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The SS Yongala, a famous North Queensland wreck dive, sank in which year?

Answer: 1911

Lost in a 1911 cyclone with 122 aboard, Yongala lies in 30m of water: a world top-10 wreck dive.

The ship vanished off Cape Bowling Green on its way to Townsville. Local Townsville divers confirmed the wreck in 1958. The hull is still intact, but it will collapse in time.

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