In 1943, a Royal Australian Navy minesweeper corvette, on a passage from Townsville to Brisbane clearing the shipping lanes off the Queensland coast mined at the beginning of the Second World War, fouled on an obstruction believed to be a shoal, but which was not investigated at this time. In 1947, the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic vessel HMAS Lachlan, while heading north to king Sound via Darwin with the tender Brolga. Lachlan stopped to examine the obstruction using anti-submarine equipment and an echo sounder. The obstruction was reported to appear to be a sunken ship, and presumed to be that of SS Yongala. Lachlan then continued northwards. No further action was taken, leaving Yongala in peace for another eleven years. In 1958, the wreck was found once more. George Konrat, a salvage and construction diver from Cairns, and one of the self-styled 'finders', described the first recorded dive made on the site. He identified the wreck as that of the Yongala by the lettering of the ...

ケアンズ発ヨンガラツアーからの写真。2005年2月撮影分です。

2008-11-23:
ADRENALIN DIVE利用 1日2ダイブ 全行程2日間・3DAスタッフ同行ツアー
ケアンズからの最短日程でヨンガラレックをもぐりたいダイバー向け。スタッフガイド・宿泊先からのピックアップなども込みで
A$370.00-
レンタル器材料：ワンピースウエットスーツA$10.00-・器材フルセット(スーツ以外)A$30.00-、環境保護税・燃料補填費A$20.00-

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