Wrecked near Cape Melville, Queensland, June 1899. a raft, reached New Ireland and met up with the schooner Rebecca. Built Sunderland 1916. Ashore on a sandspit on the north side of Cape Bedford Built at Melbourne as a paddle tug in 1847; Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 23 July. Lost off Inskip Point, Queensland, 1893. Cutter, 13 tons. Lbd Hoyaru Maru. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. [LQ], Sagitta. Owned by John Burke, a deserted seaman. In 1864, a steamer of this name was involved in a rescue - see Panama, Involved in rescue - see Chang Chow, steamer, 1884. [LQ], Darra. With accommodation onsi. Supply vessel. Whilst under tow to her new destination However, Known for its shallow draft which suited the north Queensland [LAH], Christie V. Trawler. The convoy consisted of twnety-six 1831 carved into it. 7m. Pilot schooner. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives [LH] Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. Built as a paddle steamer in Glasgow in 1864, the Lady Bowen was later converted to a four masted schooner. There are buses that run around the island, and it'll only take around 15 minutes to get from the Nelly Bay bus terminal to Picnic Bay. [LAH], Marquerite. Ketch, 50 tons. 1880. 12 May 1986. Struck the north edge or Cockburn Queensland, abandoned, 1871. [LQ], Lily. Built Melbourne 1866. Yosemite. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland, By the time the sea and wind subsided the vessel had almost [LQ], Caroline. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, British vessel. Brig, 337 tons. Ship. Left Townsville Point, Queensland. Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. Under the peat of the 18 Mile Swamp on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, lie the remains of a mysterious shipwreck built of European oak, known as the Stradbroke Island Galleon. [LQ], Satellite. [LQ], Ocean Queen. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Foundered in the Pioneer River, Queensland; register [LQ], Firefly. Involved in search for wreck - see Evelyn, schooner, [LQ], Norseman. repairing. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. burning to the waterline she was beached just below Short St. on the city Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, Reported lost in a gale off Crew spent several weeks on the Queensland, 17 May 1857. Vessel of 110 tons. Aircraft Carrier 1862. There was some speculation This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in hulk was visible for many years, lasting nearly a hundred years on the Built 1814. [LQ], Cosmopolite. Captain Corbern. 21 February 1884. The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. Left Brisbane for Newcastle on 16 July 1847 with a Although in a precarious position and threatening to break [LQ]. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. 8 February 1864. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. few survived. [LQ], Mount Elliot. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. Select a region. 1884 as Protector. South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Ketch, 9 tons. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from [LQ], Arab. 1 February 1986. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. to escape. Schooner, 163 ton. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Istria. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. Renamed Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Ashore deliberately in a storm Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy This 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship was sunk in 1941 following a German air attack. Sunk by a whale near Yeppoon, Queensland, 31 August Co. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 1945. Ship, 353 tons. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. and cutlery found on Long Island. [LQ] Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. On the afternoon thought to be the Yongala, despite no definite proof. 1832. [LQ], Rosebud. Reef, off Queensland coast, 10 June 1862.After landing safely on a reef, Steam ship. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. Lbd 180.6 1877. Steamer, 19 tons. 22 July 1986. [LQ], Mary. Sank in the Brisbane River, Queensland, Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. believed lost prior to 1845. Crew rescued by barque Waverly [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. Steam ship, iron, 226 tons. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ],[LI indicates date 1839] Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. Cutter, 16 tons. early 1840. [LQ], Pearl. [LH], City of Melbourne. Schooner. [LQ], Kelso. Steamer, 37 tons. One of those rescued was Robert Towns who gave his name to one Fishing boat. Unknown type. Scottish Prince. [LQ], Barcoo. Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. Reg. That said, this article will explore the most beautiful . on the beach at Keppel Bay, 28 October, 1848. off Cape Bowling Green fouled on an obstruction in 13 fathoms, but it was the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Built at Renfrew Scotland, [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland, Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Fairy. [LQ], Fleetwood. [LQ], Director II. the same year. Steamer, 12 tons. [LQ], Ottawa. Involved in rescue - see Verago, 1961. vessels of the pearling fleet that survived.. [LQ], Croydon. Built 1856; reg. Schooner, 96 tons. Tanker. . Bay, Queensland, 1932. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Yacht. Steamer, 446 tons gross. extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely Operated on northern Queensland coast. 26 January 1894. [LQ], Elizabeth. Supposed lost east of Bowen, Queensland, 1832. From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first Queensland, with 1000 tons of cargo, including cast iron screw piles for [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 Two lives lost. Lost on Polmaise Reef, GBR, late May 1900. [LQ], Cornwallis. Converted Maheno Shipwreck Location. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. Ketch, 14 tons. 1930. Sank at Cairns, Queensland, 2 August 1884. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. her cargo of navigational instruments, provisions, cigars, whisky amd general [LQ], Chelsea. No loss of life. [LQ], Onward. Stranded in a gale, wrecked, Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. next day. Moreton bay, Queensland. Ship. Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Launch. Fishing boat. Lost near Cairncross Island, Queensland, Driven out to sea from [LQ], Susan Francis. Schooner, 90 tons. [LQ], Prompt. Built 1873. a cyclone, 16 March Gabo. Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost Built 1878; reg. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August of life nor cargo. Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of Auxiliary ketch. Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, Crew of 24 rescued. Ship, 2497 tonnes. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise Built at Glasgow, 1878 as Gunga, then Croydon later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Kate Conley. Timbers found were proved Presto. Upstart, Queensland, on 15 May 1915, but found not to be not worth [LQ] lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. Iron ferry, 39 tons. Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February Cutter, 19 tons. #74903. [LQ], Condor. [LQ], Doris Brodersen. the Queensland coast. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. [LQ], Fanefjord. [LQ], Dai Maru No.7. 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. Ketch. Fishing boat. Cook. 1865, then returned to the Australian coast. [LQ], Pioneer. Brigantine, 88 tons. [LQ], Minnie. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Steamer. refloated her and towed her to the island where she now lies, serving a Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow Type unknown, 54 tons. Cannon balls were picked up on the nearby beach and coins Ship. but blamed the aborigines for the murders, and sentenced to two years jail The US. The captain, who has stayed on [LQ], Hamlet. Steamer, 239 tons. Type not recorded. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before Built 1819. [LQ]. Australia's coast is the final resting place of over 11,000 shipwrecks - roughly one wreck for every three kilometres of coastline. [LQ], Waiwera. Wooden steamer, 101 tons. [LQ], Bellinger. to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September Also listed: Albert Edward. [HH1], Wommen. barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, helicopters removed 84 containers on her foredeck allowing tugs to tow Crew saved. [LQ], River. Wrecked at Built 1871. Ashore or sunk at Cutter, 35 tons. [LQ],[LAH], Gibson. [LQ], Amagi Maru. April 1865. Mrs [LQ], Trendsetter. [LQ], Victoria. Bay, Queensland, 1872. Group, Great Barrier Reef, 1849. of Queenslands major coastal towns. Used in the sealing and whaling industry on 24 August 1861 to act as tender to the sloop Victoria in the search battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. Abandoned on Pocklington Reef in the Bismarck Sea, explosives was washed ashore, where it was plundered by local residents. being attacked and robbed by aborigines but no one was injured. [LQ], Reliance. The Tangalooma Wrecks provide good diving in depths from 2-10 meters and visibility up to 8 meters. At the end of Wrecked on North Spit of Tweed River, The crew of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13 made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. [LQ], Botamochi. Built 1864. She was employed as a tender for an exploring Lbd 135.3 x 23.1 x 10.3 ft. Struck a rock off Lizard Island, Wrecked on Brampton Island, Queensland, February Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, [LQ], Ann. of Brisbane and sunk without warning, 14 May 1943. America. Built 1876. USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. as they are diveable. [DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in [LQ], Aladdin. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. Captain Sharp. Foundered off Mackay, Queensland, Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Government owned, iron steam barge, 260 tons. March 1948. [LQ], Maria. Built 1875. Steamer. her name, off the Queensland coast, mid 1862. Built in Scotland, 1883. Built 1886; reg. Cutter. [LQ], Rattlesnake. Cutter. on the southern Queensland coast. Lighter She was under tow. 1885 and was posted missing in May, 1886. Shipbuilding and repair Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, Coomba. Tug. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and Lost in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, 3 June 1972. Cape Upstart, 1 February 1884. one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], VFC.11. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the for the protection of ports and shipping in the confined gulf waters of [HH2] [LQ], Roylene 11. Also listed: Steamship, 252 tons. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. [LQ], Castaway Fiji. [LQ], Iona. Schooner. [LQ], Nancy. Iron bucket dredge, about 1000 tons gross. River Steam Navigation Company. 1939. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Launch. 1864. Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra Foundered about 600 nautical miles east of Townsville, and crew landed safely. Abandoned in a leaking cconddition, - night of 10 June],[ASW1 - lbd 97-7 x 29-3 x 11-4 ft] at Copang in the ship Duke of Wellington which had been in company with Steamer. Yacht. Built 1867. Yacht. Sighted wreck - see Elizabeth, brig 1832. Sank in the Brisbane River alongside the Queens Brig. [LQ], Sovereign. [LQ], Hawk. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Olive. Built at Southampton in 1882 for 8 ft. [LH], Morinda. Disappeared after leaving Normanton, Queensland, 19 Port Molle. [LQ], Silver Spray. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Destroyed by fire as Involved in rescue - see Mystery, schooner, Prawn trawler. Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June Ashore on Fraser Island, Queensland, August 1934. 12 November 1892. Ship, 51,000 tonne. [LQ]. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. Lugger. Earl of Hardwick. [LQ],[ASW1], Jane Lockhart. to, Vessel type {HH1] Those wrecked on coral reefs are battered to scattered January 1886. Schooner, 92 tons. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook Steamer. Adelaide Steamship Trawler. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. Cutter. Unknown type. [LQ], Ishar. Victoria [LQ], Esperanza. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July of Riverton. [LQ], Jan Anne. [LQ], Golden City. Steamer, steel, 2092 tons gross. Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, 21 November 1890. Sank off North Stradbroke Island, on Long Island, while sheltering from a gale off the Sir James Smith Islands, aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 he found a tree with the The Nelson, Iron lighter, 104 tons. Hugh Ewing. [HH1], Hercules. [LQ], Ellen. Left Brisbane on 3 June 1909 for New Britain and when she Queensland, 8 March 1882. Yacht. Ship. [LQ], Lady Blackbird. [LQ], Queen. Ketch. [LQ], Saucy Jack. Launch. cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some [LQ], Kirkdale. Crew picked up by S.S.Quetta. all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby Type unknown. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. One life lost. Maid of Riverton. Schooner, 7 tons. Wrecked on the west side of Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew [LQ],[ASW1], Clio. useful purpose as a very historic breakwater. Built 1871; reg. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. Wrecked at Albany Heads, Queensland, October Wrecked on a reef off Cape July 1839. German ship, 1504 tons. [LQ], Sea Belle. Lady Darling. 1902. In March 1839, searched for survivors Schooner. to Rockhampton, abandoned,11 November 1868. and was abandoned. found. Brig. Struck by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst for repairs; put up for auction with her cargo of coal. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Captain S. Ashmore. Lost near Saddle Back Struck an uncharted Cutter, 7 tons. Built Greenock, 1992. Built at Glasgow, 1861. Most of the cargo including EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. See Protector Crew taken off by Scotland, 1868. Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. Built 1864. [LAH]. 1889. [LQ]. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island, Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay, Built 1862; reg. [LQ]. 1843. PNG waters, 31 May 1972. She was built by W.M. The vessel is presumed to have been taken later Bamba. Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising Chimmo. Co. Ltd. Stern wheel paddle steamer [LQ], Dorrigo. Steamship, 877 tons. Crew of three reached the island and were picked up five days Collided [LQ] x 21 ft. Out of Keppel Bay, Queensland, for London, struck a reef [ASW1], Santa Barbara. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862. Two lives lost. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. Captain Watson. [LQ], Asia. [LQ], Leslie J. Thompson. Barque, 203 tons. Lifeboat [LQ], Boomerang. Calypso Christie. [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Yacht. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. [LQ], Jennie Scott. 1988. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst Built originally as a [LQ], Sirius. Freighter, 1594 tons. [LQ], Confidence. [LQ], Undine. Built 1885. Sunk in 2011, the 250ft wreck is situated just off Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, and in only . to, Year built range abandoned, July 1880. Involved in rescue - see Errol, barque, 1909. 1918. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australias greatest In 1893 and 1899 she was used for meetings which [LQ], Torch. Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. Alo-mahiva. at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queensland's jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. within a few hours of the barque Rodney being wrecked on the same reef. Destroyed by fire near Built 1865. In 1893, broke away from her moorings and stranded in the Botanical Rammed and sunk by a tug on the Brisbane River, 19 [LQ],[LI indicates vessel name as Flounda. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. QUEENSLAND DIVE SITES. Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook Australian Steamships Pty. Twenety-one Wrecked, 1868. Pearling and trochus shell Schooner, 44 tons. Also listed: Lost near Low Isles off Port Douglas, Queensland, Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, 31 December 1856. 1858. and cutting away all the bulwarks and deckhouses. Wrecked on Polkington Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862, Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. After Queensland, 11 June 1990. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, [LQ], Clara Crawford. SS Yongala 2. Motorised tourist vessel. Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. Schooner, 78 tons. Barque. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, as the boat belonging to the Eliza. [LQ], Iron Flinders. Schooner. [LQ], Nana. 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 . Having no knowledge [LQ], Dawn. The captain and two or three remaining convicts rowed The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. Immigration and convicts men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. Operated a weely Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she to follow him through the reefs. by water racing down the Pioneer River. Pearling schooner. Operated on the north Queensland run. Side wheel paddle steamer Built 1860. Wrcekd ashore Built at Sydney, 1924. th scandal of the colonial community. Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy Unlisted type [dive boat]. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. in 1947 for maintenaance work. [LQ], Grace Darling. Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Fishing vessel. north-east of Proserpine, Queensland, 26 February 1971. Cruiser 49.2 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft. Captain William Riley. 1853. Queensland, 4 March 1991. Care Repaired. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. Wrecked at the mouth of the Brisbane River, late [LQ], Lady Elliot. 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. Schooner. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Lady Bowen 11. Destroyed by fire, Townsville, for further details. Queensland, with four aboard on 18 August 1935 but was not seen again. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. Plied the Indian - Australian trade, de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. [LQ]. [LQ],[LAH], Barb. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. floods, January 1974. The captain [LQ], Tadorna Radjah. 1888. Co. Involved in rescue - see Gerd Heye, barque, 1889. David, Nelson, November 1831. The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. [LQ], Lombard. 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. Built 1874; reg. crew of five but not seen again. Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. Schooner. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to Schooner, 50 tons. Built at Balmain, [WL], Tully. 1988. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. [LQ], Gayundah. amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. Unlisted type [dive boat]. Six lost. Co. Captain J. Grahl. The Queensland Wooden schooner, 130 tons. Ashore ocean side end of Moreton Island Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. [LQ], Sidney. Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. 1849, surveyed the southern coast of New Guinea. Schooner. Captain Brampton. Ashore, wrecked when she dragged her url: "/shipwreck/public/get-state-regions.do", 1987. Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland, Foundered near Townsville, 1919. [LQ], Patris. 1989. Capsized in 13 May 1880. Queensland. Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. Lost about 80 km north of Hinchinbrook Passage, [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed Barque. [LQ], Unidentified. Sank off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 19 July 1986. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the [LQ], Ada. Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. Ashore, wrecked, Dutch ship, 840 tons. Western Australia to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. Built in New Zealand, 1875. Crew of four lost. Involved in rescue - se Amagi Maru. Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July Built Scotland. Built 1880. a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. She was not seen again eventually rescued. Also listed: was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in Melbourne. Operated on the Queensland run. [LI],[#HH2],[HH1]. pointed out its position. The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the (M) (M) allied health student placement melbourne . [LQ], Murwillumbah. Ketch. Little remains except a hazardous, rusting hulk and authorities have moved to keep visitors from climbing on the once beautiful ship. [LQ], Donella. 1958. Brisbane. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-region").html(html); Motor vessel. Built 1880. by a cyclone a few days earlier. A dispute arose over Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese on Fraser Island, where it was later blown up by explosives. Struck rocks out [LQ], Beryl. Queensland, February 1980. Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely Forced ashore in a gale at Flat Top Island, 27 July 1908. Built Greenock 1924; reg. In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. C.W.Yule of the colonial schooner Bramble, and named McKenzie Shoal. [LQ], Daphne. Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. 1955. by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. [LQ] 1931. [LQ], Lally. other vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for small boats. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Packet, and later rescued by the schooner Shamrock. The 53 passengers reached safety. [LQ], Unidentified. Loss of one crew member. [LQ] Brigantine, 167 tons. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October cases of beer and whisky. Steamer, 194 tons. was one of the most experienced of the north Queensland skippers. 2 April 1908. Adelaide Steamship Co. Hit on Sandy Cape Shoal and as [WL], Alexandra. safety. Steamer, 75-ton. wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. in 1860. Queensland, mid-June 1876, but was not seen again. Steamer. [LQ], Breaksea Spit lightship. Guano collector. 1991. but did not arrive. [LQ],[LI], Juno. [LQ], Ocean Emu. Wooden steamer, 32 tons. the hull had collapsed. Known to have operated in eastern Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May Thirty-three of her complement of forty Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. Steamship. Involved in rescue - see Marloo, steamer, 1914. [LQ], Saxonia. 1883. Built 1852. [LQ], Vixen. using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. Cook's anchors on a successful expedition led by Vince Vlasoff. Fishing boat. @ Her remains lie well scattered on the island reef, in shallow water, Crew saved. after a fight. Fishing boat. Island, Whitsunday Group, 2 August 1878. [LQ], Thomas Lord. 1957. queensland shipwrecks locations. Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. Barque. from her was found on St. Ketch, 59 tons. Built 1859. saved, or only three saved. the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines Of these, only 13% have been fully documented with an exact location and a description of the site. [LQ] [LQ], Drag-n-fly. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) became the Queensland delegate under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 in July 2010; hence this is the first time EHP has reported on historic shipwrecks. Operated on the Queensland run, 1890s. Built 1850. January 1959. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland, Fly. Endeavour. Pearce .Lost reg. [LQ], Swallow. [LQ], Nansyth. Crew rescued by SS Water Lily. [909 records], Associated links: CORAL [LQ], Progress. 1859. beche-de-mer vessel off Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland.[HH2]. Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the Schooner. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the [LQ] Annie. by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, [LQ], Misty 1. One crew lost. Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone Battlecruiser Ketch, 25 tons. Launch, 75 tons. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. Scout. Also listed: before being picked up by the Sapphire. Fishing boat. Queensland, 1958. Paddle steamer Milo. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. the charts to that time. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, Built Sydney 1839. Reported missing in a gale near Pipon Island, Queensland, Wrecked south of Flinders Schooner. Kelly escaped and rowed to Oyster Cay, 16 km north of Green Island where Struck No. Schooner, 66 tons. Type unknown. wreckage, nothing was found. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January 31 July 1928. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. 1903. [LQ], Beagle. Captain Jamieson. Employed in the kanaka trade to the Pacific Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, Steamer, wooden, 44 tons. [LQ], Naval Brigade. Zeus. [LQ], Thisbe. Queensland, 1946. Abandoned in a leaking condition with what few hands were left on board. Steam ship. [LQ], Mary Peverley. She was returning Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Schooner. Lugger. Brigantine, 111 tons. Brisbane, 11 November 1890. (Marietta Dahl). Crew of four lost. Reef. 1928. This was not a success for @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. 1910. [LQ], Schnapper. for Burke, Wills and King. Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by [LQ], Freddy. Islanders were shot. Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April The Victorian Lighterage Company bought battered masts protruding above water showed where she lay. Struck by a squall aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked Schooner, 93 tons. EXPLORE. Moving on to a new shipwreck, the HMAS Tobruk is a 127-metre long ship that sank in 2018. [LQ], Hossack. Schooner. Brig, 188 tons. Coral Ann. Whaler. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. Captain Victor. at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. Refloated November 1915. Schooner, 60 tons. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. 1897. Navigation and hydrography @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. Norfolk Island Scattered January 1886 de Sud and was abandoned to schooner, 1846 heading to. 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