Offshore wind farm survey solves 150yo coal supply-ship mystery

Offshore wind farm survey solves 150yo coal supply-ship mystery

A renewable energy company's search for an offshore wind farm site leads divers to the wreckage of the City of Hobart, which sank nearly 150 years ago off Victoria's east coast.

"Ironic twist of history:" Offshore wind developer solves 150-year old mystery of sunken coal ship

A maritime mystery dating back to the 1870s has been solved thanks to the seafloor surveys of an offshore wind project proposed to help replace coal power in Victoria.

Offshore wind investigations uncover maritime mystery

A Victorian maritime mystery dating back almost 150 years has finally been solved, thanks partly to site investigations for Iberdrola Australia’s proposed Aurora Green offshore wind farm. Technical divers from Southern Ocean Exploration (SOE) have confirmed the identity and final resting place of the City of Hobart, an iron steamer which sank off the Gippsland coast on 24 July 1877. Related article: Iberdrola enters networks in Australia through…