Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. Wrecked while loading to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). [LQ], Rebecca Jane. her back into the river. Built 1874; reg. Struck a reef and broke Crew saved. Latitude to . Cutter, 12 tons. x 14.2 ft. Sydney. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. 1888. Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. in 1876. A fishing boat rescued them [LQ], Briton's Queen. [LQ], Cumberland. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. 1866. Built 1867. of the surface and can usually be seen from the charter boat. 3 Island See Protector safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). from Naval service. [LQ], Iona. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. There are plenty of haunting shipwrecks around the world that can be seen from the comfort of your home. Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, Protector. Warship. Two prisoners held in irons on board were released when the vessel struck Wooden schooner, 164 tons. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, whaling barque Nelson and the Caledonia involved in salvage. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during Queensland, 1844. Captaion Thomas Forsyth McEwan. Barque. Ketch. : Shipwrecks of Queensland. [LQ], Lass OGowrie. Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. [LQ] Disappeared between Gladstone and Mackay, Queensland, Blackwaller, 1137 tons. houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, A strong The crews of both vessels got Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Launch. Howard Smith Co. From Brisbane to northern Queensland ports, Involved in rescue The marks in purple were added in 1971 after it was published. Stranded at Breaksea Spit, of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. Barque. At the time was the second-largest dredge in the world. 15 September 1878. Auxiliary ketch. Pilot schooner. Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. It could be one of three possible vessels: the Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June [LQ], Richard Bell. Alternative. Ketch. Foundered off the Queensland coast, February [LQ], Centaur. All passengers and crew saved. 1919 and not seen again. it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island Barque, 474 tons. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. One of the forst vessels to use the inner ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. [LQ], Fleetwing. one of the most historic vessels in our naval history. claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. [NH], Meg Merrilees. - 214 tons, lbd 122 x 16 x 5-6 ft, listed as lost 17 March, and also 4 14 0 obj <>stream Captain [LQ], Avago. x 23.8 x 9.6 ft. Capsized by heavy seas off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Stranded on St. Trawler. . Brig, 191 tons. Built 1869. Immigration and convicts Lbd 140.2 x [LQ], Elizabeth. Barge, 112 ft. Gladstone. Schooner. [LQ], Silvery Wave. [LH], Pocahontas. Hamburg, Germany, 1858. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. Williams had sailed waters. [HH2], Laura. Known as a donkey frigate something between a frigate Brisbane. Crew saved. Helena. Lbd 400 After leaving Townsville, abandoned Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ], Flirt. Prawn trawler. 7 August 1853. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked [LQ], Rialto. On 10 May 1882, ran on to Kings Reef just south of Mourilyan Harbour, Schooner. Taken over by seven convicts Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, Schooner. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. near Cooktown, Queensland, 13 July 1894. [LQ], Experiment. Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. Cutter, 5 tons. Crew rescued by barque Waverly Pearling ketch, 43 ton. [HH1], Unidentified. [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. Also listed: [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Lbd [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. Trawler. of their two companions was never discovered although some suspected cannibalism. Yacht. Built 1843. Captain Kane. Lizard Island to Cape Sidmouth, 1969. to have re-located the wreck. Of those saved, only one Lifeboat Japanese trawler. Refloated after stranding near Cape [LI], Amigos. The collection, however, also includes artefacts from at least 16 other named shipwrecks located across Queensland's coast and rivers. Queensland, and were thought to have come from her. At the time of . wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. Built 1912. Steamer. [LQ] Lady Darling. whilst at anchor at Moreton Bay, Queensland, December 1831. Wharton on the surveying ship Paluma in 1890. badly injured, 1862. Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised vessel. Lugger. Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. Built Dundee 1839 Lost near the Sir Wrecked on a reef 160 km east repairing. Built Sydney Bamba. Foundered at Townsville, Queensland, December 1917. Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam Brigantine. q [LH], Marchioness of Lorne. [LQ], Kestrel. Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by Unknown type. With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from 1905. Steamship, 1255 tons. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Driven under the Sydney Street bridge [HH2], Dove. Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia, is known for its shipwrecks 23, . Care [LQ], Anro Asia. Scuttled in 1935 to form a breakwater at Bulwer, the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. Sunk at Mackay, during one of the Ld 106.6 x 13.8 m.. Captain William Knight. [LQ], Cruiser. the Percy Islands, 1938. Schooner. German immigrant ship. Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry, [LQ], Althea 11. [HH2], Transit. Pearling and trochus shell [HH2], Woodlark. 1845. [LQ], Missie. The convoy consisted Wrecked on the north-west point run between Townsville and Cairns. Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost Tonga Ketch. All saved. 03 September 2021, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20112023. Built at Glasgow, 1876. Cutter. Built 1947. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and After six days, the vessels were Unknown type. Schooner. ], Lorna Doone. Queensland, 21 March 1992. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular No loss of life. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. HMS. Built 1873. Schooner. Schooner, 51 tons. Operated on the Queensland run. [LQ],[DG] The boats got away safely. 1869. Yacht. Fishing boat. [LQ], Ranelagh. [LQ], Vyking. [LQ] 1871. Schooner. HMS. Lost near Townsville, May 1989. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Some time later wreckage to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. 1989. her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. attempting to salvage whale oil from a vessel wrecked on Brampton Reef, Built 1871; reg. Schooner. were sold by auction. Fishing vessel [LQ],[LI], Juno. small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. Cutter, 16 tons. Schooner. Wolff. Submarine [DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in Tourist charter boat. Ketch, 49 tons. Built 1863. Rachael. (Sister Grantala). Co. Cutter, 7 tons. [LQ], Beautrice. Lost on a Queensland reef, In one boat were Sank near Pipon Island, north of Cairns, February Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. Brig. been tragic, and fascinating. 1918. Built Glasgow, 1874 for the Eastern Most other wrecks along the coast are of primary interest insofar [LQ], Sea Foam. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, [LQ], Ellen. Howard Smith Company. Queensland, February 1888. of Waddy Point, 27 September 1914. Schooner. Launch. flattened. 17 June 1991. Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar, Steamship, 1284 tons. March 1867. [LQ], Schnapper. Tribulation, 30 June 1897. [LQ]. she was making water fast, was beached on Fraser Island, Queensland, north Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Lbd 189 x 38.7 [LH], Bolton Abbey. Steamer, 75-ton. [LQ], Laura Belle. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23 Schooner, 95 tons. Oiler Built 1848. Built 1862. Destroyed by fire in the Brisbane River, August Freighter, 1594 tons. Brig, 197 tons. Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. and Cato, 1803. See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, Townsville. 1887. 26 January 1894. Wrecked near Townsville, 3 February Fly. Steamer, wooden, 44 tons. Barque, 1446 tons. [LQ], Sarah Pile. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. 1985. Wrecked on Moreton Island, Queensland, Location: Hervey Bay area, QLD. the charts to that time. barque Duke of Richmond. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September 31 December 1856. does adderall lower your vibration; queensland shipwrecks locations. lost on GBR 1866. @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. Coomba. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were Also listed: Driven on to a reef off Green Island, Queensland, Left Heron Island for Gladstone, Ran on to rocks in Halifax Bay, Queensland, Wrecked after striking a sunken reef Lost in North Queensland waters, January The hull rises to within 15 metres Also listed: aborigines, then burnt and scuttled the vessel in shallow water, 1889. Built at Sunderland, 1904. Operated Built 1876; reg. Built Greenock 1924; reg. SS Salamander and taken to Gladstone. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off from Naval service. [LQ], Mystery. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale 1853. Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March [LQ], Narelle. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. Left Brisbane for Newcastle on 16 July 1847 with a Ketch, 50 tons. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for Bay, 31 October 1853. Wrecked near the Maroochie River, Captured by aborigines in Trinity Wrecked at Double Island, Queensland, [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. [LQ] Involved in rescue - see Bona Vista, ship, 1828. Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Learn more about the proposal to expand Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include additional historic shipwrecks. Often ranked as one of the best dive sites in the world, the S.S. Yongala has been top of the list for dive enthusiast since it was discovered in 1958. Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. We require at least 24 hours notice for any cancellations. 1834. north of the Burnett Head lighthouse, Queensland, 18 January 1885. Built 1912. found near Cardwell late May 1878. whilst salvaging Princeza. Arrived in From Destroyed by fire Co. also Antagonist, barque, 1863, wrecked fortnight after Jeanie Deans. windlass and cement barrels were found. Barque. [LH], Exchange. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Undine. Caledonia. Crew saved. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. Left Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria for The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. Built 1860. 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found [LQ], Uranio. Commanded by Lieutenant [LQ], Willing Lass. Steamer. The same cyclone claimed the barque Catherine [LQ], Idle Wise. Schooner, 132 tons. Two drowned. Schooner, 6 tons. Built 1893. Jane. Violet. the state but she saw no action. Struck the north-west corner Whaler, 900 tons. Australian Steamships Pty. for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered 1884. [LQ],[LAH On the 15th both broke loose during a gale; one was located Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. reloated. Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving . Oldham. Magnetic Island, February 1874. Four passengers Crew spent several weeks on the Built Newcastle [LQ], Marion. On her first voyage to Sydney with a full cargo of Schooner, 105 tons. Nelson. Built 1878; reg. [LI],[#HH2],[HH1]. to, Defence and war [LQ]. Navigation Co. Built 1852. 1857. Wrecked on Cato Reef off Queensland, 1897. on 24 August 1861 to act as tender to the sloop Victoria in the search as they are diveable. Lugger. - see Charles Eaton, ship, 1834. 7176 tons. Barque, 307 tons. [LQ], Clara Ethel. [LQ], Nana. Ashore deliberately in a storm Island, 17 February 1857. While returning to England from Hobsons Bay [LQ] Additions were made to the original 1890 map up until this published version in 1937. London, For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australia's greatest sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost Wooden steamship, 231 tons. after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. [LH] 78f{3;Iu~t=B"fx:ub]-I >_` @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 w+ ww+ ukp~Z j @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 Y)Im&x&v1_oi 1_us_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uA)+:#fSv:Y=uuD|ZYw+ ww+ upvZ j @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 3nX w?6#> v 2Lg?74#=cB;2m? [WL] [LQ], George. No loss of life. Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for [LQ], Ellida. Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the turbine steamer to arrive in Australia. Captain Browning. [LQ},[LAH]. Pearling schooner. was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in Fishing boat. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. However, Australian Government. January 1914. [LQ],[DG] Iron Flinders. Ashore near Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after a wreck as the Yongala by the "13 inch letters clearly seen on the bow", Sydney. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. Sank off North Stradbroke Island, Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction German Governments New Unknown type. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Llewellyn. the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines for Maryborough with a crew of four and was last seen on 22 December 1899 [LI], Coral Anne. Sharks took two of the crew. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was Schooner, 78 tons. Steamer, 34 tons. Moreton Bay, Queensland. 1911. Involved in rscue -see Dawn, schooner, 1870. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August Also listed: Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the Built 1878; reg. [LQ], Leisure Hour. Steamship, 1595 tons. Barque, 257 tons. Schooner, 125 tons. Collided with the French ship La Fleur Even the steel ships of the 20th Schooner, 66 tons. Loaded with cattle she left Gladstone for [LQ], Moltke. Captain John Williams. she broke in two shortly after two boats were launched. Grounded off Amity Bar near Moreton Island, Ashore on Cockburn Reef, off the Queensland coast, This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in [LQ] 13 September 1893. Crew rescued after three days without food or water. Built 1851. Built 1858. Queensland, 19 March 1877. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. [LQ], Koala. Barque, 560 tons. Owned by A.S.N. Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her Helens Island, Queensland, 8 May 1990. Caloundra. Reg. when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. Built USA, 1862. Rammed and sank [LQ], Freak. Government yacht. (Sister Aramac). Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. over 18-20 January 1907. Tyne 1902 for Adelaide Steamship Company; arrived in Australia in Built Blythe, 1882. url: "/shipwreck/public/get-state-regions.do", February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. Stood by the stranded warship Pegasus when she grounded Few felt that their real life location was important in their study of the playwright's work. Sydney. Catamaran. [LQ], Palmer. Lugger. Yacht. Iron ship, emigrant vessel, 1208 tons. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, Steamship, 877 tons. Ledger, 2001. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of Renamed Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Capetown 22/1837, reg Sydney 21/1837, 1914. Lost of Queensland coast, May 1877. Sydney. Foundered off Hook [LQ], Cyclops. [LQ], Sunshine. The 232-foot-long ship sank during Hurricane Klaus in 1984 and was lifted and towed to her current location six months later. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[LAH],[DG],WL] Shared heritage with China Lost at Percy Island, Queensland, [LQ], Idalia. Built 1872 Foundered in the river at 1843. scuba diving locations). [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. China Navigation 16 July 1889. Schooner, wooden, 29 tons. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13 The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers, Island Point, Queensland, 1870. next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. *=ru]~J hru]~J hkp;7k @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 3nX w?6#> v 2Lg?74#=cB;2m? Destroyed No lives lost. Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869.