Accidental ocean floor discovery solves 120-year-old mystery of coal ship disappearance

SS Nemesis sank in rough seas with 32 crew off the coast of Wollongong in 1904

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The 120-year-old mystery of the disappearance of a coal ship off the coast of NSW has been solved, after a commercial company looking for lost cargo accidentally stumbled upon its ocean-floor wreckage.

SS Nemesis and its 32 crew – which included Australian, British and Canadian members – set off from Newcastle loaded with coal on 9 July 1904.

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