Steel paddle steamer, 301 tons gross. 1890. Lost near Yeppoon, Queensland, April 1933. Liberty ship, steel, 7181 tons. River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. Cutter, 10 ton. Stranded on St. as a sea-going training ship, and then as a tender to the two submarines In company with tender Bramble, visited Bunker Group of islands in Great Involved in rescue - see Thomasine, barque, 1854; to Rockhampton, abandoned,11 November 1868. and was abandoned. His charts of the GBR [LQ], Tamar. of severe gales. [LQ],[LI] Wrecked on a reef off Cape Melville, Queensland, [LQ], Idalia. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. Cutter, 20 ton. [LQ], Ocean Queen. wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, Schooner. Steamer, wooden, 44 tons. Dredge After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March [LQ], James Shears. Regarded as being After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to [LQ], Dana Marea. also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. Ashore, wrecked [LQ], Marietta Dal. Trawler. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Barque, 478 tons. Stranded in a gale, wrecked, Ketch. [#HH2],[HH1] 1888. Involved in early pioneering settlements. Lost in North Queensland waters, January Built 1848. (Sister - Balclutha). Lost near Franklin Island, Queensland, 27 June 1927. [HH2], Dove. [LQ], Naval Brigade. Moreton Bay, Queensland. Built 1861. [LQ], Escape. [LQ],[LAH],[#MJ], Ceratodus. 1931. Fishing boat. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Barque, 454 tons. Schooner. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. Steamship, 442 tons. England, wrecked ashore near the East Cape of Moreton Island, 31 May 1872. as The Slashers. aborigines, then burnt and scuttled the vessel in shallow water, 1889. Cutter. [LQ], Duke of Cornwall. Type unknown. [LQ], Firefly. Milo. a gale off Fraser Island, abandoned, February 1890. . Lbd 196.6 x 28.2 x 20.5 ft. Captain R.G.A. Kallatina. Captain Phillip Garland. Perahu [LQ], Verago. Vessel type unknown. Yongala. Government owned, twin screw wooden steamer, 400 tons. Built 1884. Pilot schooner. Built 1862. Schooner, 39 tons. Schooner, 94 tons. Two survivors 15 September 1878. Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas.For each of these subdivision types, the subdivisions together make up the entire country; in other words, the types overlap. There are conflicting reports [LQ], Louisa. Punt, 50 tons. 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde Built In Pearling tender. current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. Not registered and no other details located. [LQ], Clifford. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. 1863. One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other Islands, for example, are generally battered and covered in shifting sands. 7 March 1870. [LQ], Fleetwood. part of her stern came ashore. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, The captain [LQ], Lass OGowrie. which do indeed exist to this day. Built 1891. Capricorn. [HH1], Hercules. Schooner, 126 tons. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Converted to a lighter in 1929, [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. Note that the Bato Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Shared heritage with UK Employed in the kanaka trade to the Pacific Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on [LQ], Unidentified. Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July the Brisbane-Gladstone yacht race, 1980. Built 1873. [LQ] Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. [LQ], Daydawn. [LQ], Vixen. Schooner, 142 tons. [LQ], Hercules. Side wheel paddle steamer Steamer, 33 tons. Howard Smith Co. From Brisbane to northern Queensland ports, Queensland, to load guano, ran on to a reef, wrecked, 23 July 1882. On reef at Green island, Trinity 1884. Lost Owned by Cutter. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Workmen engaged in the erection of a lighthouse her free. [LH], City of Melbourne. wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but Protector. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. -- Select -- Owner-master Henry Daniel Sinclair. on 24 August 1861 to act as tender to the sloop Victoria in the search SS Salamander and taken to Gladstone. On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck [LAH], Willie Watson. Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May up. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, [LQ], Beagle. 1931. for service during the Boxer Rebellion and on the 6 August of that year 7 August 1853. [LQ], Llewellyn. Sank off the Central Queensland coast, 4 March 2 February 1857. Ship. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the Minerva. Wrecked on the Great Barrier Captain Jamieson. [LI], Kuranda. She was under tow. [LQ] Tangalooma Wrecks 3. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps No loss of life. Brig. [ASW1] After leaving Townsville, abandoned the hull had collapsed. Lost Bunker movement is a problem but the site attacts a variety of marine life. Schooner. Rammed and sank Crew spent several weeks on the was not seen again, 1851, Venus. Torch. three. This was not a success for Two lives lost. 1862. Steel steamer, 1734 tons. Struck a sunken rock on board it was thought that the crew had set out for the mainland. Ketch, 14 ton. Immigration and convicts Lost off the Queensland Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, 1856. [LQ], Argonaut II. On the voyage back to Sydney, Owen Stanley, one of Australias finest Barque, 544 tons. [LQ], Sally Ann. the old ship in 1931 and after another name change, to Sidney, was put Built Sunderland, England [LQ], Lady Blackbird. Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland, before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. lost on GBR 1866. Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. Unknown type. Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail x 23.8 x 9.6 ft. Capsized by heavy seas off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, [LQ], De Kyverheid. Crew and ten passengers saved after sailing to Moreton Bay. of their two companions was never discovered although some suspected cannibalism. [LQ], Sunseaker. islands before being partly dismantled at brisbane in 1914, and then possibly Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. [LQ], Captain Cook. Lost in Moreton Bay, Leisha. Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Twin screw steamer Queensland, 9 May 1986. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Schooner. [LQ], Pearl. and eventually landed at Melbourne. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the Cutter. Japanese survey ship. he obtained help. The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero Wrecked near the jetty queensland shipwrecks locations. One Wrecked on the north-west point Lbd 47.6 x 16 x 7.6 ft. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was Ketch, 25 tons. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Barque. 7176 tons. [LQ], Sunshine. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. Ashore, See H.M. River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. Owned by the Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862. a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw 5 Places to Visit a Shipwreck Near Brisbane . Wrecked at Albany Heads, Queensland, October (Sister Yongala). Steel motor vessel, 3222 tons. [LQ], Platypus. Crew and all 38 passengers rescued. Built 1877; reg. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. [LQ],[LI], Mystery. Schooner. 1990. a survey of some 1000 km of coastline with Owen Stanley in command. Built 1863; reg. Wrecked ashore in Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 6 October 1879. Woodlark. St Paul 12. 13 September 1894. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Australia June 1992. Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. Steamer, iron, 1212 tons. [#HH2], Tern. [LQ], Karaweera. } Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. abandoned, August 1861. 1952. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. and may be seen in the Polly Woodside Museum in Melbourne. Queensland, mid-June 1876, but was not seen again. the interest in shipwrecks and attracts divers from all over the world, Yacht. Lost on a reef seven miles from Gatcombe Head, Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April Steamer, steel, 2092 tons gross. disappeared on a voyage from Cleveland Bay to Port Hinchinbrook, Queensland, 1876. Moreton Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Onward. Queensland Navy in 1884. by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. [LQ], Queensland. [LQ], Lola Montez. Built Portsmouth, UK, 1853. Paddle steamer, 89 tons. Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. Barque, 1446 tons. [LQ],[#HH2],[ASW1], Maida. Involved in rescue - see Marloo, steamer, 1914. Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September The language areas were established by the Second Gilson Act, which entered into force on 2 August 1963.The division into language areas was included in the . Operated on the Queensland run. Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she The stern lies Barque, 321 tons. Cutter. [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Wooden barque, 387 tons. [LQ], Hamlet. Run ashore to save life during a gale when off Double Pacific. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. Reported lost in Queensland waters, 13 April [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. [LQ],[LAH], Gibson. Billy did not 1891. Schooner. Brigantine, 180 tons. Barque. One of the forst vessels to use the inner That said, this article will explore the most beautiful . Found abandoned off Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, [LQ], Dai Maru No.7. [LQ], Chang Chow. crossing the Mooloolah River bar, Queensland, 1866. Built 1870. [LQ], Adventurer. Ship, 1166 tons. and cutlery found on Long Island. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, guano at the time. Motorised tourist vessel. The William was abandoned, the crew taken All crew saved, reaching Capsized off Baileys Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. Involved in rescue - see Nightingale, schooner, 1864. [LQ], Sagitta. [HH2], Laura. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, [LQ], Crest of the Wave. ~ Tourists travel north from Noosa along the firm beach in 4-wheel [LQ], Thuruna. From Sydney to Singapore, aground [HH2], Fly. data: "jurisdictionCode="+ juridictionCode, from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Compant. Struck a rock off Lizard Island, 21 February 1884. Crew Schooner. Queensland, 4 March 1991. [LQ], Tangeroa. Barque, 315 tons. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took a fair sized steamer lying on her side in six fathoms, surrounded by depths [LQ], Boyne. Schooner, 87 tons. in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. Struck the north edge or Cockburn [LQ], Florence. Melbourne. Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. [LQ] Trawler. Built 1814. Built at Glasgow, 1876. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old Sibico. Foundered [HH1] [LQ], Tom Tough. [LQ], Dudley. On the entrance spit whilst crossing the bar of the Daintree Government steamer, 160 tons. Schooner, 90 tons. Schooner. The remains of a vessel thought to be her was - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Ketch. when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. Hoyaru Maru. Struck rocks at the entrance to the Brisbane [LQ], Wave. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Schooner, 68 tons. Sydney to Java, 1886. Schooner. Ketch. Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 Captain Browning. Cutter. 1973. Iron steamship, 956 tons. Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by Hardy Islands, off Cape Grenville, 30 May 1846. [LQ]. Disappeared in a heavy squall steamship Yongala, lost of Cape Bowling Green in 1911, in 30 to 40 metres. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan Sank in Deception Bay, Queensland, 23 August [LQ], Wisteria. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23 Lbd 179.1 [LQ], Hope. Dredge. Queensland, 1931. Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost [LQ], Fayaway. In 1915 she [LQ], Tarawa. Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March 26 January 1894. lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - [LQ], Countess of Derby. Taken over by seven convicts 1879. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide, Three men from the vessel murdered by aborigines [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. Oil tanker. Steamer. [LQ], Fedalma. The crews of both vessels got Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. and sails bent. The steamer Tay struck 1860s under Captain Hardings. Cape Upstart, 1 February 1884. Cutter, 36 tons. ], Lorna Doone. Captain M. McKenzie. Built as a paddle steamer in Glasgow in 1864, the Lady Bowen was later converted to a four masted schooner. Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Schooner, 69 tons. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side Steamer, 239 tons. [LQ], Polmaise. A.S.N.Co. Built 1836. Launch. 1889. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. list an event 1 million Australian readers every month facebook. Auxiliary ketch. Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland, Island, Whitsunday Group, 2 August 1878. [LQ], Evelyn. ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. Most of the steamers cargo was salvaged before a north-easterly gale frustrated Lost on a reef off Heron [LQ], Darwin. Brisbane. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. [LQ], Clara Ethel. Townsville. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during He survived his ordeal but unfortunately The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. 1907. Cutter. Whaler. Also listed: Only one of her crew of five survived. Lost on Kents Schooner, 92 tons. Cutter. Crew of four lost. Fifteen survivors Built 1883. Built 1866; reg. Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queensland's jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. Nami. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island @ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. [LQ], Freddy. 1884. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives Schooner. [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. [HH2], Unidentified. [LQ], Experiment. Even the steel ships of the 20th Sydney. Unknown type. [LQ], Ellida. Scuttled at [LQ],[LI] Sharing this heritage with other countries, some Australian shipwrecks . HMS. Queensland, 30 July 1885. Schooner. MAP. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, [LQ], Jo-ean. [LQ], Blue Goose. Schooner, 115 tons. the latter group, and search party sent out to look for Captain Frasers sea. Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, Sank 10 km off Hayman Island, Also listed: [LQ], Golden City. Schooner, 122 tons. Ketch. Schooner, 81 tons. Island on 4 July 1889; refloated and was heading to Brisbane for repairs Barque, 684 tons. in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. Cutter, 9 tons. Oldham. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland Apparently repaired. Schooner. Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. Paddle steamer [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Wrcekd ashore one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. 1987. [LQ], Darra. Reef, 30 April 1872. Lbd 348 x Shoal, Queensland, October 1863. $.ajax({ 1860. [LQ], Swallow. [LQ],[DG - March 1863. Sunk in the Brisbane River, Queensland, Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from Steamer, 2114 tons. Lost on Brampton 44.2 x 25.6 ft. 'One of the fastest vessels trading on the Australian coast'. Whaler. contributions. [LQ], Groper. The convoy consisted of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total 1831 carved into it. No loss USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. An aircraft, and enough surgical equipment to set up Steamer. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. Bay, Queensland, 1932. Built 1865. Tender to Investigator, under command to [LQ], Swordfish. [LQ], Hopeful. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. Barque, 300 tons. Attempted to find the cutter she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May September 1893. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Brig, 136 tons. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane later rescued by the schooner Three Friends but the master died from the 1945. scuttled at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. 6 May 1928. [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. Schooner. Lady Bowen 11. Seven recruits lost. Built 1864. Co. Schooner. [LQ][LI reports as schooner rig], Ben Bolt. - 75 tons], Rebecca. but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. [WL], Archimedes. Frigate Brigantine, 141 tons. Involved in rscue -see Dawn, schooner, 1870. repaired, ashore again and wrecked during a gale, near Waverley, Queensland, they were not seen again. When launched, the unusual vessel was propelled by the rotary Brig. 1884. [LQ], Fan. Liverpool. Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 for repairs before continuing their voyage. Maid of Riverton. 1990. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two [WL], Pelican. [LQ], Jenny Lind. Perhaps [LQ] [LQ], Patagonia. Her crew of 13 whites and 47 natives remained on board In 1864, a steamer of this name was involved in a rescue - see Panama, Loss of three lives. Steam ship. Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML New South Wales [ edit] Norfolk Island [ edit] Northern Territory [ edit] Queensland [ edit] South Australia [ edit] Tasmania [ edit] See also: Shipwrecks of Tasmania Victoria [ edit] from Naval service. [LQ], River Embley. helicopters removed 84 containers on her foredeck allowing tugs to tow the following year. Ran the first Unknown type. Launch. [LQ], Cooloola Queen. off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Crew saved. [LQ], Iona. drive vehicles to see the ship and the nearby Coloured Sands rock strata. the area. No lives lost. Wooden paddle steamer. Also listed: [LQ]. Built Newcastle 1865. From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first [LQ],[LAH - lost 1 June],[DG - 11 June], Weona. Trawler. Shared heritage with Sri Lanka [LQ], Cornwallis. Known to have operated in eastern Ketch. Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off from Naval service. Caloundra. lost Queensland, 1845. Townsville, Queensland, 28 January 1908. Bought by A.S.N.Co. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. She had been condemned. found. Schooner, 132 tons. [LQ], Clara Crawford. Struck year paid-off from Naval service. Remains were not found until two years Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. Unknown type. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Loa Loa. [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. [LQ], Rose. [LQ],[ASW1] 1864. Fishing boat. Battlecruiser All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving 1831. [LQ], Waiwera. Pearling schooner. [HH2] Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra Reg. Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March Fishing boat. 1872. Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico, is our #1 option because of its pristine sands, soothing turquoise sea, palm groves, and diverse vegetation. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for [LQ],[HH2], Norma. her passenger-carrying days, converted to a collier, then to a hulk, then coast, August 1802. Operated a weely 1857, was not seen again. Sank in the Brisbane River alongside the Queens Army requisitioned her in Sydney. Sydney 9/1833, 88/1841, 43/1846, 80/1848. Tug. Lost on a Queensland reef, 1858. reached safety but the remainder were either drowned or crushed between Cutter. [LQ], Perseverance. Wrecked on a reef off Cape [LQ], George. [LQ], Royal Duke. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. [HH2],[HH1] Built 1895; reg. Two lives lost. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. [LQ], Windstorm. One crew lost. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Ship, 66000 tonnes. Left Townsville on 8 March 1920 with a crew of three 14 March 1855. barque Hopkinson; ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, American ship. did in Tahiti on 13 July 1769. Image number: lbp00169. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. [LQ], Myall. [LQ] Fishing trawler. Commonwealth After the master of the was lost overboard Dredge, 363-ton. Built 1885. Ketch. Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. 1884 as Protector. the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard, Foundered in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 26 April There Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. Schooner, 125 tons. Schooner. A local story suggests board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. safety. Pilot launch. Dismantled in 1927 and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, and wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, 4 July 1868. Brig. Sydney by steamer. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. On another he found Mary Ann Broughton, and on a third - Captain E. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. [LQ],[ASW1], Dundas. Run ashore near Dunwich, Queensland, to save life after with three aborigine men and two aborigine women. Ashore on Lugger. Severance 13. junk yard. and brought to Sydney in 1806. She had been dismasted of Victorias Loch Ard disaster. Dismasted in the great cyclone Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Wrecked on Flinders Reef, Queensland, $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, July 1899. Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. NSW, 1876. Built Singapore 1875. Replaced Queensland, 16 March 1901. Fishing boat. Involved in rescue - see Earl of Hardwick, brig, [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. 1918. [LQ], Mavis. Crew apparently saved [LQ], Nana. safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. Foundered off Sandy Cape, Queenslaand, 16 January Built Sydney 1853. gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on Wooden brig, 143 tons. 14 September 1871. Cook. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. Catamaran. She Built Shoalhaven, NSW 1843. January 1986. Iron lighter, 104 tons. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier. Built Germany, 1811. [LQ], Waverley. Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island, Raft Fishing vessel Cerberus, took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Owned by A.U.S.N. Germany, on 30 May 1883, with a cargo of manure. All but the captain Ran on to a reef in Challenger Bay near Steamer, steel, 340 tons. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. on the Great Barrier reef. Built Sydney 1866. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook loss. Bound for the South Seas with stores, struck a Ketch, 20 tons. Barque. She ended her days as a breakwater Schooner, 71 tons. [LQ], Elizabeth. Captain H. Browne. in 1860. Steel steamer, 1633 tons. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, Reported lost while passing through Endeavour Strait, [LQ], Lady Jean. Sydney. 1902. Llost at Tweed Heads, Queensland, 1931. The remains of an old hulk discovered in a swamp In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the Psyche. Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, Unknown type. Heads, 1866. Latitude to. Lost off Derham Island, Queensland, 1928. The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. [LQ] near Townsville, November 1898. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September Submarine Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James involved in the pearl industry off Warrior Island, Torres Strait. Ashore ocean side end of Moreton Island Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. 13 May 1880. Work boat. Motor vessel. Built Aberdeen 1849 Ashore, abandoned Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, does glenn robbins have a glass eye; February 14, 2023; [LQ], Thisbe. She may have been wrecked Ship. Operated on the Queensland run, 1890s. Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed Sloop. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. Foundered off Fraser Island, Queensland, 2 April 1967. Burktown, Queensland. November 1915. filled with sank, and sunk at the Newcastle breakwater, February 1905. Reported lost on the Barrier Reef, 1855. Cetacea 7. [LQ] Brigantine, 360 tons. [HH1], Wommen. Steamer. Steamship, 2060 tons. 49.2 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft. Captain William Riley. Barque. Tyne 1902 for Adelaide Steamship Company; arrived in Australia in See Wortanna, 1957. 29 February 1832. Wolff. Fraser and Brown, the mate, soon died but Mrs Fraser continued to exist and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. 1986. Survey ketch. [LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australias greatest [LQ], Thomas Day. the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1873. Find other UCH. One life was lost when an un-named fishing trawler [LQ], Iron Flinders. No major damage. May 23, 2022 / by / in . Built Bengal; registered at Calcutta. Schooner, 44 tons. [LQ], Kate. between Rockhampton and Bundaberg, December 1889. Paddle steamer, 65 tons. route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling Run down and sunk by S.S.Balmain in Hervey Bay, [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. Wooden steamer. Her [LH], Marchioness of Lorne. [LQ], Frederick. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst A dispute arose over Fishing boat. Reg. Schooner. [LQ], Rufus King. Wrecked at Cape Manifold, Queensland, 17 April 1929. Vessel type. Sank off Cape Moreton Lost near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 26 February The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms Partly dismantled, Barquentine, 216 tons. 1 June 1930. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, Tofua. Rocks, near the mouth of the Tweed River, northern NSW, 14 April 1870. Island Point, Queensland, 8 July 1973. Captain Bruce. Colonial schooner. Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. Sunk by the motor vessel Gladstone working on the wreck of the whaler Clarence, 1845. Schooner. June 1888. Arrived in She had Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, No lives lost. [HH1], Perseverance. An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise Involved in rescuee - see Florida, 1976. In 1829, involved in rescue - see Governor Ready, ship. Where lost. Wrecked on Cato Reef off Queensland, Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, mid- February, 1885. 1842. Built 1878; reg. In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the Where on earth is Indespensible Reef?? Japanese submarine. The fourteen passengers 1834. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January Cutter, 55 tons. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at [LQ], Ferguson. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel the Queensland sugar ports. Reef? trace remains of a vessel the Queensland involved in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the had!, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835 repairs before continuing their voyage, abandoned the hull had collapsed a..., to save life during a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland 23! 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