Editing SS Yongala (section)

==Present day==
''Yongala'' is now a major tourist attraction for [[recreational diving]] in Townsville and North Queensland, with more than 10,000 divers visiting the wreck each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s1358408.htm |last=Cussons |first=David |title=Safeguarding the wreck the SS ''Yongala'' |publisher=ABC North Queensland |date=3 May 2005 |access-date=8 March 2008 |archive-date=28 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528010021/http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s1358408.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> At {{convert|110|m|ft|0}} long, she is one of the largest, most intact historic shipwrecks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/ss-yongala-dive-site/index.cfm |title=SS ''Yongala'' Dive Site |work=Things to See & Do |publisher=Tourism Queensland |access-date=9 March 2008 |archive-date=28 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628044352/http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/ss-yongala-dive-site/index.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site has diverse marine life. A citizen science database using iNaturalist has recorded more than 213 observations of 79 species. The most observed species is the [[Humphead wrasse]], ''Cheilinus undulatus''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/citizen-science-at-yongala-shipwreck |title= Citizen science at Yongala Shipwreck |access-date= 22 April 2022 |archive-date= 3 July 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220703014820/https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/citizen-science-at-yongala-shipwreck |url-status= live }}</ref> An episode of the [[BBC]] television documentary series ''[[Great Barrier Reef (2015 TV series)|Great Barrier Reef]]'' featured the wreck's biodiversity.

[[File:SS Yongala bell.jpg|thumb|upright|''Yongala''{{'}}s [[ship's bell]] in the Maritime Museum of Townsville]]
The Maritime Museum of Townsville has an extensive display of ''Yongala'' artefacts and memorabilia, including her [[ship's bell]].<ref name=Townsville/>

The [[death of Tina Watson]] occurred near the dive site on 22 October 2003. Watson's husband of eleven days was subsequently imprisoned for manslaughter.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

The heritage-listed [[Yongala Lodge]] in [[North Ward, Queensland|North Ward]], Townsville, is named after the ship. It was built for [[Rooney Brothers|Matthew Rooney]], who died in the ''Yongala'' shipwreck along with his wife and youngest daughter.<ref>{{cite QHR |15653 |Yongala Lodge |600878 |access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>