HMAS Canberra
Dive the ex-HMAS Canberra!
The ex-HMAS Canberra was scuttled (or sunk) on Sunday 4 October 2009. The dive site couldn't be opened immediately after it was scuttled as works and inspections needed to be completed. But the Canberra has now been inspected and is open for business! It lies in approximately 28 metres of water, with the top of the mast about 5 metres below the surface at low tide.
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The HMAS Canberra was the second of four FFG-7 Class Guided Missile Frigates built for the Royal Australian Navy by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation Seattle, Washington, USA.
The HMAS Canberra was commissioned on 21 March 1981 and de-commissioned on 12 November 2005. The vessel hull is constructed of steel and the superstructure is aluminium alloy. It has an overall length of 138.1 metres and a beam of 13.7 metres. In service, the height from keel to top of the mast was approximately 39 metres. Parts of the ship, including the gas turbine engines, rudder, missile launcher, a section of the mast and propeller were removed by the Navy, prior to it being prepared for use as a dive site.
Many of the potential hazards to divers such as internal fixings, hatches, ladders and loose material have been removed or secured and access to confined spaces barred off.
