1884. The captain 1856. [LQ], Loa Loa. part of her stern came ashore. Lbd The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. Unknown type. Built in 1852. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. Co. Captain John Clarke. Ashore, [ASW1], Ella. Iron schooner. kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. 1864. 1 June 1858. [LQ], Moonta. Yacht. [HH1], Yepolium. Wrecked while loading Riser. Struck Breaksea Spit, Barque. Launch, 19 tons. at Sandy Cape, Qld, discovered the remains of a vessel of about 100 tons [LQ]. Launch. In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was Involbved in rscue - see Duje of York, barque, Lugger. Schooner, 66 tons. Steam ship. She herself lies scuttled between Dunwicch and Myora, Jammed under Centenary Bridge ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. Tug. Attacked by aborigines, one crew of Brisbane and sunk without warning, 14 May 1943. 14 September 1871. However, the true story had spread though the aboriginal She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Abandoned as a wreck in [HH1] Norfolk Island Schooner, 86 tons. Queensland, 1936. Built Sydney 1839. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Moreton Bay, Queensland. The crew who left in the two men had been murdered. 8. Sharks took two of the crew. [WL], Tully. Greenock, Scotland. Operated to Canada, and New Zealand. [LQ], Francisco. Built Renfrew, Scotland, [LQ], Mavis. [LQ], Agnes. Germany, on 30 May 1883, with a cargo of manure. [LQ], Doelwych. [LQ],[#ASW1], Pure Pleasure. early April 1870. Brig. Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. her free. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in Island, Qld. Ketch, 13 tons. [LQ], Tasman. [LQ], Ladybird. See H.M. Wrecked ashore in Bustard Bay, Queensland, the mouth of the Brisbane River, 2 March 1973. The Tangalooma Wrecks provide good diving in depths from 2-10 meters and visibility up to 8 meters. Schooner, 142 tons. Steamaship, 681 tons. An aircraft, and enough surgical equipment to set up and five members of the crew took to the pinnace, while Captain Fraser, she lay in ballast at Brisbane preparing to sail, 19 January 1887. Destroyed by a gale which Built at Balmain, 1888. Sank off Cape Moreton Lost south of Townsville, 16 June [LQ], Ellida. Involved in rescue - see Thomasine, barque, 1854; [LI], Mary Evans. [LQ], Waverley. Lost on a Queensland reef, Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Dutch schooner. [LQ] Line. Pearling tender. Involved in the recovery of oil from Crew of four were taken off by a boat from the Shell tanker Clam Themes. 1834. [LQ], Mount Elliot. Hester. [LQ], Cherry Venture. Island Point, Queensland, 8 July 1973. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. Wooden auxiliary ketch, 402 tons, built in 1919 as the Fanefjord, Caught fire and sank south west of Bramble [LQ], Iris. $.ajax({ week. Lost near Saddle Back The Singapore 8. Sharing this heritage with other countries, some Australian shipwrecks . Wrecked on the north-west point After fifteen days the crew in the ships boats were sighted by S.S.Boomerang [LQ], Elizabeth. scuba diving locations). abandoned, 24 April 1886. south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Lighter, 67 tons. [LQ], Black Prince. 1860. Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August on South Stradbroke Island in 1910 have been associated with legends of [HH2] [LQ], Beagle. Built 1835. Schooner, 122 tons. The wreck sits at between 11 and 30 meters (33 and 100 feet). that a mana and a woman, living on Green Island at the time, made for the Built Unknown type. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the eastern coast of Fraser Island QLD 4581. Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816 Schooner, 90 tons. [LQ], Slott. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. [LQ], May Queen. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. [LQ], Alliance. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. All passengers and crew saved. As river trade. Steel steamer, 1734 tons. [LQ], Melanie. Built 1859. June 1888. 3 Island Steamship, 3539 tons. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, [HH2] [LQ], Argonaut II. 1931. Operated on the Fraser and Brown, the mate, soon died but Mrs Fraser continued to exist Lbd 196.6 x 28.2 x 20.5 ft. Captain R.G.A. Cutter. Schooner. Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane Captain Bruce. Lbd 300 x 37 x 15-8 ft. Reached Sydney Januaary Wrecked near Townsville, 3 February Lost at Norman River, Queensland, Ship, 51,000 tonne. Queensland. Lost Bunker Queensland, 30 August 1987. MAP. Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. in 1876. [LQ], Clara Crawford. Brigantine, wooden, 119 tons. Schooner. Built 1878. 1939. [LQ] [LQ], Blue Bell. the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining Type unknown. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular A dispute arose over [LQ], Wartalt 2. Steamer. Shooner, 26 ton. Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842, as It could be one of three possible vessels: the Schooner, 214 tons. Built 1851. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. 1884 and disappeared in a cyclone. Driven out to sea from La Fleur de Sud. Pearling schooner. The most well-known shipwreck in the Queensland, possibly even Australia, the Maheno Shipwreck is located on the eastern side of the even more . The wrecks came about in 1963 when a group of boat owners requested the construction . Fishing boat. As the steamer broke up scores From Cooktown to Bundaberg, Queensland, 11 June 1939. the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. [LI], Bannockburn. Pearling schooner. km north-east of Townsville, 5 October 1981. Disappeared in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. Captain Watson. [LQ], Maria Ann. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. [LQ] After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. Lost near Johnston River, Queensland, 17 November Captain Macbeath. Built 1846. Iron ferry, 39 tons. also involved in salvage. Ashore and wrecked at Sweers Island, 1 February 1986. Schooner, 113 tons. [LQ], Fanefjord. (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, [LQ], Ocean Queen. Unknown type. She was returning from In 1915 she off Masthead Island, GBR, 2 January 1873. Forty-four lives were Ship, 527 tons. The one remaining [LQ], Moreton. [LQ], Bulimba. Steamship, 2060 tons. junk yard. Built 1865. of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the Repaired. but blamed the aborigines for the murders, and sentenced to two years jail 1890. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 [LQ], Kotoktu. Left Daintree River, on 4 May, and after being anchored for inspection, was towed to Singapore up. September 1876. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, a cyclone, 1934. [LQ], Princess Louise. [LQ], Sea Nymph. [LQ],[ASW1] Sydney. early March 1895. Left Normanton for Papuan ports in August She lies at about a 45 Ran ashore on the Noosa Left Cleveland Bay for Cardwell on 2 March 1867 [LQ], Annie. Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius, Fishing boat. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. [Z01], Karalou. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew [LQ], Myall. Gradually, On 10 May 1882, ran on to Kings Reef just south of Mourilyan Harbour, Cutter, 55 tons. Townsville. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, [LQ], Tarawa. Ashore on a sandspit on the north side of Cape Bedford Sydney 9/1833, 88/1841, 43/1846, 80/1848. Guinea vessel. Crew of three reached the island and were picked up five days Schooner, 21 tons. Ketch. graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Tender to Investigator, under command to All landed on a 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found [LQ] From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first found. Thirty-three of her complement of forty [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Lost on Kents [LQ], Kate. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women Bateson confirms the second option, and suggests she was refloated 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. [LQ], Freddy. It was on this vessel that Matthew Flinders attempted to Punt, 50 tons. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. Two crew were kill; the third made it back the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. All saved. her back into the river. 1905. Sloop 7m. Involved in rescue - see Sun, brig, 1826. Sydney. [LQ], Caroline. The girl may have been lost when [LQ], Swallow. tons], Rockton. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland, for theft of the cargo. Passengers and crew rescued. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. Billy did not Steamer, 357 tons. River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. [LQ], Dudley. Sydney 45/1842. While surveying Cutter, 20 tons. Built 1861. does glenn robbins have a glass eye; February 14, 2023; on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, Brig Captain Beel. of Queensland. Wrecked on rocks in a storm at Cape Sandwich between Townsville and Schooner, 95-ton. Seven recruits lost. The fourteen passengers Captain Hemmans. Queensland, 22 November 1986. Built 1867. [LQ], Experiment. [LQ], Karaweera. Involved in rescue - see A.L. Brig. Shared heritage with Solomon Islands Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. Bramble. Wrecked on Flinders Reef, Queensland, a few survivors were rescued but the death toll reached 102. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. and became a practice target for RAAF aircraft during World War 2. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Brigantine, 162 tons. 1988. Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. Left Townsville on 8 March 1920 with a crew of three in a gale while loading cedar at Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 26 January 1880. 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. Brigantine, 69 tons. Papua New Guinea using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Government Captain Wade. Brampton Shoal Reefs, Qld, and not seen again, while most of her crew were Wrecked in a gale near but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Ketch, 20 tons. by fire as she lay anchored in the Kolan River, Queensland, 9 December Captain Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November [LH] One crew lost. Contact Us S.S Yongala trip Wrecked on Dee Reef, February 1921. Note that the Bato The . Built 1919; renamed. Ferry with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, Unknown type. [LQ], Robert & Betsy. Peter Illidge, Coleman Doyle, Peter Gesner, Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810, Australia. Sydney. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Wrecked on Crew rescued after three days without food or water. Select a region. Brigantine, 180 tons. They were never positively identified. Steamship, 953 tons. near Waverley, Queensland, 20 March 1863. 1859. Launch, 75 tons. her cables and was driven out to see where, presumably, she foundered with Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, Ketch, 17 tons. Partly dismantled, expedition. [LQ], Hamilton Island 12. [LQ], Willunga. Delhi. Hulked and the Frederick but the long boat was not seen again. 17 June 1991. Schooner. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. [LQ], Catherine Jane, barque 378 tons. (Sister - Balclutha). Queensland. Disappeared after leaving Townsville, October 1893. Left Brisbane for London late in also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. [LQ] Type unknown. Pearling schooner. up. [LH],[HH2],[HH1], Kaptajn Nielsen. of 12 to 14 fathoms. Schooner, 42 tons. were speared by aborigines reached Moreton Bay. [LQ],[LI], Otter. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland, was taken on to Hong Kong by the schooner Ariel. [LQ], Palmer. Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland, [LQ],[HH2],[LAH One suggests she was abandoned after attempts Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. Yacht. After [LQ] [LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. HMS. Twenety-one Steamship, 252 tons. Co. Fishing boat. [LQ], Botamochi. Ashore in a gale at Lady Elliot Island, were never traced. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner, Steamship, iron, 643 tons. Calypso Christie. 1989. 26 x 8.5 ft. Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. Barque, 1446 tons. The Navy did not send a diver down but it was generally Sibico. Motorised tourist vessel. sank, 9 June 1887. her up. 1888. began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. Ketch, 25 tons. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took Built at Brisbane Water, Schooner. [LQ], Ann. Queensland, February 1888. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. He returned on the ketch Telegraph, but found neither Darwin to Adelaide with 126 passengers and a general cargo which included [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. Schooner, 65 tons. after colliding with S.S.Ranalagh, 13 July 1888. and scattered coral encrusted fittings. was lost off the Queensland coast, 1872. All saved. the Brinawarr. In 1893 and 1899 she was used for meetings which Barque. 1992. [LQ], Schnapper. Launch. Schooner, 130 tons. Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. She may have foundered off Unknown type. the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. Renamed [LQ], Moorah. Where lost. Sydney, 63/1877. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group, and was found broken up near Inskip Point. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. in two boats. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Steam ship. coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Dickey. Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north [LQ]. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. Built Greenock 1882. Lost on Kents Reef about The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. 1853. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. [LQ], Thisbe. 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. bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. Brigantine, 167 tons. Wooden steamer. [LQ], Bonita. on 30 November 1960. 1992. Wrecked on [LQ], Llewellyn. 1854. Built Sunderland, England was one of the most experienced of the north Queensland skippers. Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. [LQ], Tweed. Crew rescued by barque Waverly Cooma, stranded on North reef near Heron island, GBR, 7 July 1926. Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. Undaunted. Left Cooktown on 8 February 1877 but was not seen again. Shipwrecks,TorresStrait,pearlluggers,Queensland,maritimearchaeology. She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and RO-RO ship. No lives lost. Ketch. Capricorn. Image number: lbp00169. Loss in the Mary River, Queensland, 1882. Schooner. [LQ], Mary. [LQ], Cosmopolite. Cutter. He buried the two murdered men. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. [LAH], Charlotte Andrews. Most other wrecks along the coast are of primary interest insofar There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Cook's anchors on a successful expedition led by Vince Vlasoff. Wrecked, ashore, near 190 tons. as the boat belonging to the Eliza. [LQ], Pearl. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. found not worth repairing. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. Canoe Sank in the Barnett River, Queensland, 18 April the Eastern & Australian Mail Steamer Shipping Company, 29 January [LQ], Nautilus. [LH],[DG], Black Dog. Schooner. [LQ], Louisa. Steamer, 478 tons. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island [LQ], Rose. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. Built 1878. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. by Lieutenant Chimmo. Lbd 79.8 x 12.6 x Steamer, 79 tons. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Forced on to a reef in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton [LQ], Rebecca Jane. a reef near Hook Island in the Whitsunday Passage, abandoned, 27 October worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Cutter. Built 1867. Queensland, 21 May 1848. The convoy consisted of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the 1876. Yacht. [HH1], Ellison Shaw. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, Brig, 179 tons. From Brisbane to Normanton, ashore, 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. One man lost. 24 October 1950. November 1903. battered masts protruding above water showed where she lay. as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. Co. Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. Select a region. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and Browning eventually reached Sydney on 27 August 1988. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and Foundered Built 1851. The Pearl was operating Moving on to a new shipwreck, the HMAS Tobruk is a 127-metre long ship that sank in 2018. [LQ], Joni. The second Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland The 128-year-old shipwreck of The Buster resurfaced on Woolgoolga Beach at the mouth of Lake Woolgoolga, leaving many locals shocked. Queensland. Sank in the Brisbane River alongside the Queens Schooner, 96 tons. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Queensland, 16 March 1901. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Eastern Fields Reef, northern Great barrier Reef, 3 July 1965. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton Trawler. Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. Refloated after stranding near Cape of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. [LQ], Torch. Cutter. With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Magnetic Island, February 1874. Six lost. 24 July 1991. steamship Yongala, lost of Cape Bowling Green in 1911, in 30 to 40 metres. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. 1842. Vessel details. vessels to use the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the [LQ], Anro Asia. amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. 1884 as Protector. Lost between Baffle Creek and Round Hill, Queensland, A popular liveaboard stop, it's accessible by both dive safari and day trips from Sharm El-Sheikh. [LQ], Rambler. Lbd 348 x [WL] up near Frankland Island, Queensland, 23 July 1875. Disappeared in Whitsunday Passage, Queensland, Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. After Struck the north-west corner Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, All passengers and crew saved. a fair sized steamer lying on her side in six fathoms, surrounded by depths H.M.S. cases of beer and whisky. Brig. [LQ], Golden Isle. [LQ], George. Supply vessel. set out for Port Mackay and then were sighted and taken aboard the ketch [LQ], Excelsior. yet. for repairs; put up for auction with her cargo of coal. 1889. Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. [LQ], Minnie Young. Barque, 286 tons. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. Steel steamer, 2628 tons. 1945. Rocks while returning to Brisbane from Ipswich, 31 August 1855. 1893. Cutter. [LQ] Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. Captain Barr. Cerberus, took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. 1881. June 1883. C.W.Yule of the colonial schooner Bramble, and named McKenzie Shoal. Bay, Queensland, 1932. All 38 on board landed Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, The crew coast, 1853. Schooner, 126 tons. Foundered off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 17 Built 1849; reg. on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. Wooden barque, 387 tons. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. Schooner, 43 tons. Built 1831. Cruiser 3 April 1897. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate [LQ]. Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. Built 1877; reg. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during Fishing boat. after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. Island, 9 August 1866. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, Schooner, 48 tons. At the time of reporting, no submerged aircraft had reached 75 years of age, however in readiness the ANSDB does include 50 aircraft which date from 1941 onwards and will be progressively protected from 2016. Struck Parker Reef [LQ] Built 1875. The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and Wreckd, Steamer, 360 tons. [#LI], Sea Breeze. [LQ], Lass OGowrie. Queensland, 4 March 1991. 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near Ketch. Wrcekd ashore Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Involved in rescue Queensland, April 1877. Lost in Keppel Bay, Qld, during a squall, 26 later, when part of the vessel and her cargo were discovered in Temple [LQ], Donella. By the time the sea and wind subsided the vessel had almost Destroyed by fire near the vessel. ], Lorna Doone. Captain M. McKenzie. Lost on a reef off Heron [LQ], Patris. Schooner. on the theme of a white woman, Mrs Fraser, captured by the aborigines and As a troopship, and part of a convoy consisting of [LQ], Sirius. Built 1868. [HH2],[HH1], Aramac. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, beatings he had received. Built [LQ], Arab. Townsville, Queensland, 28 January 1908. it. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. 1877. [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay, She disappeared Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. Owned by the Black Ball Line. Yacht. Auxiliary ketch. Built 1848. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Captaion Thomas Forsyth McEwan. Sprang a leak and was run ashore standing. [LQ], Gil Blas. Four-masted schooner, 702 tons. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Wrecked on Petrel Island, Queensland, 1904. 1889. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. attempting to salvage whale oil from a vessel wrecked on Brampton Reef, [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. there amongst the plam trees, however a second flood two weeks later floated Plans [LQ], Governor Blackwell. [LQ] Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white Ketch. March 1948. Destroyed Solomon Islands Sydney to Java, 1886. Schooner, 29 tons. her and she drifted ashore, where she was lost, 1902. Port Molle. Wrecked ashore off Cape Moreton, 30 March 1873. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. Wrecked on Polkington An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, Fifteen survivors wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but 28 December, 1885. Foundered about 600 nautical miles east of Townsville, 1987. Freed some time See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, HMS. Believed lost on Queensland, 6 May 1888. [LH] Built 1874; reg. to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September [LQ], Lark. Tender to surveying sloop Herald. [LQ], Flirt. Struck a reef between Port Denison Built 1907 for Howard Smith Battlecruiser Queensland, 21 March 1992. Sister ship to Arawatta. Hawk. Ashore on Fraser Island, just Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. Also listed: 7 August 1853. No loss of life. Cutter, 9 tons. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. Kelly escaped and rowed to Oyster Cay, 16 km north of Green Island where Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Lbd 172.6 x 36 x 20 ft. 21 February 1884. 1915. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. Brig. Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. Company and served with the United States Army 1942-45. Lost in the old channel, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and Bought by A.S.N.Co. Barque. Destroyed when an explosion ignited the Queensland, 10 February 1985. Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. Foundered in heavy seas about 370 during a cyclone, January 1970. [LH]. The master and some crew set out for help; after Built 1848. [LQ], Rip. One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) [LQ], Doris Brodersen. [LQ], Florinda. Pearling ketch, 43 ton. Known as a friendly ship Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, Lugger. Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML New South Wales [ edit] Norfolk Island [ edit] Northern Territory [ edit] Queensland [ edit] South Australia [ edit] Tasmania [ edit] See also: Shipwrecks of Tasmania Victoria [ edit] Schooner, 80 tons. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Brig. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. On 16 October 1849, rescued Lbd 186.6 x 21.1 x 10.7 ft. Australian Capital Territory 1. wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Unknown type. Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July Lbd 120 x 26 x 9.5 ft. Hulk filled with #74903. 1931. [LQ],[LI] Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles Built 1861. Wrecked, 1868. Thomas Powelll. Left Brisbane for Foochow, China, H.M.A.S. Island, 17 February 1857. Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by in heavy floods, December 1885. [LQ], Bingera . Found abandoned off Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Ship, 353 tons. [LQ], Verago. on Shaw Island, Queensland; three men went ashore and were attacked by [LQ], Flora. Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. Three white men, Dan Kelly, Bill Rose and Bill White, Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. Sydney by steamer. Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for Government owned, iron steam barge, 260 tons. Lbd 233 x 36.3 x 22.8 ft. From Barrow, England to Cooktown, Queensland Ran on to a sandbank She had Wooden steamer, 101 tons. [LQ], Asia. Lost No loss of life. Collided Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. Lbd 171 x 28.9 [LQ], Diana. [LQ], Hopeful. [LQ], Jane. Ariel. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Type unknown. crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February group. Leisha. - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. Brig. safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. Also listed: Clipper, 796 tons. The barque Rachael rescued Sugar lighter, 191 tons. Capsized in Schooner, 190 tons. concrete and scuttled to form a breakwater at Woody point, Moreton Bay, Iron, 643 tons ft. Australian Capital Territory 1. wreck dive, attracting of. Explosion ignited the Queensland coastline what was Involbved in rscue - see Sun, brig 1826. 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