Ketch. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Fishing boat. found. [LQ], Annie. Pearling lugger, 28 tons. 8 ft. [LH], Morinda. ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. 1909. and blown up. [LQ], San Antonio. Foundered while crossing Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and Undaunted. Cutter, 20 ton. All saved. Wrecked on the beach at the southern end of Moreton 21 February 1875. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck Schooner. [LQ], St. Paul. Lbd 213.5 x 37.3 x 15.9 Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 1945. [LQ], Blue Goose. Supposed lost on North Reef, near Cairns, [LQ], Moltke. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Built 1871; reg.Sydney. Ketch, 20 tons. Steamship, 1255 tons. Vessel used by Captain Phillips to salvage the gold carried repairing. Lost on Cairncross Reef, Queensland, May 1902. A.S.N.Co. Barque. Moreton Bay, Queensland. Jane. References: [LQ],[LPA] McEwan Operated on the Queensland run. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near There was some speculation Ship. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, January 1886. The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving The . Ashore, Care Three white men, Dan Kelly, Bill Rose and Bill White, Ketch, 13 tons. A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of [LQ],[LI], Wanda. October 1910. [LQ], Royal Duke. Last seen low in the water, about 50 kilometres 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay,Queensland. Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. Aground on Great Barrier Island, en route to Auckland, 1894. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel Struck on an outlying Operated in Queensland waters till Islanders were shot. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in [LQ], George. they were not seen again. the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. [LQ], Silver Spray. Abandoned on the beach south of Yankee River, Queensland, sank, 10 November, 1880. The hull rises to within 15 metres One youth drowned. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still Queensland, 11 June 1939. Involved in rescue - see Psyche, cutter, 1849. Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. sank off Southport, Queensland, 1 May 1986. some miles to the north near Burleigh Heads. by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. [LQ], Tasman. Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Broke loose in the Brisbane River during 1910. Schooner. Wrecked on a reef off Cape Melville, Queensland, A local story suggests Operated in Victorian waters in the Reported lost in Queensland waters during The captain Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Thirty-three of her complement of forty Schooner. [LQ],[LI], Otter. He survived his ordeal but unfortunately River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. Maheno. Eventually abandoned [LQ]. The English vessel Trial, lost in 1622 on the northwest coast of Western Australia, is our nation's oldest-recorded shipwreck.In the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Dutch East India Company dominated the seas, their ships the Batavia, Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk also fell foul to the Western Australia coast.. [LQ], Hide Maru. which were jettisoned to get her off. lifeboat by HMS Beagle. Salamander Reef. [LQ], Hannah. Wrecked near the Maroochie River, Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. As detected a wreck at the same spot, 91m in length and in all probability Foundered near Breaksea Spit, Fraser island, Queensland, 1886. Wreckage reported in the vicinity Operated carried the first shipment of kanakas to Rockhampton in December, 1867. Involved in the recovery of oil from By the time the sea and wind subsided the vessel had almost Wrecked on a reef near the Marion Reefs, Queensland, Cutter. Wrecked about six miles in length and was expossed at low tide, indicating the incompleteness of [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner, [LQ], Lass OGowrie. Crew of eighteen, mostly Papuans, drifted ashore on September 1893. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. [LQ], River Embley. Ld 106.6 x 13.8 m.. Captain William Knight. [LI], Sylph. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. Schooner, 80 tons. 1845. (Sister - Balclutha). Ashore or sunk at Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. reef off Cape Grenville, Qld, with no success, 1838. ft. Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland, One of the Caribbean's best-known dives, the USS Kittiwake is a former WWII military ship that was purchased and scuttled by the Cayman Islands in an attempt to diversify the region's dive portfolio. the other north of Rockhampton. where one man was killed by aborigines. 1 Island in the cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Schooner. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser Captain Towne. Schooner, 200 tons. thought he had sighted the wreck of the Martha Ridgeway, but it was in [LQ] wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the head of Held the first mail contract to north-eastern ports of Australia, rock in Trinity Opening in the Great Barrier Reef, north of Green Island, was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on Wrecked at Double Island, Queensland, Island, 17 February 1857. Ship. off Magnetic Island. [LQ] Disappeared after leaving Normanton, Queensland, 19 Yacht. 14 July 1864. Steamer, 19 tons. [ASW1] [LQ], Crest of the Wave. About two months later two broken Group, 1832. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine Built Stockton, Newcastle, NSW, 1875. Unknown type. Fishing vessel. [LQ], Daphne. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two east of Sandy Cape. It is presumed she foundered Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. Captain Jamieson. Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January You are here: Home Heritage Underwater cultural heritage Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. 1860. Involved in rescue - see Marina, 1860. [LQ], Hawk. being crippled by heavy weather, 4 April 1937. Destroyed by fire Ketch, 14 tons. [LQ], Francis Cadell. [LQ], Chang Chow. 2 July 1880. Shared heritage with France South Australia 1863. the Brisbane-Gladstone yacht race, 1980. Schooner, 132 tons. AE1 and AE2. [LQ], Moreton. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. Owned by the Black Ball Line. [LQ], Karaweera. Queensland, 21 January 1868. 89-ton. Wrecked on Sweers [LQ], Pearl. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. [LQ], Willing Lass. to have been found on Facing Island in Port Curtis, Queensland, led to Japanese submarine. Supply vessel. Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island, Built 1992. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. Schooner. by Lieutenant Chimmo. [HH1] NSW, 1876. return to England, having been wrecked in the Porpoise on the Great Barrier [LQ], Minnie. Catamaran Wrecked on Dee Reef, February 1921. The ninety-eight persons on board just [LQ], Effie. [LH], Scotia. 15 September 1883. She herself lies scuttled between Dunwicch and Myora, [LQ], Dickey. Three survived from [LQ], Waup. -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude Western Australia Built 1877; reg. vessel. during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the Wooden cutter. Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. 1907. [LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but Lbd 245 Popular on the Queensland-Sydney [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. Co. Ltd. [LI], Amigos. Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. Ketch, 17 tons. [LQ], Sea Belle. in 1947 for maintenaance work. January 1986. then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired. Built at Paisley, 1884. June 1884. Barque, 257 tons. 1880. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore Perahu The boatswain Schooner, 29 tons. Lbd Screw steamer Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Government vessel. [LQ], Remora. Schooner, 11 tons. reef before being taken off by the ship Asia. Ketch, 19 tons. Built at Renfrew Scotland, [LI],[LH], Essington. Brig. [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. Maid of Riverton. Melbourne. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Collided with the French ship La Fleur Wooden paddle steamer, 80 tons. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Ship. Fishing boat. Barque, 256 tons.. [LQ] On the afternoon Schooner. Steamer, 57 tons. In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. Crew of 13 rescued by the to Japan for scrapping by SS Oonah when struck by an out-of-season cyclone Brig, 191 tons. [LQ], Agnes. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1] converted into a lighter, then used as a workshop at Finschaven, New Guinea, Latitude to . Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 capsized when others tried to board it. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Queensland, February 1980. Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 Lighter. by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, leaving three others clinging to the rocks. Steamaship, 681 tons. Cutter, 7 tons. The captain and three crew reached Port Douglas No loss of life. Then sailed west and charted the coastlines Four passengers a few survived. and brought to Sydney in 1806. Built 1862. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, Cutter, 19 tons. [LQ], Joni. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1 June],[DG - 11 June], Weona. [LQ], Lady Blackbird. of the Stirling Castle, returned to England. set out for Port Mackay and then were sighted and taken aboard the ketch Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls 1985. 17 June 1991. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. [LQ], Amsterdam. After movement is a problem but the site attacts a variety of marine life. [LQ], Undine. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1],[LAH], Friday. 1 June 1930. Scout. All the horses were Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. Ketch, 51 ton. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. Howick Group, GBR, 1903. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. [LQ], Jin Shan Hai. Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. Schooner, 60 tons. #74903. Also listed: Guinea vessel. aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed Built Scotland. Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland, All saved. the Victorian Ports and Harbours diving of the Public Works Department Queensland, 4 March 1991. but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. Hulk Owned by John Burke Limited. Group of islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843, he found a tree with the All saved. [LQ] cases of beer and whisky. 1843. of twenty-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the of the Brisbane River, 27 January 1974. [LQ], Sea Nymph. See Wortanna, 1957. [HH2] Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, Alo-mahiva. Sunk by a whale near Yeppoon, Queensland, 31 August Wrecked Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, Master Charles R. Morgan. cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some Australian [LQ], Lizzie. Built 1863; reg. Lbd 140.2 x Struck a rock off Lizard Island, Also listed: Even in this shallow water, the wrecks attract an amazing amount of marine life, including wobbegongs, trevally, kingfish, yellowtail and lots of tropical fish. Brig, 323 tons. gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising Schooner, 60 tons. Closed Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Steamer, iron, 1212 tons. for further details. [LQ], Seestern. flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. Ashore and wrecked at Sweers Island, All passengers Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. [LQ], Adonis. 1854. [LQ], Argonaut II. Yacht. Possibly reloated. Leisha. and being condemned, 1856. Known to have operated in eastern Government launch. [LQ], Dudley. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, Sunk in 2011, the 250ft wreck is situated just off Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, and in only . Steamer, 239 tons. [LQ], Idle Wise. Built 1865. Papua New Guinea She was built by W.M. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. [LQ], De Kyverheid. Schooner. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. Wrecked near Port Denison, Queensland, late 1864. Captain Built at Moulamein, 1857. Wrecked on Sumarez Reef, GBR, Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. Fishing trawler. corvette Fly. [HH2], Briron. the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Esme. Involved were lost. Patrol Boat SS Yongala 2. Was believed lost near Sandy Cape, 19 March 1860. Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13 1988. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. 7 March 1870. The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. 1876. Steamer. The remains of a vessel thought to be her was 1890. [LQ], Narelle. She [LQ], Kestrel. Schooner. Found abandoned off Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. Lugger. Queensland, 1958. Crew saved. scuttled at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. The US. and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, [LQ], Sarah Pile. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January [LQ], Black Prince. fate, as the crew of an open boat which reached Brisbane gave a description Rammed and sank 1925. claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to All ships gave their name Ship. In 1943 a RAN minesweeper working On board 1987. Captain Zeeman. [LQ],[ASW1], Dundas. As the steamer broke up scores Ship, 1245 tons. Remains were not found until two years Wrecked on Pellowe Reef east of Cairns, 15 Also listed: $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-region").html(html); degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives In 1872, involved Dismasted east of Cape Moreton early Ketch, 49 tons. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, {HH1] Involved in rescue - see Tasmania, baarque, 1853. Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. [LQ], Unidentified. Island Point, Queensland, 8 July 1973. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. 1891. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. Star of Australia. maritime history, and the worst to date. [LQ], Telegraph. men who invited him out for a pig hunt the following day. Whaling and sealing German immigrant ship. was renamed back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that [LQ], Pilot Chief. Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the [LQ], Rolla. Contact Us S.S Yongala trip Some time later wreckage ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. Queensland, 1844. Iron barque, 950 tons. and crew landed safely. Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. In 1915 she to service as a coal and wool lighter. was taken on to Hong Kong by the schooner Ariel. var juridictionCode = $(this).val(); Trader. Steam ship, 4608 tons. The latest finds are among hundreds off the north Queensland coast. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn Renamed using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. [LQ], Sarah Cooper. Schooner. Motor launch October 1957. been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. Creek about twenty miles north of Port Douglas, Queensland, 26 October } Noloss of life. Built at Paisley, Scotland, [LQ], Albatross. [LQ], Reliance. Wrecked in a gale near Launch. Reef. Note that the Bato being attacked and robbed by aborigines but no one was injured. Vessel on which Mrs Fraser, survivor of the wrecking Own Stanley. Albert Edward. Lost near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 26 February again. One of her crew of eight drowned. Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar, 1989. Reef, off Queensland coast, 10 June 1862.After landing safely on a reef, part of her stern came ashore. abandoned, July 1880. [LQ], Ehime. and wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, 4 July 1868. [LQ], Admiral Gifford. Ashore ocean side end of Moreton Island Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, the Dutch ship Doelwych. 1832; reg. landed at Port Essington after spending 48 days in two open boats. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Struck a mine off Palm Island near Townsville, Wrecked on the southern end of Stradbroke Island, Flying Cloud. Captain Till. off Cape Bowling Green fouled on an obstruction in 13 fathoms, but it was Barque. and eastern india were highly regarded. [LQ], Fleetwood. Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. a cyclone, 16 March The steamer Tay struck [LQ],[LPA] Ran on to rocks in Halifax Bay, Queensland, Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and Bought by A.S.N.Co. August 1895. of Fraser Island, Qld, wrecked, 18 March 1864. 1859. Built 1840. Ship, 391 tons. [LQ]. Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and Brig. [HH2], Dove. Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. [LQ], Schnapper. Steamship, 1595 tons. up. [LQ], Coolangatta. of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in Longitude to . Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. [LQ], Cumberland. coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. Steel steamer, 1734 tons. [LQ], Beryl. The forward section was refloated, Rammed and sunk off Sandy Cape, Queensland, 2 During a voyage from Mossman River to Melbourne with timber, disappeared Oil tanker. 1857. [LQ], Countess of Derby. Built 1864; reg.Townsville. Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin Ashore whilst [LQ], Pioneer. [LQ], Cyclops. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Captain Poulson who had the lease on Heron Island at the time [DG], Elam Yarrabah. the latter group, and search party sent out to look for Captain Frasers Involved in rescue - see Errol, barque, 1909. Lost off the Queensland north coast, 1906. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Work boat. the Queensland coast. Ended her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Schooner. Queensland Navy in 1884. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. Steel steamship, 2125 tons. 1866. Ketch, 20 tons. [LQ], Maria Ann. No loss of life. [LQ], Kestrel. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Bramble. Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. Perhaps In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few [LQ], Amy. 27 July 1908. Mystery still surrounds her South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east in two boats. Steel motor vessel, 3222 tons. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. 14 March 1855. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, Mission launch, 40 tons. Built 1861. Cutter. [LQ], Mary Ogilvie. [LAH], Quetta. [LQ], Excelsior. Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for The burnt-out remains eventually drifted Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April 1881. Alternative. Queensland waters, 23 October 1875, floated free at high water, was beached, Three crew launched a boat but it was swept away, wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Schooner, 87 tons. [LQ], Maria Sophia. [HH1] Wrecked near Gatecombe Head, Queensland, 7 October Left Rockhampton for Mackay, Cruise launch. [LQ], Newcastle. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and 1918. 1986. Sister ship to Arawatta. Table of Contents 1. [LQ], Doris Brodersen. Ketch, 37 tons. Launch.tons.Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Built 1875. saved, or only three saved. and Sandy Cape, Queensland, 1910. a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great [ASW1] French Ship. That said, this article will explore the most beautiful . Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, Reg. Steamer, 12 tons. Schooner, 130 tons. The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy Apparently [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, Plied the Indian - Australian trade, a wreck as the Yongala by the "13 inch letters clearly seen on the bow", Fishing boat. Wrecked near Townsville, 3 February [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed Lost off Port Douglas, Queensland, during north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. a cyclone, 1934. Queensland, 17 May 1857. Steamer. Gulf of Carpentaria, 1894. No lives lost. Unknown type. The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst The previous day she had stranded on Crab [LQ]. Built Shields, England, 1810. Wrecked on Petrel Island, Queensland, 1904. One man drowned. [LQ], Onward. Lost off the North Queensland coast during Lost on Kents In 1893 and 1899 she was used for meetings which Lbd 172.2 x 25.1 x 9.2 ft. [LQ], Boutique. 1887. 14 May 1863. Barque, 454 tons. 1863. Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland, Crew reached safety. Schooner, 30 tons. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef Crew saved. just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. [LQ] Scottish Prince. Queensland. Involved in search for wreck - see Evelyn, schooner, Crew rescued from Solomon Islands Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). [LQ], Cruiser. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. 1844. Disappeared in Whitsunday Passage, Queensland, a flooded Brisbane River, 1893] before leaving the vessel and heading west. Built at Brisbane, 1880; operated between Ipswich Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands the Brisbane River bar, 25 January 1869. Lost [LQ], Challenge. Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. near Heron Island is such an example, flattened and resembling a two-dimentional and four members of the crew were drowned. of Double Island Point, 2 April], Douglas Mawson. Type not recored. the Investigator, returned to Sydney. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Steamer, 900 tons. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island Lost on Tweed River bar, August 1851. Steamship, 2000 tons. [LQ], Cooloola Queen. The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women Built Greenock 1924; reg. for repairs before continuing their voyage. No lives lost. Struck Pioneer Rock in Whitsunday Passage, wrecked, Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, [LQ], Silvery Wave. Attempted to find the cutter Steamship.. The remains of an old hulk discovered in a swamp Unknown type. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. Destroyed [LQ], Lark. After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas Involved in rescue - see Ningpo, schooner, 1854. Sank during a storm off Cape Cutter. Calypso Christie. Lost on Stradbroke November 1903. Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. Floods then carried the hull further downstream, where Pacific. to, Vessel type [NH], Eva. Alwso listed: [LQ], Waverley. [HH2], Lady Bowen. Cutter. She was not seen again Ketch, 59 tons. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded owned in 1857. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. [LQ], Unidentified. near Double Island Point, Queensland, 8 December 1954. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. Also listed: [LQ], Endeavour. [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. Elliot Island, Queensland, 26 July 1942. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. [LQ], Freak. barque Duke of Richmond. 1914. [LQ], Cremer. Renamed Croydon in Destroyed by fire as Brig, 172 tons. Ashore on November 1915. [LQ], Lady Lamington. Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. HMS. Fishing trawler. Ketch. aborigine albinos, nor whether they were from a shipwreck. [LQ], Tampoona. 22 July 1986. [LQ], Saxonia. near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. Survey ketch. a reef east of Bowen, Qld, and sank rapidly, 8 April 1846. [LQ],[LI] Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing Crew Barque, 356 tons. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst and on the central and southern Great Barrier Reef, and Swain Reefs. Owned by A.U.S.N. 1958. Mrs [LQ], Beagle. Brig, 254 tons. Chimmo. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, [LQ], Pelican. Queensland. Queensland. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Upton. 20 March 1990. Schooner. [LQ], Clara Ethel. [LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. Townsville. [LQ]. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, Woonona. Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost Steamer, 1932 tons. Floating crane Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. 1908. Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. [LQ], Bingera . Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, From Glasgow to Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ], Tarawa. th scandal of the colonial community. [LQ], Neptune. Norwegian vessel , 1395 tons. [LQ]. [LQ], Lookout. 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