Decommissioning and Fate
Hobart paid off on 12 May 2000. The ship was sunk at 35°28′51.6″S 138°09′26.0″E / 35.481°S 138.15722°E / -35.481; 138.15722Coordinates: 35°28′51.6″S 138°09′26.0″E / 35.481°S 138.15722°E / -35.481; 138.15722 as a dive wreck 4.8 nautical miles (8.9 km) west-north-west of Marina St. Vincent, Yankalilla Bay, South Australia on 5 November 2002. The scuttled ship is scheduled as a historic shipwreck as per the South Australian Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981 and has a protected zone of 550 metre radius which prohibits boating activity unless the operator has a permit.
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