He was the project leader on the Royal Mail Ship Niagara 2003 Survey Project, which involved the organization and planning of putting some of the worlds most experienced divers onto the 130 metre deep Niagara wreck site, off the North Island of New Zealand.
The diving chamber used in the salvage still exists, on display at the Castlemaine Museum in the town of Castlemaine, Victoria, where it had been made by Thompson's Foundry in late 1940.
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Once Claymore had been restored to working order, the salvage team based themselves out of Whangarei and began operations on 15 December 1940.
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Apperley was the recipient of the inaugural “OZTeK Diver of the Year” award in 2000 for his RMS Niagara and the Pearse River resurgence explorations.