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People's Daily Online, Sydney, February 27 According to the Australian Ministry of Planning and Environment, a cargo ship that disappeared more than 100 years ago was found in the waters south of Sydney. The wreckage of the coal cargo ship, which had a crew of 32 on board, disappeared 120 years ago after a storm off the coast of New South Wales.
On 9 July 1904, the 73-metre-long vessel SS Nemesis departed from Newcastle and was laden with coal for Melbourne. Shortly after the cargo ship set sail, it was hit by a storm. It was last spotted in rough seas near Wollongong.
The disappearance of the cargo ship is a cause for concern and the public. Over the next few weeks, the bodies of the crew, as well as the ship's steering wheel, doors and other wreckage debris, were washed up onto Kronara Beach. However, the location of the main body of the ship has never been found.
More than a century later, in 2022, a remote sensing company stumbled upon the wreck while trying to find a container lost off the coast of Sydney. The ship sank 26 kilometers offshore and 160 meters underwater without any disturbance. The ship was standing upright on the sandbed of the seabed, and the bow and stern were badly damaged.
Heritage experts in NSW spent several years surveying and surveying the seabed, and while they soon suspected that the wreck found was the SS Nemesis, it was a challenge to identify the vessel in the deep sea so far from shore. Underwater imagery taken by the Federal Scientific and Industrial Research Organization provides additional evidence that the vessel's unique features match the historical** and sketches of the vessel.
The investigation also revealed the cause of the ship's sinking, believing that the ship's engines were overwhelmed in the storm. When the ship was hit by a large wave, it sank too fast and there was no time to deploy the lifeboat, hence the tragedy.
NSW Minister for Environment and Heritage Sharp described the disappearance of the Nemesis as one of Sydney's most enduring maritime mysteries, and she said the discovery would put an end to the story.
NSW** hopes to get in touch with the relatives of the crew, including the three men buried in an unmarked grave at the Voronora Memorial Park in Sutherland. Sharp said he hoped the discovery would bring some relief to the families and friends of those who had never known the ship's fate. (Intern Zhang Wenzhe).