Accidental discovery of NSW shipwreck sparks worldwide search

The accidental discovery of a shipwreck off the New South Wales coast has sparked a worldwide search for the descendants of the 32 crew members who died. The SS Nemesis vanished in 1904 with authorities wanting to provide answers to the families left behind. Under the control of Captain Lusher, the ship had left Newcastle and was bound for Melbourne when it ran into the eye of a fierce storm. “It was a terrible time when this shipwreck occurred, bodies were being washed up on the beaches and we never found out what happened to them,” New South Wales Heritage Minister Penny Sharpe said. A remote sensing company looking for lost cargo came across the Nemesis shipwreck 160 metres under the water and 26 kilometres off the New South Wales shore. “They came across something that they weren’t sure what it was … with work between them and a great collaboration with the CSIRO we can now say that we have now found the SS Nemesis,” Ms Sharpe said.