Archive for December, 2008
$4.3 million enough to find Centaur
The man who led the team that discovered HMAS Sydney says $4.3 million is enough money to find the Australian World War II hospital ship Centaur.
Light on the Water in Port Adelaide on ANZAC Eve 2009 will commemorate the loss of Centaur.
The Federal Government yesterday committed the money to search for the hospital ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the south-east Queensland coast in 1943, in which 268 people died
It is believed the ship lies on the sea bed somewhere between Caloundra and North Stradbroke Island.
British shipwreck hunter David Mearns says the search for HMAS Sydney cost $5 million.
“It was a little bit more a complicated project because of the nature of the navigation and also we were looking for two ships — not just one,” he said.
“The other advantage now is that fuel prices have gone down so we’re actually in a better economic climate in terms of the cost to do it.
“So I think $4.3 million is quite a healthy budget.”
Story from ABC Online
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