SS Nemesis (1880) explained

SS Nemesis was a 1,393-ton cargo vessel built by Thomas Turnbull & Sons at Whitby in 1880. While on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne laden with coal and coke, she foundered south off Sydney on 8/9 July 1904 during a storm, with the loss of 32 crew.^[1]

Service

Designed as a collier for the coastal transport of coal from Newcastle to Melbourne. She was fitted out to transport passengers during the Coolgardie gold rush in Western Australia in the early 1890s. Afterwards, she was refitted and used again to transport coal and coke between Newcastle and Melbourne.

Wreck identification

In 2021 a wreck was found and it was in September 2023^[2] that it was positively identified by a surveying vessel looking for lost shipping containers.^[3] The Department of Planning & Environment announced the identification to the public in February 2024.^[4]

Further reading

• Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, London 1886.
• Plowman, Peter. Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand: 1876-1912. 1981.

External links

• Nemesis Office of Environment & Heritage

Notes and References

1. News: S.S. Nemesis. . . XV . 235 . Tasmania, Australia . 15 July 1904 . 29 February 2024. 2 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: Shipwreck found over a century after bodies of crewmembers washed ashore: "120-year-old mystery" solved . . Smith . Stephen . 26 February 2024 . 13 March 2024.
3. News: McLaren . Nick . 2024-02-25 . Ship searching for sunken containers stumbles upon 120-year-old shipwreck . 2024-02-29 . ABC News. en-AU.
4. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/ss-nemesis-120-year-old-shipwreck-mystery-solved-and-search-for-relatives-begins SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved and search for relatives begins