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==Fate==
''Bayonet'' paid off on 26 June 1988.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}} Although the vessel was retained by the Australian government, by 1999 she was in a dilapidated condition, so was [[scuttled]] on 21 September 1999, sinking off [[Cape Schanck, Victoria]] in [[Bass Strait]], in an area known to divers as the Victorian Ships' Graveyard.<ref>{{Citation |last=Collings |first=Jon |editor=Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit |date=19 June 2002 |title=Review of the Accrual Budget Documentation |type=Report |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=jcpaa/accrualbudget/contents.htm#contents |publisher=Government of Australia |chapter=Submission 18: Department of Defence |chapter-url=http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=jcpaa/accrualbudget/submissions/sub18.pdf |access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2011|reason=Supplied cite does not specify day or exact location of sinking}}
The wreck lies upright on the sand at a depth of {{convert|82|m|ft}}. Sand ripples around the wreck are evidence of strong currents in the area. The deck is at an average depth of {{convert|70|m|ft}}. There is a hole in the foredeck at the forward gun position, and there is a substantial amount of wiring still present inside the wreck which may be an entanglement hazard. Dives on he Bayonet require the use of [[trimix]] to limit [[nitrogen narcosis]].
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