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

"SS Cumberland" Eden , NSW south Coast Australia - Merchant Max Depth: 97 Mtrs Average Depth: 95 Mtrs Average Viz: 10 Mtrs Lives Lost: 0 Construction: steel Sank In: 1917 SS Cumberland struck a German mine during WW1, and is the first casualty of war in Australian waters. It was beached on Gabo Island for repairs, before being towed to Eden when it struck heavy seas and sank. The Cargo of Copper and lead was recovered in 1951 using Bell technology to lay explosives on the deck and then use a grappel to remove parts of the decks. Other Cargo was frozen meat and wool. No free-swimming divers ever saw this wreck since. The wreck is broken up, but over a large area, with artifacts everywhere. Dived for the first time by Sydney Project on 8th Nov 2003, it was confirmed that this was indeed the wreck of the Cumberland, by finding Bones, Copper ingots and letters on the bow of the wreck.