Mystery 240-foot ship that went missing along with 32 passengers found 120 years later

A ship that vanished mysteriously 120 years ago off the coast of Australia has finally been solved after undersea explorers located the vessel just by chance. 
The SS Nemesis was carrying coal to Melbourne, Australia, in July 1904 when it sunk due to an engine failure caused by a powerful storm. 
It vanished off New South Wales with 32 crew members onboard.
Some of the crew member’s bodies and parts of the ship began washing up on Cronulla Beach, 18 miles away, in the weeks after the crash.
The ship’s mysterious disappearance created a media frenzy and public interest, but wreckage of the 240-foot vessel was never found until now. 
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Subsea Professional Marine Services, a company searching the ocean floor off the coast of Sydney for lost cargo in 2022, accidentally stumbled upon the missing shipwreck.
Officials thought the sunken ship was the SS Nemesis, but they had to use special underwater pictures to confirm the wreckage’s unique features matched with old photos and sketches of the coal freighter.
The pictures show that the ship’s battered remains are sitting upright on a sand plain and badly damaged. 
The discovery showed that the ship sank because its engine couldn’t cope with the storm. 
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Experts think the SS Nemesis started to sink so quickly after being hit by a big wave that the crew didn’t have time to get lifeboats ready.
Officials are calling on families who had relatives on the ship to get in touch.
“Around 40 children lost their parents in this wreck and I hope this discovery brings closure to families and friends connected to the ship who have never known its fate,” said NSW Minister for Environment and Heritage Penny Sharpe.
Paul Scully, the local MP for Wollongong, mentioned that out of over 200 shipwrecks thought to be off the New South Wales coast, only 105 have been found. He called this an “important find.”
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