If reports are to go by, almost 120 years after the vessel vanished during a powerful storm in 1904, the missing shipwreck was accidentally discovered by Subsea Professional Marine Services, a remote sensing company conducting a search for lost cargo on the ocean floor off the coast of Sydney.
The steamship SS Nemesis was on a journey to transport coal to Melbourne when it encountered a formidable storm off New South Wales. In the aftermath, bodies of crew members and ship fragments washed ashore, but the precise location of the 240-foot vessel remained elusive. Now, the wreck has been found almost untouched, lying nearly 525 ft underwater. The discovery was officially confirmed last year when CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, captured underwater imagery that highlighted distinctive features of the ship.
Upon visual inspection of the wreckage using a drop camera, key structures of the SS Nemesis were found to be intact, including two anchors resting on the seafloor. The findings indicate that the vessel succumbed to the storm due to engine failure, sinking rapidly after being struck by a large wave. The swift nature of the sinking likely left the crew with insufficient time to deploy lifeboats.
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