget submarine attack at Sydney on 31 May 1942, shelled Newcastle on 8 June 1942, and sank the Iron Chieftain (3 June 1942), Kalingo (18 Jan 1943) and Starr King (10 Feb 1943). The submarine also damaged the Mobilube (18 Jan 1943) and Peter H Burnett (22 Jan 1943). First dived by the Sydney Project on May 27th 2006, and positively identified on 18th June 2006.