<P> The passenger ship SS Yongala sank off Cape Bowling Green , Queensland , Australia on 23 March 1911 . En route from Melbourne to Cairns she steamed into a cyclone and sank south of Townsville . All 122 aboard were lost , and traces of the ship were not found until days later , when cargo and wreckage began to wash ashore at Cape Bowling Green and at Cleveland Bay . It was believed that the hull of the ship had been ripped open by a submerged rock . The wreck , which has become a tourist attraction and dive site , was not found until 1958 . </P>
<P> The passenger ship SS Yongala sank off Cape Bowling Green , Queensland , Australia on 23 March 1911 . En route from Melbourne to Cairns she steamed into a cyclone and sank south of Townsville . All 122 aboard were lost , and traces of the ship were not found until days later , when cargo and wreckage began to wash ashore at Cape Bowling Green and at Cleveland Bay . It was believed that the hull of the ship had been ripped open by a submerged rock . The wreck , which has become a tourist attraction and dive site , was not found until 1958 . </P>
ship that sank off cape bowling green in 1911
ship that sank off cape bowling green in 1911
SS Yongala
SS Yongala