The SS Yongala, which means 'Wide Water' in Aboriginal language was a passenger and freight steamer which left Mackay, on Australia's east coast, on 23 March 1911 bound for Townsville.
With no radio on board the captain was unaware that he was steaming into a cyclone. The vessel sank with a loss of all 122 lives. The wreck was discovered in 1947 but not identified until 1958. It's one of the most historical intact wrecks in Australian waters and is one of the top 10 wrecks to dive in the world.
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