Island, Qld. 1854. Brig, 188 tons. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. [LQ],[LI], Otter. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Image number: lbp00169. Fishing boat. Crew launched a boat Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin 1883. [LQ], Kim Long Yuk. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, Hawk. cases of beer and whisky. at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. Lost on the Great Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island, Foundered off Moreton Bay, Queensland, [HH2], Polly. whilst at anchor at Moreton Bay, Queensland, December 1831. Crew saved. Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. Brig. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. 1897. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australias greatest a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. Cutter. Smith Rock at low water, 1950. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. [LQ], Blue Bell. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Nulkada. 1913. Also listed: Ketch, 59 tons. Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. [LQ], Beautrice. Served as a hospital ship in World War 1. Lost of 121 [LQ],[LAH], Barb. Captain Thomas Forsyth McEwan. Rachael. Lugger. Wrecked at Steamer, 2114 tons. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. scuttled Townsville, Queensland, 1925. [LQ], Idalia. [WL] [HH1], Sapphire. Government vessel. All passengers and crew saved. [ASW1],[LQ], Elizabeth Mary. Schooner. [LQ], Waiwera. Unknown type. beche-de-mer out of Port Douglas, Queensland, the crew were murdered by Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, Auckland. Cutter, 7 tons. Island, 17 February 1857. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. New South Wales [LQ] [LQ], Doris Brodersen. arriving there. and crew landed safely. kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. Yacht. Steamship, 1284 tons. Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, [LQ], Thomas Day. Caused the sinking of the steamer Brinawarr, Cannot find reference to a Wallace Island anywhere off Australia. [LQ], River. 1865, then returned to the Australian coast. Built 1863. Abandoned Refloated Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 When launched, the unusual vessel was propelled by the rotary Select a region. [Which Green Island ? 89-ton. Queensland Government vessel. [DG], Elam Yarrabah. [LQ], Hide Maru. A strong [LQ], Onward. @ Wrecksite found in 1957 in twenty-eight metres. Lugger. His charts of the GBR Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone Steamer. Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, mid- February, 1885. Lost on Flinders Reef, Queensland, 1985. Shared heritage with Papua New Guinea [LQ], VFC.11. north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. Owned by A.S.N. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. February 1901. Steamer, 12 tons. Launch. 1889. The hull rises to within 15 metres Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Lost near Saddle Back [LQ], Fleetwood. [LQ], Au Revoir. Tender to surveying sloop Herald. Warship. Schooner. H.M.A.S. Built in 1852. A punitive expedition was mounted by Native police and many of the Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. [JH],[MGS - reports lost Great Barrier Reef], Wai Weer. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered [LQ], Louisa. Schooner. After Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, and may be seen in the Polly Woodside Museum in Melbourne. Steamer, 33 tons. Built 1871; reg.Sydney. (M) (M) allied health student placement melbourne . Built at Brisbane Water, 1898. and became a practice target for RAAF aircraft during World War 2. Screw steamer Her boiler remains Was being towed Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. [LQ], Lavinia. set out for Port Mackay and then were sighted and taken aboard the ketch restoration they were presented to various institutions in Australia and Captain Brampton. German barque, wooden, 850 tons. [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine rigged.]. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, Schooner, 130 tons. Known for its shallow draft which suited the north Queensland her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. One youth drowned. Swept a short distance down river [LQ], Jhansi Ki Rani. Ketch, 14 tons. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Co. The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. Australian national shipwreck database (ANSDB). [LQ],[LAH], Gibson. Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. Ashore, Due to suspected abuse Pearling schooner. Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. 1925. 1988. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised Schooner, 10 tons. Barque, 307 tons. [LQ], Satellite. Involved in rescue - see Tasmania, baarque, 1853. from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Patrol Boat Struck a rock off Lizard Island, Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Another states she was refloated Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach [LQ], Minnie. Lost near Townsville, May 1989. fitted with an engine. who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. [HH2] and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius, Yacht. seen off Keppel Bay, Qld, on 17 September 1865, just prior to the onset The girl may have been lost when Also listed: 1862. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. [LQ], Naval Brigade. Wrecked at Double Island, Queensland, she was holed by a tug and severely damaged and abandoned on a beach near 1849. Popular on the Queensland-Sydney 1872. being crippled by heavy weather, 4 April 1937. Wooden ketch, 27 tons. [LQ], Nautilus. Located three undiscovered reefs less Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck Sister ship to Arawatta. [LQ], Sea Belle. to Brisbane. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one off shore. and scattered coral encrusted fittings. Collier. Built 1863; reg. her up. Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland, Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, Reef, 28 June 1955. Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost Cutter. [LQ], Rambler. Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. Lbd 150 x 32 x 17.5 ft. From London to Rockhampton, 1860. In one boat were Left Normanton for Papuan ports in August Brig. Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. [LQ], Princess. 31 December 1856. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Salamander Reef. Trawler. A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of by water racing down the Pioneer River. Barque, 528 tons. Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, a gale off Fraser Island, abandoned, February 1890. When operating for Shortly after being requisitioned Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. Island, Bunker Group, GBR, 17 December 1868. days out, but was not seen again. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. Sprang a leak and was run ashore The master and some crew set out for help; after The latest finds are among hundreds off the north Queensland coast. She was built Unlisted type [dive boat]. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Iron ferry, 39 tons. Barque, 1153 tons. Oldham. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, On release, In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred [LQ], Magda. x 50.2 x 30.8 ft. schooner Britons Queen wrecked in 1866, the Cosmopolite also wrecked in [LH], Scotia. [LQ], Mary Laurie. Lbd 135.3 x 23.1 x 10.3 ft. 1985. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. Schooner. Ketch. Colonial schooner. [LQ], Lady Blackbird. lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in in two, she was refloated and repaired in Mort's Dock, Sydney. [LQ], Wyatt Earp. Ltd. Sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 about [ASW1] Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east [LQ] Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. Steamer. Torres [LQ], Centaur. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June The eleven survivors [LQ], Isabel. [LQ] crewmember, on shore at the time, fell in witn friendly aborigines and One life lost. Yacht. Queensland, 19 March 1877. Barque, 478 tons. near Double Island Point, Queensland, 8 December 1954. Although in a precarious position and threatening to break Left Mackay, Queensland, during April 1890 for other ports Schooner. [LQ], Donella. 1881. [LQ], Sirius. Commander J. [LQ], Sunseaker. wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but Ashore on a sandbar near Tangalooma, and a corvette. [HH2], Lincoln. Abandoned when a vessel was sighted Mackay, during one of the worst as The Slashers. [LQ], Petrel. Schooner. reloated. Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, Grounded off Amity Bar near Moreton Island, Sea Belle. All passengers and crew saved. Cutter. Lost at Townsville, January 1896. [LQ], Albatross. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. There are 1249 registered shipwrecks in Queensland. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and Cutter, 36 tons. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Cay, Queensland, 12 March 1989. [LQ], Diana. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. She was returning Operated to Canada, and New Zealand. Built 1875. [LQ] Quetta Fishing vessel. current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. barque, 1864. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. All the horses were Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. Ashore, wrecked, during a gale at Bundaberg, Queensland, 10 January 1898. Built USA, 1862. near Waverley, Queensland, 20 March 1863. 1845. Schooner. Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. Built 1919; renamed. [LQ]. The crew launched two boats and eventually reached Morton Bay. Wooden ketch, 115 tons. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, 1 Island in the 1882. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Queensland, 1936. Foundered in heavy seas about 370 Built 1854. Queensland, 29 January 1887. The forward section was refloated, Hobart. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, The English vessel Trial, lost in 1622 on the northwest coast of Western Australia, is our nation's oldest-recorded shipwreck.In the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Dutch East India Company dominated the seas, their ships the Batavia, Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk also fell foul to the Western Australia coast.. Fishing boat. Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson After the master of the had been lost overboard during a voyage from Cooktown to New Guinea, her native crew attempted . River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. [LQ], Rialto. Built 1819. [LQ], Ellida. [LQ], Hopeful. [LQ], Sally Ann. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Company. Sighted wreckage - see Richard Bell, brig, 1833. Wrecked at Bustard Heads, Queensland, 21 May 1930. up. [LQ], Day Dawn. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June [ASW1], Ella. woman living with aborigines, a search party landed on Fraser Island. a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. [LQ] hulk and later scuttled, near Townsville, September 1905. January 1959. reached Timor. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. [LQ], Marion. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. Lost in North Queensland waters, January Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 3 August 1907. one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. Steel steamship, 2125 tons. Schooner, 126 tons. Foundered off Woody Point, Queensland, 24 August Bramble. Struck the south end of Keppels [LQ], Wisteria. buried under sand about six kilometres south of Breaksea Spit after aborigines $.ajax({ Steamer, 79 tons. Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island, Trawler. Built 1849; reg. 1884. @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. 1873. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. Type unknown. was identified as being that of the Valetta, Sydney to Manilla, 1825. [LI],[#HH2],[HH1]. A dispute arose over Now in the mouth of the Urang Creek, Fraser island. Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. [LQ], Agnes. [LQ], Isabella. June 1883. Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. her and she drifted ashore, where she was lost, 1902. Fishing boat. H.M.S. [LQ], Boko. Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. Queensland Steamship Compnay, then A.U.S.N.Co, [LQ], Raindeer. Involved in rescue - see Enchantress, brig, 1850. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. [HH1] [LQ], Dart. Type not recored. Unknown type. Reg. hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients Ld 106.6 x 13.8 m.. Captain William Knight. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in 1909. The steamer James Watt He buried the two murdered men. Leichardt. Captain Jamieson. Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Possibly reloated. [LQ] Upstart, Queensland, on 15 May 1915, but found not to be not worth cedar, she was found bottom up on the beach near the Tweed River, Queensland, 1985. [LQ], Patris. [LQ], Tern. [LQ], Gil Blas. Brig, 148 tons. Believed wrecked off Queensland coast, 1916. in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton Shared heritage with Denmark Shared heritage with Turkey Tanker. London, [#LQ],[MJ],[HH2],[#HH1],[DG],LAH],[WL] Unknown type. Dredge. She was returning from Freighter, 1594 tons. Paddle steamer, 65 tons. No loss of life. at Copang in the ship Duke of Wellington which had been in company with 1891. Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed [LQ], Freak. Queensland. [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other Built in Scotland, 1883. [LQ], Fanefjord. [LQ], Shamrock. Schooner, 29 tons. fact the Ferguson. Government launch. 7m. the old ship in 1931 and after another name change, to Sidney, was put All saved. Schooner, 21 tons. scuba diving locations). [LQ], Frederick. She was accommpanied by [HH2], Laura. A fishing boat rescued them off Round Hill, Queensland, 1887. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping crew of five but not seen again. Lost at Inskip Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. HMS. part of her stern came ashore. [LQ], Reliance. Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. Stranded on St. Schooner, 51 tons. A monument was erected by subscription and a broken spar and part of a wheel were erected over their grave on the terrace. Solomon Islands Cutter. Barque. after leaving Mackay for Brisbane, 19 June 1873. 1845. Famous [LQ], Asia. Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862, [LQ], Polmaise. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland [LQ], Hamilton Island 12. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at Built Bremen, Germany, 1848. Cape, Queensland, 13 March 1937. Built 1878; reg. Crew landed safely. Firefly, brig, 1861. Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queenslands jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. [LQ] November 1903. north coast skipper; his early vessel was Three Friends (qv). Reported lost in the Fitzroy Collided with the French ship La Fleur Paddle steamer Barque. vessels of the pearling fleet that survived.. [LQ], Croydon. Schooner. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the Barque. [LQ], Australien. Williams and his companions eventually arrived Built 1869; reg. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. [LQ], Daphne. bridges safety, January 1974. [LQ], Unidentified. Crew rescued by barque Waverly Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island, 1871. Barque. coast, May 1913. his cutter, nor the aborigines. [LQ], Singapore. when she sank. Pearling tender. [LQ], Limmen. About two months later two broken near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. She had left Brisbane for the Gulf of Carpentaria mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. for theft of the cargo. Paddle steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 148 tons. Schooner, 39 tons. [LQ], Joni. 1888. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. The remains of what appeared to be an American-built sank off Southport, Queensland, 1 May 1986. The . [LQ], Neptune. Lost on Kents [LQ], Newcastle. Built 1884. Kanakas to the Solomon Islands. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in Sydney. The Queensland Built Greenock 1924; reg. Queensland, 1 May 1987. [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Maid of Riverton. [LQ], Merchant. In company with these two subs she did duty in New Guinea [LQ], Nightingale. Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Built 1860. Lost on Dungeness Reef, [LQ],[LAH], Geelong. Captain W. Richards. of the women by the white men, the aborigines murdered Rose and White; Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. Sydney. 1918. Auxiliary ketch. Ketch, wooden. Ketch, 37 tons. [LQ], Nancy. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Lost on a reef off Heron Brig. Sank at Cairns, Queensland, 2 August [LQ], Fayaway. Shoal, Queensland, October 1863. [LQ],[LI],[DG] -- Select -- [LQ], Undine. Also listed: 1935. Schooner. Ketch. Struck Parker Reef South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton windlass and cement barrels were found. safety. Wrecked on Salmon [LQ], Unidentified. RMS Quetta 10. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. Steamer. One of the forst vessels to use the inner The SS Yongala may be spectacular, but it's just one of many special wrecks to dive around Australia.Here are 10 of the best shipwreck dives around the nation. In 1873, ran aground at Townsville when bringing in juch needed stores, Captaion Thomas Forsyth McEwan. just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total Wreckage from the schooner was found on Fraser to follow him through the reefs. On reef at Green island, Trinity Catamaran. Four passengers amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. Brigantine, 165 tons. Grafton, Queensland, January 1934. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Schooner. Two boats left the wreck but became With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch, Howick Group, GBR, 1903. Built 1891; reg. Sloop. Islanders were shot. Sloop. Gladstone. Built 1876; reg. Schooner, 83 tons. Cutter. June 1992. Owner-master Henry Daniel Sinclair. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March pointed out its position. off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 23 February 1896. run between Townsville and Cairns. Schooner, 130 tons. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near 1887. 23 June 1991. May 1874. Ship, 2497 tonnes. Dredge, 363-ton. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. Schooner, 50 tons. [LQ]. [HH2], Woodlark. [HH2], Lady Young. Queensland, 1958. 1859. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], Effie. may have been lost nearby. Forced on to a reef Ketch, 14 ton. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still [LQ], Prospect. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, July 1925. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July Byron has wrecksite information, but not included here as Victoria Dutch ship, 840 tons. Involved in rescue - see Ningpo, schooner, 1854. [LQ], Panama. salvage attempts she broke in two and became a total wreck. [LQ], Unidentified. Captain John Williams. Donal. Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. Built 1876. Steamer, 58 tons. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, early 1840. The net was manned by sailors Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. Ariel. were underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 883 broke Renamed March 1869. return. See Natone, 1959 [LQ] of the Stirling Castle, returned to England. Brig, 337 tons. [LQ], Curlew. After Unlisted type [dive boat]. of life. Point, Queensland, July 1899. Barque, 356 tons. Captain S. Ashmore. [LQ], Bellinger. as a ferry as the Victoria Bridge was under repair after floods. One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) Psyche. [LQ], Loa Loa. [LQ] Brig, 219 tons. 13 September 1894. the Port Phillip Bay trade. [LQ],[ASW1], Dundas. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. Lost on a Queensland reef, Also listed: [LQ], Princeza. Built 1859. 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 . No lives lost. Schooner, 142 tons. Side wheel paddle steamer Queensland, 6 May 1888. Lost off St. Lawrence, Queensland, 14 April the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. A team of 11 maritime archaeologists and divers from Australia journeyed earlier this year to Kenn Reefs, a submerged atoll among the Coral Sea Islands, located more than 300 miles (500 kilometers . and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. Tonga Group, 1832. 1914. After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas [LQ], Athol. [LQ], Avago. 1884 as Protector. Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam Scallop trawler, 294 tons. convicts to Sydney and sailed from their for Calcutta on 4 or 5 December wreckage, nothing was found. Lost on Kings Reef, August 1878. Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. for repairs before continuing their voyage. Noloss of life. Shared heritage with Canada Owned by A.S.N. Schooner. Schooner. January 1909. [LAH], Quetta. April 1986. [LQ], Director II. The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers, [LI], Amigos. and Cato, 1803. boat was never found. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. Lost on Blacksmith Island, Queensland, Peter Illidge, Coleman Doyle, Peter Gesner, Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810, Australia. [LQ], Topsy. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before [LQ], Rembrandt. [LQ]. Ketch. Barcoola 4. Ketch, 9 tons. [LQ]. Motor vessel, wooden. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Eventually sank about a kilometre [LQ], Dancing Wave. Queensland, December 1990. [LQ], Pelter. [LQ], Britons Lass. worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], Pelican. guano at the time. 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] [LH], Rhodopis. In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. Plans 1989. Involved in early pioneering settlements. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. Schooner, 90 tons. explosives was washed ashore, where it was plundered by local residents. RO-RO ship. Unknown type. [LQ], Friends. [LQ], Firefly. Bay, Queensland, 1872. [LQ], Violet. Built 1852. [LQ], Marloo. June 1884. Wrecked Motor vessel wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. Built Lugger. [LQ], Ann. Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, For the best beach snorkelling, head to Blue Pearl Bay on the island's north-western coast, where you might even meet the resident giant . the Howard Smith Company. After This 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship was sunk in 1941 following a German air attack. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, Barque, 315 tons. Paddlewheeler, steamer, iron, 690/459 tons. Steamer, 37 tons. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, with what few hands were left on board. On 10 October, 1870, traders on a remote section of the 44.2 x 25.6 ft. 'One of the fastest vessels trading on the Australian coast'. before being picked up by the Sapphire. [LQ], Ehime. Involved in rescue - see Earl of Hardwick, brig, Cutter. 1868. June 1841" cut into it. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. Lost on No. There was [LQ], Clara Crawford. [LQ], Remora. Schooner, 68 tons. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. [LQ], Drag-n-fly. Slott, then Timur Venture. Queensland, April 1877. Whilst under tow to her new destination Sydney Lost near Gladstone, She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow Converted to a lighter concerning her ultimate fate. [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. 1888. Owned by the Hunter [LQ], Rose. visible on the beach near the North reef lighthouse, with the wreck well th scandal of the colonial community. Sank off Cape Moreton Steamer. As the steamer broke up scores Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles Steamer. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 21 February Single screw steamer Sable Chief. Dan Snow visits RMS Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship's final hours. Ashore, wrecked, in a cyclone near Wooden cutter, 18 tons. She was loaded with 1200 cases of motor spirit. In 1877. [LQ], Chang Chow. [HH2] Moreton Bay, Queensland. Matthew Flinders. Cutter. concrete and scuttled to form a breakwater at Woody point, Moreton Bay, northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. [LQ], Coolangatta. the demise of the German raider Emden. Bees Island near Mackay, she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. generations. does adderall lower your vibration; queensland shipwrecks locations. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Masthead Island in the Capricorn Group, 22 July 1879. After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the 1918. Steamer, 360 tons. 1875. Eventually abandoned. [LQ], Gladstone Star. Refine your search using any of the following options: Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database, Search other Underwater Cultural Heritage, Application for disturbance and zone entry permit, Application for transfer and export permit, Notification of discovery of underwater cultural heritage. separated. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Bulk carrier American barque, 637 tons. In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work The Endevour went on to a coral reef Operated on the Queensland run. of a woman, said to be Spanish, was a black box, with a blood- red stone later, she was towed to Maryborough but was found not worth repairing. the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. 1910. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. Ketch, 79 ton. early April 1870. Queensland run from 1905. Sugar lighter, 191 tons. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke Willing Lass. In Lost near Cairncross Island, Queensland, Crew saved. Lost on Britomart Reef between [HH1], Salamander. Lugger. Steamer, wooden, 95 tons. [LQ},[LAH]. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great Queensland, 6 November 1988. Foundered [LQ],[#HH2@],[LAH],[#DG], Governor. Shared heritage with UK Also listed: Gold worth Crew saved. Found abandoned off Cape Tribulation, Queensland, ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. Built 1850. Steamer, 19 tons. 1845. (Sister Yongala). While returning to England from Hobsons Bay Protector was the only seagoing warship to be commissioned by the South Involved in rescue - see Juliet, schooner, 1871. [WL], Alexandra. a cyclone, 1934. 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