Diamantina Deep Diamantina Deep The Diamantina Deep is located in the Diamantina Trench southwest of Perth, Western Australia. The Diamantina Trench is in the eastern part of the larger Diamantina Fracture Zone, which stretches from the Ninety East Ridge to the Naturaliste Plateau, off the lower part of Southwest Australia. It is one of the deepest points (surpassed by the Sunda Trench) in the Indian Ocean at . It is located about west-southwest of Perth at . A survey in 1961 by the Australian oceanographic survey ship confirmed the bathymetry and conducted a scientific survey. The trench (and the Fracture Zone) was
HMAS Diamantina (K377) the flood, while volunteers adjusted the ropes to prevent the ship bashing against the dry dock. The ship was undamaged. HMAS Diamantina (K377) HMAS "Diamantina" (K377/F377/A266/GOR266), named after the Diamantina River in Queensland, is a that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in the mid-1940s, "Diamantina" was active from 1945 until 1946, was placed in reserve, then was recommissioned as a survey ship from 1959 until 1980. Following her second decommissioning, the frigate was preserved at the Queensland Maritime Museum as a museum ship. She was the last World War II-era frigate to leave RAN service, and of the