120-Year Old Mystery Solved as ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks Found Off NSW

Published on February 26, 2024

A 120-year-old mystery of a shipwreck described as “the Holy Grail” by researchers has been solved after the New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Environment and Heritage announced the hull of a 73-metre coal transporter lost in stormy seas while on a voyage from Newcastle and Melbourne had been found. Thirty-two souls, aged 18-56 were lost when the SS Nemesis sank in huge seas off Port Kembla near NSW’s East Coast in July 1904. The hull of the ship was never located despite parts of the ship washing ashore on Cronulla Beach along with several bodies of the crew who were made up of sailors from Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Norway, and British Guinea....