South Australia

Australia

Ex-HMAS Hobart (D39) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. It was decommissioned in May 2000 and sunk as a dive wreck on 5 November 2002.

She now sits level on the sand at 30m with the main deck at approximately 15m. Before being sunk the ship was extensively prepared as a dive site with many hole cut into the side allowing light to enter and providing views into the wreck from the outside.

ex-HMAS Hobart is a boat dive, boat normally leave from Wirrina Cove ramp which is 4.2 miles from the wreck.

Activities in the vicinity of the ex-HMAS Hobart wreck are legislated under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981. A protected Zone has been established and a permit is required to enter within 550m of the site.

More information can be found at www.exhmashobart.com.au  


