Ex HMAS Swan

GPS: S 33° 33.080'

         E 115° 05.963'

Location: Dunsborough

Site depth: 31 metres

Divable conditions: Swell <1.5m

Visibilty: 10 - 30 metres

Vessel: Ex RAN Destroyer Escort

Construction: Steel

Tons: 2100

Vessel Length: 114 metres

Wreck event: Purpose sunk 1997

The Ex HMAS Swan III was sunk 1 nautical mile north of Eagle Bay near Dunsborough. A permit is required to dive the wreck and can be obtained from the Dunsborough or Bussleton Visitors Centre and from The Dive Shed Bussleton and Cape Dive Dunsborough who also run charters to the Swan.

Built in Victoria in 1968 and commissioned by the RAN on 20th January 1970. The River Class Destroyer was finally scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997 to a crowd of around 10,000 spectators. After 27 years and 775,870 nautical miles of service to the Royal Australian Navy mostly in South East Asia and Australian waters. The "Fluffy Duck" finally came to rest upright at 31 metres on a sand bottom, with a slight list to her port side, off Eagle Bay.