DSAC

CATALINA 3 FLYING BOAT #A24-206

Dive Information

  • MAX DEPTH 12 METRES
  • SUNK 20/6/45
  • LENGTH 19.4 M
  • WINGSPAN 31.7 METRES
  • WEIGHT 9485 KG EMPTY

GENERAL INFO

One of several Catalina flying boats wrecked in the harbour.

Damaged by depth chargers while loading the accident killed 2 men who are buried in the Adelaide river war cemetery

The nose section is pretty intact aft of the wings its pretty much just a debris field, a section of the starboard wing is located some 70m from the main wreck site possibly due to the depth charger explosions.

See Pacific wrecks for details and photos