Sleeping Beauty (1943)
Careening Bay, Cockburn Sound
Operator believed to have suffered oxygen poisoning
Ship Built
Owner Department of Defence
Country Built UK
Ship Lost
Gouped Region Metro
Sinking Lost during Operation Rimau training exercise, diver passed out at controls using rebreather set
Crew 1
Deaths 1
When Lost 1943
Where Lost Careening Bay, Cockburn Sound
Minimum Depth of site 20.00
Ship Details
Engine Batteries, 1.5HP electric starter motor
Length 3.80
Beam 0.80
Museum Reference
Unique Number 7
Sunk Code Foundered
Protected Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Confidential NO