Western Australia added to its reputation as one of the World's premier year-round dive destinations when the decommissioned Perth was scuttled in the pristine waters of King George Sound in Albany in late November 2001.

The sinking of the former Perth follows the highly successful scuttling in 1998 of the former Swan which has attracted over 20,000 divers to Dunsborough in the State's South West. Combining the former Perth and Swan dive sites with the world's largest dive wreck, Sanko Harvest in Esperance, creates a perfect Southwest dive triangle.

The former Perth is a 133-metre long guided missile destroyer with a distinguished service record. She came under fire on four occasions during the Vietnam war and remnants of shellfire will be visible to divers on the interpretive dive trail.