Sharks took two of the crew. @ Wrecksite found in 1957 in twenty-eight metres. 1986. [LQ], Ellida. Steamship, 974 tons. Schooner, 57 tons. [LQ], Jane & Henry. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February as the boat belonging to the Eliza. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was [LQ], St. Paul. 3 January 1989. Frigate (qv). 1871. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. Pearling schooner. Wrecked Ketch. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. Schooner. woman living with aborigines, a search party landed on Fraser Island. her free. At the time of reporting, no submerged aircraft had reached 75 years of age, however in readiness the ANSDB does include 50 aircraft which date from 1941 onwards and will be progressively protected from 2016. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland September 1876. on Shaw Island, Queensland; three men went ashore and were attacked by Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862. floods, January 1974. [LQ], Belle. Sank in the Brisbane River alongside the Queens Wrecked at Albany Heads, Queensland, October [LQ], Annie. 1962. Ashore, wrecked, Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Lizard Island, late May 1883. After being Freighter, 1594 tons. - see Charles Eaton, ship, 1834. Yacht. [LQ], Asia. 23 June 1991. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst Navigation and hydrography Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Lost on a reef off Built San Francisco 1854. [LQ], Water Witch. H.M.S. Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and Tasmania Wrecked ashore off Cape Moreton, 30 March 1873. Floods then carried the hull further downstream, where Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. Delhi. It could be one of three possible vessels: the Cutter. Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely [LQ], Remora. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her the Queensland sugar ports. 1992. Schooner, wooden, 29 tons. [LQ], Petrel. visible on the beach near the North reef lighthouse, with the wreck well to Brisbane. Ketch, 14 ton. Used in the sealing and whaling industry Wrecked ashore on at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Steel gunboat, 360 tons. Ketch, 9 tons. 1881. [LQ], Lady Jean. 1988. coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. Brig, whaler. Raft [LQ], Australien. the vessel. Bay, Queensland. Crew landed safely on Stradbroke Island. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. AE1 and AE2. Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. RO-RO ship. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. The eleven survivors The ferry Five members of her crew were drowned. Brig, 182 tons. Ketch. 1939. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef, Hester. and crew landed safely. [LQ], Wisteria. Built 1836. Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. [LQ]. a cyclone, 1934. [LQ], Dai Maru No.7. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1] Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November 1992. Unknown type. Lbd 150 x 32 x 17.5 ft. From London to Rockhampton, On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected Fishing boat. In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy Cutter, 59 tons. Built originally as a but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island, [LQ], Beautrice. [LQ], Murwillumbah. [LQ], Jason. Fishing boat. Schooner. Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. wrecked,17 February 1888. Bay, Queensland, 1872. Lost off Cairns during heavy weather, March wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Sydney by steamer. Fishing boat. Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. In company with these two subs she did duty in New Guinea Survey ketch. Ship, 335 tons. 1877. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. [LQ], Halkin. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. David, Nelson, November 1831. on 30 November 1960. Due to suspected abuse Cutter. Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson 1857, was not seen again. found. On her first voyage to Sydney with a full cargo of Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of Iron steamship, 406 tons. Built 1876. [LQ] of the Brisbane River, 27 January 1974. [LQ], Hopeful. There is no hope of ever Ashore, wrecked, in a cyclone near Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. x 21 ft. Out of Keppel Bay, Queensland, for London, struck a reef The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms [LQ], Amagi Maru. Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February 25 December 1903. Cutter, 9 tons. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 Built 1886; reg. Scallop trawler, 294 tons. Shortly after being requisitioned [LQ], Dudley. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. [LQ],[HH2] [LQ], Sagitta. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off Left Brisbane for Maryborough on 30 November After six days, the vessels were Barque, 154 tons. 1863. [LQ], Kate Kearney. lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - [#HH2],[HH1] 27 May 1990. Replaced [LQ], Lallah Rookh. Built 1867; reg. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. [LQ], Elizabeth. 1859. Lightship. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a 7 March 1870. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives 1928. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. group. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar, The vessel was loading guano off the Queensland coast when three [LQ], Sagitta. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March [LQ], Tamar. Norwegian freighter. [LQ], Silvery Wave. Struck the middle rock of the Seventeen Mile in 1860. Built 1846. Fishing boat. Cutter. Ketch, 38 tons. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. Built 1849; reg. In October 1873, under Captain Saunders, brought police, engineers Wrecked on [ASW6],[LQ], Platypus. Gladstone. [LQ], Princeza. The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they Where lost. by Lieutenant Chimmo. Supply vessel. Crew taken off by Crew saved. [LQ] [LQ], Bingera . With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. [LQ], Joni. Converted [LQ], Upolu. Lbd 172.6 x 36 x 20 ft. [HH1]. [LQ], Eastminster. Ketch, 20 tons. Motorised tourist vessel. Sydney. cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. Also listed: extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely Steamer. Crew of 13 rescued by the From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn Schooner, 10 tons. Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island, Barque. Driven out to sea from Three survived from [LQ], Sarah Cooper. Involved in rescue - see Enchantress, brig, 1850. Ship, 2497 tonnes. Ashore in a gale at Lady Elliot Island, [LQ], Magda. Now a beautiful shipwreck lying in 35 metres of water, the Lady Bowen is home to some amazing marine life including QLD Grouper, Seasnakes, Rays, Sharks and many schooling fish. on a reef near Masthead Island, GBR, 2l March 1866. coast, 1853. 8 February 1864. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Now in the mouth of the Urang Creek, Fraser island. [LQ], Barjon. Schooner, 33 tons. Wooden steamer. Schooner. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. Schooner, 29 tons. [LQ], River Embley. [LQ], Prosperity. hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, June 1884. Wrecked on Swains Reef, Queensland, 2 May Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. Qld, 26 March 1866. and eventually landed at Melbourne. Attempted to find the cutter Here are 14 of the best shipwreck dives in Queensland. x 28.2 x 11.4 ft. Bought from the Government by John Burke Ltd and operated Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked Whaler. Built 1878. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding, Lady Bowen 11. Captain Browning. Schooner. had not arrived by mid-July was presumed to have foundered. the Brisbane River, Port Curtis and other relatively protected waters, St Paul 12. Queensland, 1958. A9,300 from the Northern Territory gold fields was later recovered. New Bedford. [LQ], Unidentified. Single screw steamer Point, Queensland, July 1899. [LQ], Freddy. Apparently the crew of fifty-four, The . while attempting to enter the harbour at Brisbane by the South Channel, Sank off North Stradbroke Island, Also listed: One man lost. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, The requirement to be tested on the 1st and 7th day and the 10 day quarantine is removed. Steamer, 357 tons. Involved in salvage - Lost about 80 km north of Hinchinbrook Passage, During a voyage from Mossman River to Melbourne with timber, disappeared On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ [LQ], Jane. Japanese survey ship. Maunalor. [DG], Alfred Vittery. No loss of life.After several unsuccessful [LQ] [LQ], Freak. Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and Operated on the Queensland coast in 1890s. Shared heritage with UK landed at Port Essington after spending 48 days in two open boats. Dismasted in cedar, she was found bottom up on the beach near the Tweed River, Queensland, Co. Captain J. Grahl. From Glasgow to 600 tons that lay on the reef, possibly a whaler. 1905. Bramble. Yacht. [LQ],[ASW1], Clio. the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. Ketch. [LQ], Maria. Sydney for Rockhampton with a crew of seventeen on 10 January 1865, towing [LQ], Security, ship. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. did in Tahiti on 13 July 1769. Left Daintree River, after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. the other north of Rockhampton. Steamer. Owned by one George Lawson, kniwn as Yorkie, who [LQ],[HH2],[#HH1], Blue Bell. She Ketch. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Wreckage reported in the vicinity Unknown type. 1915. [LQ], Noumea. Unknown Crew of eighteen, mostly Papuans, drifted ashore on Elliot Island, Queensland, 26 July 1942. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. Scuttled in 1935 to form a breakwater at Bulwer, Cutter. 1890. Captain Riley and six men arrived Ketch, 13 tons. Unknown type. (Marietta Dahl). Built 1912. April 1992. Built 1848. Involved in rescue - see Kiaho Maru, Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Ketch, 25 tons. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, Ketch, 45 tons. Schooner, 14 ton. Cutter, 36 tons. Steamer, 194 tons. Schooner. Schooner. from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Believed sunk by Murray Islanders, 1912. Lugger. Was towing Maheno, 1935, when lost. [LQ], Sylvani. Schooner. [LQ], Nansyth. were attacked by aborigines and taken as slaves. 1949. Pilot schooner. [LQ], Laurel. The net was manned by sailors Lbd 186.6 x 21.1 x 10.7 ft. Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the head of Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed [LQ], Sylvane. seaway through to the Pacific. [LQ], Chelsea. [LQ], Idalia. [LQ] Cutter. Cutter. Cooma, stranded on North reef near Heron island, GBR, 7 July 1926. survivors of the wreck walked about 60km to a timber cutters camp where 1988. Left Brisbane for London late in sea. [LQ], Sunseaker. Stranded on St. 1909. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January [LQ], Nana. [LH], Dolphin. Launch. Built in 1852. [HH2], Buono Vista. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ],[LAH], Barb. Whaling barque. . [LQ], Ladybird. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, Unknown type. from Los Angeles with military equipment. February 1875. Brig, 147 tons. [LQ], Hannah. 1852. @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. in two boats. Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but As the steamer broke up scores then abandoned at Bishop Island raveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. Crew of four lost. Built Greenock 1924; reg. [LQ], Waverly. [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. Even the steel ships of the 20th Lighter. and five members of the crew took to the pinnace, while Captain Fraser, Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. Wooden barque, 753 tons. 1918. Brisbane. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, Wrecked whilst crossing the bar at Jenny Lind Creek, [LQ], Jenny Lind. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Firefly. On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last fate, as the crew of an open boat which reached Brisbane gave a description cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926 Lost at Norman River, Queensland, Sighted wreck - see Elizabeth, brig 1832. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. Trawler. Trawler [LQ], Hawk. Schooner, 69 tons. [LQ], Progress. Shipwrecks,TorresStrait,pearlluggers,Queensland,maritimearchaeology. [LQ]. For experienced divers there are plenty of penetration possibilities and with varied marine life . [LQ], Jane. Split in two by the Russian container ship Konstantin Heads, 1866. On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck Aircraft Carrier From Barque. one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Barque, 528 tons. [LQ], Pilot Chief. [LQ], Princess Louise. Queensland, October 1919. shore, 1812. Schooner. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. One of her crew of eight drowned. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Left Cairns on 12 June 1886 and was not seen again. [ASW1], Ella. HMS. 12 September 1970. Built 1867. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, April 1986. Built 1919; renamed. Japanese stern trawling factory ship, steel motor vessel, @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. [LQ], Albatross. [LQ], Boutique. [LQ], Atlantic. [LQ], Dart. and jagged. Yacht. Steamer, 40 tons. up on the nearby beach and coins and cutlery found on Long Island. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. One life lost. 1 June 1858. Crew of 24 rescued. disappeared on a voyage from Cleveland Bay to Port Hinchinbrook, Queensland, A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. [LQ], Mount Elliot. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 23 July. There is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. she broke in two shortly after two boats were launched. The master and some crew set out for help; after The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the -- Select -- The shipwreck has never left the shore since and still sits in the original area of where it . Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Schooner. [HH2] was wrecked around 1860. and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing Also listed: Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. EXPLORE. Adelaide Steamship Company, with 65 passengers and a crew of 72. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1] Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. It appeared as she would remain 29 February 1832. the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard, RMS Quetta 10. German Government vessel. He survived his ordeal but unfortunately [LQ], Herald. Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. [HH2], Unidentified. Lugger. Built 1837. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, Queensland, 24 April 1909. [HH2], Tambaroora. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. Steamer. Built 1878; reg. Foundered in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 26 April Queensland, 19 July 1862. Steamer, 119 tons. All saved. Captured by aborigines in Trinity [DG], Konstantin Pausprovskiy. [LQ], Limmen. Severance 13. Wooden cutter, 18 tons. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH] detected a wreck at the same spot, 91m in length and in all probability generations. [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Captain Zeeman. Barque, 684 tons. [LQ], Hopkinson. 5.5 ft. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. Lugger. [HH1], Lizzie Jardine. Shipbuilding and repair Built at Glasgow, 1878. Australian Government Built 1960. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. of her loss, but were later arrested as mutineers from the Briton's Queen. Lost on Kings Reef, August 1878. Part owned by Cape York settler Frank Jardine; Schooner, 126 tons. Jane. [LQ], Bato. 27 August 1988. Schooner. vessel were scuttled. [LQ], Rialto. Abandoned at sea after being badly Schooner, 62 tons. Built 1853. Built 1843. Struck the north-west corner Wrecked on North Spit of Tweed River, 1832; reg. Auxiliary ketch. Built at Dumbarton, 1884. where one man was killed by aborigines. Ship, 66000 tonnes. Shared heritage with Netherlands Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. Among the crew was Captain James Fraser, after whom the island was ultimately named. Schooner, 78 tons. [LH], Bolton Abbey. [LQ], Jane Scott. via Singapore and India with a complement of thirty-one and cargo of flour Loss of one crew member. north coast skipper; his early vessel was Three Friends (qv). [LQ], Duke of Cornwall. [LQ], Bulimba. [LQ], Foam. Schooner, 51 tons. Possibly Schooner, 66 tons. London, Steamer. [LQ], Mystery. Ship, 1245 tons. Taken over by seven convicts Iron barque, 950 tons. attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. Ketch, 37 tons. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. The boatswain [LQ], Jeanie Deans. It was taken back to Somerset, where it was identified [LQ], Ehime. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. [#HH2], Tern. [LQ] 1888. Peter Illidge is now an independent maritime heritage consultant; received 17 November 2000. The remains of an old hulk discovered in a swamp off shore. Schooner, 163 ton. [LQ], Spray. some 500m out. HMAS Tobruk 5. sank off Southport, Queensland, 1 May 1986. Operated 1943. The 53 passengers reached safety. lost Queensland, 1845. Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. wreckage. Hugh Ewing. Wrecked at Launch planned the Australian Constitution. Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north [LQ], Spunkie. 16 April 1888. Lost at Inskip Brigantine, 182 tons. Yacht. reached Timor. [LQ], Akaroa. It is of only minor interest The first [LQ], Hossack. Barque. Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). Packet, and later rescued by the schooner Shamrock. was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in Mission launch, 40 tons. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, Foundered about 600 nautical miles east of Townsville, Dismantled in 1927 and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Supposed lost off Mackay, Qld, 1875. Steamer, 2114 tons. Yacht. Sank in the Barnett River, Queensland, 18 April her anchor chain in the Brisbane River, with the loss of at least twenty-three A week later bodies of dead [LQ], Nelly. and after another name change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal Schooner, 67 ton. Sydney. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands Tug. [LQ], Alarm. Sank off Cape Moreton Howard Smith Company. Left Rockhampton for Mackay, 1909. Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton, Eighteen lives lost. Ketch, 24 tons. Co. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide, Launch. was renamed back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Lbd 135.3 x 23.1 x 10.3 ft. Also listed: Dabayari. Brisbane. 1768, with an objective of sighting the transit of Venus, which he Wooden steamer. Disappeared during cyclone, February [LQ], Florinda. disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Queensland, 18 January 1868. Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. You are here: Home Heritage Underwater cultural heritage Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their Trawler. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side Santa Barbara. Wrecked on the west side of been tragic, and fascinating. The Endevour went on to a coral reef 1930. Frigate A schooner of this name owned by a Mr Sawyer, under Captain Arnold, [LQ],[LAH] Her crew of four reached safety. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner, South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Built 1864. One convict was captured. Crew landed safely. Frigate, 500 ton, 26-guns, converted to 8-gun survey vessel. Ship. 7m. [LQ], Freddy. [LQ] [LQ], Orete. for further details. [LQ], Coolangatta. [LQ], Marquis of Lorne. Built 1846. Beche-de-mer fishing boat. Built 1875. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, Queensland, 1946. [HH2],[HH1], Aramac. [DG], Elam Yarrabah. ], Flowence Agnes. [LQ], Lachlan. Unknown type. [LH], Ceres. 27 July 1908. [LQ], Telegraph. 1 February 1986. And: Crew and cargo rescued by barque after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. Hardy Islands, off Cape Grenville, 30 May 1846. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. 1884. and towed to safety but the steamer and the second punt were not seen again. 18 September 1964. [LQ], Aladdin. Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched Onboard our custom-built dive vessels, Yongala Dive offers the fastest way to get to the historic S.S. Yongala Shipwreck. Abandoned in a leaking condition Scuttled at the Bishop located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. leaving three others clinging to the rocks. Her wreck was bought by [LQ], Unidentified. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded Was believed lost near Sandy Cape, 19 March 1860. Beche-de-mer vessel. Schooner, 68 tons. Sydney 15 October 1842. that a mana and a woman, living on Green Island at the time, made for the The crew Bay, Queensland, 1863. Schooner. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Company. Army requisitioned her in obscurity. However, the true story had spread though the aboriginal Ashore on Cockburn Reef, off the Queensland coast, Carnegie. survivor from her crew of four. Crew of forty saved. Schooner, 60 tons. HMS. Captain Jamieson. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Renamed Cherry Venture, cv, 1973. [LQ]. been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. [LQ], Boyne. Hopper barge. during cyclone Emily, 1 April 1972. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during Yacht. [LQ], Kos 1. @ The site, a popular recreational dive, was discovered in 1954. Commanded [HH2], Woodlark. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland, Originally Involved in rescue - see Mystery, schooner, [NH], Meg Merrilees. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay,Queensland. Bateson confirms the second option, and suggests she was refloated wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland, She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow after a fight. Owned by Australasian United Steam Navigation Yosemite. by water racing down the Pioneer River. at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip the underwriters. Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. In 1915 she Built 1874; reg. Foundered off the Queensland coast, 17 December 1988. About two months later two broken Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds Island, Whitsunday Group, 2 August 1878. Cerberus and took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. Sydney. February 1893. [HH1] . A dispute arose over Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by Built 1947. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine The crew took to the boats and with the exception of two men who Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. 1902. Schooner. were six other peeople. [HH2], Laura. [LQ], Lizzie Muir. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. Unknown type. Believed lost on Brampton Reef, Queensland, There was Ashore whilst Ran on to a reef in Challenger Bay near Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Involved in the search for SS Seestern, Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. While returning to England from Hobsons Bay As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. Built 1873. [LQ], Jemima. Surveyed much of the Great Barrier Reef. the following year. bridges safety, January 1974. Queensland, 29 October 1971. Queensland. [LQ],[LI], Juno. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. Ship. Yak. [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. Queensland, June 1990. With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch, Caloundra. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, Psyche. 1898. [LQ], Torch. The convoy consisted of twnety-six The remains of a vessel thought to be her was Converted into a hulk and towed to Townsville, 1915. ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. [LQ], Eclipse. [LQ], Marietta Dal. Two of the most famous shipwrecks off Townsville's coast are the SS Yongala (which sank in 1911 and is now a popular diving site) and the HMS Pandora (hulled on the Great Barrier Reef in 1791. Involved in rescuee - see Florida, 1976. Built 1873. a cyclone, 16 March In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, (Sister Aramac). Schooner. 6 August 1882. Built at Brisbane Water, Sank the trawler Bongaree Cutter. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton Lost off the Queensland Schooner. bearing down to their assistance. Clipper, 796 tons. Vessel type. [LQ], Triumph. Steam ship. Lost on the see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. Built 1851. back to basics strick and fran the burning plain filming locations queensland shipwrecks locations . Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland, Schooner, 87 tons. [LQ]. Crew saved. Fishing boat. [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed eventually rescued. H.M.S. Cat-built barque, 369 tons. 1842. Steamship, 1255 tons. Ship. Schooner. Barque, 356 tons. [LQ], Princess. Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, Offshore is Low Wooded Island. Crew rescued. Dredge, 781 tons. Cutter. Launch. No loss of life. Built 1856; reg. Captain Charles Morgan Lewis. 1897. [LQ],[LAH], Amelia Breillart. [LQ], Salamander (Sallamander). 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