SS Port Kembla

The SS Port Kembla was a steamer owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. It was sunk 17 km off Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island in September 1917 by a mine laid by the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Wolf. During an inquiry held in Wellington shortly after the sinking it was thought that the explosion was from an internal source rather than a mine.

When it sank the ship was fully laden with frozen produce, wool, skins, tallow, jams, lead, and general cargo which was being shipped from Australia to Great Britain for World War I.

It lies at a depth of 96 m and is visited by scuba divers.

In 2012 plans were being made for a second attempt to recover 1200 tonnes of lead from the ship.An earlier attempt in 1977 did not come to fruition because of ownership disputes.