exHMAS Hobart (wreck) dive

HMAS Hobart was a 133 m-long Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan, USA, and launched in 1964, and purchased by Australia in 1965. HMAS Hobart completed three tours of duty off Vietnam in 1967, 1968 and 1970. After 35 years of Royal Australian Navy service, HMAS Hobart was decommissioned on 12 May 2000. On 3 November 2002 the ex-HMAS Hobart was towed from Port Adelaide to Yankalilla Bay and scuttled.

HMAS Hobart lies within the Rapid Head Sanctuary Zone in Encounter Marine Park and is now managed as part of DEW’s marine parks operations. No permit is required to dive exHMAS Hobart.

We will meet at the Wirrina Marina boat ramp. Times to meet will be organised closer to the date.