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About Us, Tobruk Experience
Tobruk Experience is another division of Lady Musgrave Experience. We are the same company that brings you one of Queensland’s most exciting day tours on the Southern Great barrier Reef to Lady Musgrave Island.
With the recent Scuttling of the ex-HMAS Tobruk off the coast of Queensland, now is the best time to see it for yourself up close and personal with our experienced Dive Instructors providing you with the experience of a lifetime.
If you would like to experience more Dive sites while visiting the Southern Great Barrier Reef, you may also want to explore our sister site Lady Musgrave Experience to learn more about the Dive sites available to you. We can also create a package tailored to meet your requirements if booking in groups.
How it all came to be…
ex-HMAS Tobruk History
ex-HMAS Tobruk was launched on 1 March 1980 and was the Royal Australian Navy’s first purpose-built amphibious heavy lift ship.
ex-HMAS Tobruk was vital to the fleet and could transport up to 18 tanks and had two helicopter decks making it a force to be reckoned with.
The vehicle deck had a roll-on, roll-off function and held 40 armoured vehicles and personnel carriers. The Tobruk cabins provided accommodation for up to 520 troops during several missions.
ex-HMAS Tobruk was decommissioned on July 31, 2015 making the end of it’s service to the Navy.
The 217m heavy-lift former navy ship which was involved in 26 major operations will spend the rest of its lift in the waters between the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg as a dive site. The dive site will cater for divers of all levels and abilities.
The upper rear decks of the ex-HMAS Tobruk are anticipated to be in water shallower than 18m while the internal tank deck is likely to be in 25m, appealing to advanced and technical divers, but is truely an amazing experience for anyone wanting to experience this amazing dive site.
Ex-HMAS Tobruk will become a ‘sister wreck’ to ex-HMAS Brisbane which was sunk off the Sunshine Coast 11 years ago.
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