Euro

Wreck Dive | Boat access

Steam Tug | Max Depth: 50 m (164 ft) — Graveyard

Euro
Source: State Library Victoria

The Euro is the shipwreck of a steam tug that served for more than fifty years before being scuttled in the Victorian Ships' Graveyard, Bass Strait.

Diving the Euro Shipwreck

Euro Dive | © Ian Scholey

The Euro lies 50 metres deep in the Victorian Ships' Graveyard, Bass Strait. Being a tug, the Euro was built strong and her structure is still intact. You can see toilets, the triple expansion steam engine, tow anchor, boilers, and steering quadrant. Divers can penetrate the hull. This is a popular dive for deep/technical divers.

Bass Strait Warning: Always keep an eye on sea conditions throughout any shore or boat dive in Bass Strait on Victoria's coastline. Please read the warnings on the web page diving-in-bass-strait before diving or snorkelling this site.

Euro Shipwreck History — Built in 1897

Euro Tug
Source: State Library Victoria

The Euro was a steel screw steamer tug of 257 tons gross, built in 1897, by Grourlay Bros., at Dundee, Scotland, with an overall length of 130 ft (40 m), with a beam of 22.5 ft (6.86 m) and a draught of 12.2 ft (3.72 m).

The steam tug Euro was owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company for most of its working life. In its early years the Euro worked out of various South Australian ports. In 1904, it was stationed at Port Pirie, then later at Port Adelaide, and at some time was transferred to Fremantle.

Returning to Port Adelaide in 1926, it operated out of that port until bought by Howard Smith and Co in 1930. Then it began working in Port Phillip.

Euro Sinking — Scuttled 10 June 1948

After half a century of use, the Euro was stripped of fittings, except for the steam engine. The Euro was towed by the tug Terawhiti out into Bass Strait and scuttled using explosive charges in the Victorian Ships' Graveyard on Thursday 10 June 1948.

Heritage Warning: Any shipwreck or shipwreck relic that is 75 years or older is protected by legislation. Other items of maritime heritage 75 years or older are also protected by legislation. Activities such as digging for bottles, coins or other artefacts that involve the disturbance of archaeological sites may be in breach of the legislation, and penalties may apply. The legislation requires the mandatory reporting to Heritage Victoria as soon as practicable of any archaeological site that is identified. See Maritime heritage. Anyone with information about looting or stolen artefacts should call Heritage Victoria on (03) 7022 6390, or send an email to heritage.victoria@delwp.vic.gov.au.

Finding the Euro Shipwreck

Over the years we've been provided with many GPS marks for the Euro. The GPS marks we know of in circulation for the Euro are:

Book - Victoria's Ships' Graveyard GPS (verified by Ian Scholey, VSAG):
Latitude: 38° 20.744′ S (38.345738° S / 38° 20′ 44.66″ S)
Longitude: 144° 26.094′ E (144.434905° E / 144° 26′ 5.66″ E)
Geoff Rodda:
Latitude: 38° 20.743′ S (38.345716666667° S / 38° 20′ 44.58″ S)
Longitude: 144° 26.090′ E (144.43483333333° E / 144° 26′ 5.4″ E)
7 m, bearing 290°, WNW
Rowan Stevens:
Latitude: 38° 20.751′ S (38.34585° S / 38° 20′ 45.06″ S)
Longitude: 144° 26.095′ E (144.43491667° E / 144° 26′ 5.7″ E)
12 m, bearing 175°, S

Traditional Owners — This dive site does not lie in the acknowledged traditional Country of any first peoples of Australia.

Euro Location Map

Latitude: 38° 20.744′ S (38.345738° S / 38° 20′ 44.66″ S)
Longitude: 144° 26.094′ E (144.434905° E / 144° 26′ 5.66″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-12 23:59:25 GMT
Source: Book - Victoria's Ships' Graveyard GPS (verified by Ian Scholey, VSAG)
Nearest Neighbour: H.C. Piggot, 434 m, bearing 66°, ENE
Steam Tug, 257 ton.
Built: Dundee, Scotland, 1897.
Scuttled: 10 June 1948.
Victorian Ships' Graveyard, Bass Strait.
Depth: 44 to 50 m.

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DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here. Should anyone decide to use these GPS marks to locate and dive on a site, they do so entirely at their own risk. Always verify against other sources.

The marks come from numerous sources including commercial operators, independent dive clubs, reference works, and active divers. Some are known to be accurate, while others may not be. Some GPS marks may even have come from maps using the AGD66 datum, and thus may need be converted to the WGS84 datum. To distinguish between the possible accuracy of the dive site marks, we've tried to give each mark a source of GPS, Google Earth, or unknown.