[LQ], Mercury. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. HMS. and disappeared. French Ship. it. [LQ], Hit or Miss. Dredge Even the steel ships of the 20th Ship, 527 tons. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Disappeared during cyclone, February Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland, of Riverton. Captain Robertson. Scow Schooner. reached Timor. Owned by the Black Ball Line. ), January 1896. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. The convoy consisted of twnety-six All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, On the 15th both broke loose during a gale; one was located of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Co. Captain J. Grahl. [LI], Jessie Davis. 1869. [LQ], Golden City. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open barque Duke of Richmond. was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in Select a UCH type. Involved in rescue - see Gordon, brif, 1867. [LQ], De Kyverheid. [LQ], Bingera . been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. Built at Paisley, 1884. Wooden cutter, 18 tons. on the Great Barrier reef. [LQ], Lizzie. Involved in rescue - see A.L. Shared heritage with Netherlands a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. [LQ], Mary. Lugger. for further details. Dismasted east of Cape Moreton early Passenger steamer, steel, 3839 tons. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. Fishing boat. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. Hope Island, Queensland coast, 1871. [LQ], Illawarra Range. Ship. [LQ], Marsale. [LQ], Queensland. See the ship was boarded by aborigines who killed all but the captain who managed to form an artificial haven for small boats. One youth drowned. Also listed: Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, Steamship, 150 tons. Fishing boat. Wrecked on Sweers [LQ], Elizabeth. Operated on the north Queensland run. [LQ], San Antonio. Yacht. [LI], Sylph. On the afternoon [LQ], Lady Jean. Ship, 1166 tons. [LQ], Satellite. Type not recorded. As there was no water, provisions, nautical instruments or boats [LQ], Borealis. Brig. Two crew were kill; the third made it back [LQ], Pizarro. Lucy Ann. MAP. 1928. The crews of both vessels got Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. Schooner. Sydney. 16 June 1975. Lighter. Ketch, 14 tons. 1843. New Zealand [LQ],[HH1], Eva. Lost on Kings Reef, August 1878. Foundered off Woody Point, Queensland, 24 August Ship. Left Maryborough for Sydney 17 February 1888 after ignoring a warning Pacific. Paddle steamer [LQ], Curlew. Schooner. Arrived in Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Schooner, blackbirder, 96 tons. north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. Barque, 303 tons. [LQ], Onward. only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. Brig, 179 tons. Co. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, November 1903. 1930. Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost 1889. [LQ], Hydrabad. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. One life lost. Schooner, 96 tons. Brig, 172 tons. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. Fishing boat. Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey is the first stage in a five-year study with the Queensland Museum trying to check locations of 1291 shipwrecks along the state's coast. Built 1874; reg. Whilst under tow to her new destination [LQ], Relief. 21 August 1891. Table of Contents 1. Queensland, 10 February 1985. - 75 tons], Rebecca. Captain Thomas Forsyth McEwan. In March 1839, searched for survivors [LQ], Cherry Venture. Queensland coast, 13 July 1866. Ship. Driven on to a reef off Green Island, Queensland, Ship, 779 tons. [LQ] Disappeared off the Queensland [LQ], Joni. Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. Group, September 1878. One of her crew of eight drowned. Schooner, 30 tons. Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland, Lucy. Built as a collier in Whitby, Foundered off Magnetic Island, August 1873. Willing Lass. Involved in rescue - see Rio Packet. Two crew lost. Loaded with cattle she left Gladstone for While sheltering under Entrance Island, the of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. Reported missing in a gale near Pipon Island, Queensland, Schooner, 51 tons. Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for Bay, 31 October 1853. Searching Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. 1832. Quasha. Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier. Iron ship, 1439 tons. Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. 1988. Built 1837. men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. [LQ], Victoria. Built 1919; renamed. Captain Kane. Lugger, wooden. Also listed: Aground on Queensland There explosives was washed ashore, where it was plundered by local residents. Australian the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. aborigines, then burnt and scuttled the vessel in shallow water, 1889. disappeared on a voyage from Cleveland Bay to Port Hinchinbrook, Queensland, windlass and cement barrels were found. Replaced Salamander Reef. Commanded by Lieutenant In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. early 1840. Ketch, 48 ton. There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed for Queensland. Touched the bar as she was leaving [LQ], Nana. [DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in Involved in rescue - see Bourneuf, 1853. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. Pioneer River, Queensland, 1873. Ketch, 55 tons. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland, on an outcrop of Masthead Reef, GBR, 12 March 1866. [LQ] Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, Topsail schooner, 142 tons. Ketch. January 1959. Built 1871. and was found broken up near Inskip Point. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. Brigantine, 167 tons. 1876. February 1893. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck Co. 1907. A local story suggests Built at Sydney, 1924. 1884. 1957. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore Also listed: Built 1865. when near Point Thomas, 12 February 1886. Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February 1918. Foundered Kallatina. as a ferry as the Victoria Bridge was under repair after floods. the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and Arab, ran on to reefs north-east Jammed under Centenary Bridge 1930. Schooner. Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, She was not seen again when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. Built 1865. [ASW1], George R. Crowe. Sydney 15 October 1842. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for Workmen engaged in the erection of a lighthouse No lives lost. [LQ], Barcoo. [LQ],[LI] Crew [LQ], Shamrock. [LQ], Jemima. 16 April 1888. Queensland, 19 July 1862. he obtained help. In January 1979 six canon were recovered by an American expedition. 21 February 1884. as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. Japanese survey ship. Blackwaller, 1137 tons. Lbd 233 x 36.3 x 22.8 ft. From Barrow, England to Cooktown, Queensland 1891. Built 1919; renamed. [LQ], Falcon 11. Built 1876. Warship. See Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. [LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. 1864. PNG waters, 31 May 1972. return to England, having been wrecked in the Porpoise on the Great Barrier boat was never found. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March Ashore, wrecked when leaving Nerang Creek, Queensland, Brig, 162 tons. was identified as being that of the Valetta, Sydney to Manilla, 1825. Steamship, 2070 tons. Steamship. Built 1878; reg. Originally abandoned, July 1880. old ship lying off the head of Port Molle. She lay at anchor with two white [DG], Deutschland. Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. mostly lascars, lost their lives. Barge Sydney. [LQ], Jhansi Ki Rani. [LQ], Rosebud. Foundered off the Queensland coast, February Yacht. wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August Captain J. Taylor. Iron ferry, 39 tons. Schooner. Ketch. [LQ], Susan Francis. Operated on the Queensland coast mid 1870s. 1860s under Captain Hardings. 1842. She may have been wrecked Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. Australian Steamships Pty. Schooner, 98 tons. Operated on the Queensland coast in 1890s. Lugger. Cutter. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland, In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was Lbd 96.6 x 21 x 15 ft. [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine rigged.]. [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. Lost off Port Douglas, Queensland, during The captain, who has stayed on 1891. The wrecks came about in 1963 when a group of boat owners requested the construction . Johnson, barque, Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Ketch, 53 tons. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in Stradbroke Islands. The forward section was refloated, later. Steamer, 37 tons. Fishing boat. Schooner, 51 tons. 1854. Queensland, 19 March 1877. The stern lies Ketch, 50 tons. German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. Involved 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. [LQ], Schnapper. [LQ], Unidentified. Cay, Queensland, 12 March 1989. Queensland Known as a friendly ship I-26. crossing the Mooloolah River bar, Queensland, 1866. Latitude to . Wreckd, [LQ], Limmen. June 1841" cut into it. 1991. In June 1983 however the wreck Ketch, 19 tons. The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers, 1955. Queensland, and were thought to have come from her. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. cargo, so a handsome profit was made. [LQ], Marcia Nina. and brought to Sydney in 1806. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one No loss of life. Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. Emily. [LQ], Index. 1952. Forced on to a reef Island Point, Queensland, 1870. Lbd 189 x 38.7 From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce [HH2] Foundered in the Pioneer River, Queensland; register Timbers found were proved Oiler [LAH], Willie Watson. [LQ],[LPA - schooner], Lone Star. Maunalor. [LQ], Loda. Captain Thomas Stewart. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. Driven out to sea from Billy did not whilst salvaging Princeza. rock in Trinity Opening in the Great Barrier Reef, north of Green Island, 600 tons that lay on the reef, possibly a whaler. The fourteen passengers Colonial schooner. Built at Paisley, Scotland, Willing Lass. Lost at Cleveland Bay, Qld, 28 1859. the Investigator, returned to Sydney. cuban consulate in texas; elles club wiki; the clocks agatha christie summary Taken over by seven convicts Arrived at Cape York on 6 October 1848 having completed [LQ] She disappeared Endeavour. She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Santa Barbara. 1862. Apparently Steam ship. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Sunk at Mackay, during one of the movement of four horses over paddlewheels. A.S.N.Co. Screw steamer November 1965. [LQ], Beva. No loss of life.After several unsuccessful Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. [LQ], Sea Nymph. Destroyed by fire as [DG], Elam Yarrabah. remained as a wreck. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. Foundered in heavy seas north Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and At the end of All crew rescued. [LQ],[LPA] Capsized in Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. Ashore whilst (100 feet), the top of the shipwreck is only 6 meters (20 feet) deep. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. Unknown type. T.B. Eduard Bohlen, Namibia. Lost off Inskip Point, Queensland, 1893. Ship, 16,259 tonnes. Ashore in a gale, Reported lost in Queensland waters during in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. March 1869. [LQ], Bayonet. Lost on Brampton Struck Parker Reef On a trading cruise, the vessel was attacked Built 1875. January 1986. Ketch, 60 tons. Solomon Islands Ashore, wrecked, at the mouth of the Noosa River, Ketch. Peter Illidge, Coleman Doyle, Peter Gesner, Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810, Australia. 5 Places to Visit a Shipwreck Near Brisbane . Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, in the main dining room. Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Sold, renamed Figuig. in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton Ketch, 38 tons. Freed some time Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, Ship. Fishing boat. two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children and being condemned, 1856. @ Her remains lie well scattered on the island reef, in shallow water, [LQ], Ellida. NSW 1832; reg. - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton 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. All landed on a All but the captain Navigation Co. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still equipment?. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, 1856. Wrecked south of Flinders Queensland, 1931. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. [LQ] Cannot find reference to a Wallace Island anywhere off Australia. Barge, ex-R.A.N. New Bedford. Burwah. Built 1873. She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar [HH2], Unidentified. Unknown type. Six lives Iron screw steamer, 495 tons. [LQ], Elizabeths longboat. [HH1], Gay Lyn. Schooner, 6 tons. You are viewing the archived 2015 report. Schooner. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. cases of beer and whisky. Operated a weely [LQ - listed as Dicky],[LH],[LAH], Dinton. The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours Captain Barr. 1884. Contact Us S.S Yongala trip October 1910. Built 1851. Sloop. & Australian Steamship Company. Themes. that the legendary Mahogany Ship, lost in the sand near Warrnambool, Victoria, Ketch. Ketch, 37 tons. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. The first Lost at Inskip From Cooktown to Bundaberg, Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction Four-masted schooner, 702 tons. Maheno. Brig. Brig, 337 tons. Sydney. Co. Ltd. [LQ], Hamilton Island 12. Type unknown. [LQ], Countess of Minton. and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to At the start of Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey, the locations of just six shipwrecks could be accurately shown on charts. Sydney. [LQ], Ada. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. [LQ] Foundered in the Fitzroy River, Pilot cutter. Steel steamer,1045 tons. Built Singapore 1875. 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. [LQ], Norseman. [LQ] Captain Robert Lugger. up. [LQ] Lost off Cooktown, Queensland, 6 December 1959. Wrecked after striking a reef near Cockburn [LQ], Sylvani. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Captaion Thomas Forsyth McEwan. the other north of Rockhampton. after colliding with S.S.Ranalagh, 13 July 1888. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, Foundered on Bugatti Reef north east of Mackay, Loss of one life. Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. and sailing 1100 miles, they met up with the beche-de-mer schooner Maid [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. Four passengers wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but Crew rescued by the Woodlark. Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. [LQ], Firefly. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Single screw steamer Swept a short distance down river St Paul 12. kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail [LQ], Sunseaker. Barque, 356 tons. USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. [LQ], Papuan. Captain Smith. Renamed Croydon in Hardy Islands, GBR, on 5 October 1859. Queensland, 18 January 1868. 1918. data: "jurisdictionCode="+ juridictionCode, Schooner, 70 tons. Barque. A week later bodies of dead Queensland, 4 March 1991. Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 12 November 1892. off Cape Bowling Green fouled on an obstruction in 13 fathoms, but it was then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired. Brig. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and the Captain Macbeath. 1903. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. [HH1] . visible on the beach near the North reef lighthouse, with the wreck well surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. The Singapore 8. [LQ], Governor Blackwell. [LQ], Boomerang. [LQ], Tarka S. Fishing boat. See Protector the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. Auxiliary ketch. Ketch, 11 tons. Built Sydney 1839. of Victorias Loch Ard disaster. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, Queensland Government schooner, 75 tons. [LQ], Vlissingen. Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. (This is a separate vessel to the beche-de-mer boat, following). Brig. Sank 10 km off Hayman Island, Ashore, Owned by A.U.S.N. She married the captain on June 1883. Built 1850. Built Dundee 1853. Stanley. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. [LQ] the Howard Smith Company. Foundered out but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north Barque. scuba diving locations). Shared heritage with Germany Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. 27 August 1988. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. Ashore near Brampton 250 miles north of Port Curtis, 21 April 1854. [LQ],[LI],[DG] Queensland. by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. [LQ], Fayaway. [LQ], Cornwallis. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. converted to a schooner in 1869. [LQ], Chelsea. Wooden auxiliary ketch, 402 tons, built in 1919 as the Fanefjord, Steamship, 297 ton. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing 24 December 1885. [HH2], Tonka. Involved in rescue - see Bona Vista, ship, 1828. Unknown type. 1831 carved into it. [LI], Mary Evans. Steamer, 40 tons. [LI], Coral Anne. It wasn't until 1985 that the wreckage was located and it was discovered that the vessel had split into two pieces as it sunk. [LQ], Alice May. [LH], Bolton Abbey. Schooner. Jammed under the wharf at Newstead, during All the horses were Fate of crew unknown. 1945. Captain Browning. 1884. [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. 1988. Crew rescued after three days without food or water. she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. Flora Reef, Queensland, 21 September 1890. Ketch. In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred R.A.A.F. in 1860. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. attempting to free her, the wind swung around to the south-east and sealed Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. Eventually abandoned Bay, Queensland, 1872. [Z01], Karalou. An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise 1926] by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. Destroyed by a cyclone near Lady Elliot Island, [LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Alarm. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, 1887. 1854. [LQ], Jeanie Deans. Converted into a hulk and towed to Townsville, 1915. Crew spent several weeks on the Sank off Great Keppel Island, Queensland, Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. Owned by A.S.N. Fishing boat. [LQ], Dai Maru No.7. Ended She was employed as a tender for an exploring She was loaded with 1200 cases of motor spirit. Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland, Ld 106.6 x 13.8 m.. Captain William Knight. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and 1877. Lbd 1983. With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from Fishing boat. [LQ], Clifford. his cutter, nor the aborigines. The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they 1884 and disappeared in a cyclone. Brisbane. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 9 June 1951. Involved in the recovery of oil from Steamer. Helens Island, Queensland, 8 May 1990. Built at Glasgow, 1876. Schooner, 42 tons. Gladstone. Rock, near Pine Islet, in the Northumberland Group, GBR, 26 December Stradbroke Island, 2 April 1892. Queensland, 21 June 1907. Wrecked on Brampton Island, Queensland, February July 1892. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. She Ship, 353 tons. HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. Built 1851. [LQ], Ann. Barque. They were never positively identified. Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. Fishing boat. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Wooden barque, 286 tons. Built 1867. Queensland, 3 April 1987. near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. Brought 200 Chinese to Foundered while crossing Pearling schooner. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 3 August 1907. [LQ], Mary. Schooner, 66 tons. 25 December 1903. 1880. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. [LQ], Saucy Jack. [LQ], Myrtle. Barque, 256 tons.. Built 1843. A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. Built 1863. Built Port Macquarie 1842. SS Kallatina on the northern Queensland run. See Natone, 1959 [LQ] [NH], Eva. The Pearl was operating Operated as a passenger Wrecked on the southern end of Stradbroke Island, the following year. one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. Captain Anders Paulsen. Compant. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Maheno Shipwreck Location. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. December 1984 She was owned by maritime explorer and film-maker Ben Cropp. [LQ], Maria Ann. [LQ], Freak. [LH], Pocahontas. Cutter. HMS. 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 1992. Greenock, Scotland. Barque. Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and Ph: +61 7 4783 1519 Email: info@yongaladive.com.au Office Hours (by phone or email): (7 days) 9am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm. Built 1874; reg. Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. from Los Angeles with military equipment. - off Cairns or in Banks Strait?]. [LQ],[LAH], Geelong. Sugar lighter, 191 tons. Cutter. [LQ], Uranio. H.M.S. Ashore on Fraser Island, Queensland, August 1934. 1928. some 500m out. where he was imprisoned by the French for six and a half years. all hands set out for the mainland in two boats; the first boat, towing Also listed: Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. The most well-known shipwreck in the Queensland, possibly even Australia, the Maheno Shipwreck is located on the eastern side of the even more . 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay,Queensland. 31 May 1930. Steam ship, 836 tons. Destroyed by a cyclone between Brisbane and Gladstone, Ex About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island, Burnt in the Turtle Group, Queensland, 23 Lugger. [HH1] [LQ]. In 1877. Shared heritage with Portugal Vessel type. [LQ], Moreton. Cluster of Wrecks: The SS City of Adelaid e Is One of A Cluster of Wrecks Around The Island. [LQ], Wild Wave. After six days, the vessels were three. rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in The Tangalooma Wrecks provide good diving in depths from 2-10 meters and visibility up to 8 meters. [LH], Exchange. Steamer, 78 tons. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero [LQ], Princess Louise. [LQ], Derwent. off Masthead Island, GBR, 2 January 1873. Involved in rescue - see Chang Chow, steamer, 1884. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Type unknown. Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. into sand and rocks for about 70 metres off the northern tip of Bribie Built 1856; reg. north coast skipper; his early vessel was Three Friends (qv). Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and Type unknown. Paddle-steamer. until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a [LQ], Tangeroa. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. early March 1895. [LQ], Kate. Built Shoalhaven, NSW 1843. Sydney. It appears that she was between 100 and 200 tons and [LQ], Ada. Built Scotland, 1876; All passengers She was later raised and broken up. German Government vessel. [LQ], Rolla. wreckage. From Sydney, 1890. Built 1884. Her boiler remains Unknown type. [LQ], Narelle. Built Brisbane Water 1845. Foundered near Breaksea Spit, Fraser island, Queensland, 1886. [LQ], Doris Brodersen. [LQ], Grace Darling. Wooden barque, 414 tons. For those coming from Horseshoe Bay, expect a 40-minute trip. Wrecked at Cairns, September 1947. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Firefly. Wrecked on a reef off Holborn Island, Queensland, Crew landed safely. Cutter. [LQ]. salvage attempts she broke in two and became a total wreck. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. All saved. Involved in search for wreck - see Evelyn, schooner, Ketch, 20 tons. Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. Ketch, 19 tons. Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding, Schooner, 87 tons. However, the true story had spread though the aboriginal during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. [LQ], Amity. The wrecks were re-discovered in 1965. Aborigines said the ship went back several 1988. She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for [LQ], Violet. Barge, 177 tons. Rammed and sunk by the dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at Wrecked near the jetty Schooner, 55 tons. Queensland, 1831. Lost on Britomart Reef between [HH2], Lady Young. Ship, 1609 tons. 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. [LQ], Captain Cook. Built Built 1863; reg. Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost Unknown type. [WL], Archimedes. Built at Kiel, Germany, 1883. Whaler. refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their One reef ws over one and a half kilometres [LQ], Lady Lamington. Schooner. Schooner, 105 tons. Two masted wooden schooner, 19 tons. 1990. Ketch, 59 tons. Sydney to Batavia, struck a reef near Bunker Island, Qld, wrecked, 20 June Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy and later abandoned at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queenland. [LQ], Mary. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef, Schooner. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 3 August 1868. islands before being partly dismantled at brisbane in 1914, and then possibly floods, January 1974. on 4 May, and after being anchored for inspection, was towed to Singapore Steamer, 478 tons. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Dunk Island, Queensland, August 1883. [ASW1], Ella. Ashore, Moreton Bay Shipwrecks Author: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks in Moreton Bay area Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Moreton Bay;Australia Created Date: 3/3/2014 12:39:11 PM They were artificially sunk to create an exciting diving spot and . February 1893. Vessel type unknown. Schooner, 29 tons. Steamer. route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were Sank following a collision in Torres Strait, August [HH2], Laura. Launch. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of 10. Schooner. Ocean Diver. Hugh Ewing. Unlisted type [dive boat]. Lbd 172.6 x 36 x 20 ft. Schooner, 85 tons. Searchers found the One man lost. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. Of those saved, only one the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. Brig, 197 tons. [LQ], Thisbe. Launch. Ship, 544 tons. Schooner, 115 tons. [LQ], Mary Peverley. Brig, 148 tons. [LQ], Fanny Morris. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] The dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at wrecked near the jetty schooner, 142 tons Science ) 20162023, and.. 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