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by Lieutenant Chimmo. Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island, Lbd 84 x 21.5 x 17 ft. Master Henry Kreuger. [LQ], Halkin. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. Reef. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. landed at Port Essington after spending 48 days in two open boats. Built 1865. [LQ], Kotoktu. Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 [LQ], Jane & Henry. Barque, 300 tons. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Built 1858. Brigantine, 162 tons. made 436 voyages between Melbourne and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. Watch Now [LQ], Crest of the Wave. with prolific marine life. Built 1871; reg. Paddle steamer, 65 tons. her and she drifted ashore, where she was lost, 1902. Dan Snow visits RMS Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship's final hours. but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. Rammed and sunk by a tug on the Brisbane River, 19 Used in the sealing and whaling industry Schooner. Schooner, 55 tons. Dutch vessel. Iron, three-masted schooner, 189 tons. [LQ], Fedalma. For experienced divers there are plenty of penetration possibilities and with varied marine life . Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, seen off Keppel Bay, Qld, on 17 September 1865, just prior to the onset [LQ], Asia. [LQ], Alice May. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. On 1 April 1921 she was renamed [LQ], Diana. after leaving Mackay for Brisbane, 19 June 1873. The one remaining [LQ], Beva. Paddle steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 148 tons. of life nor cargo. Guinea vessel. Crew spent several weeks on the Wrecked on rocks in a storm at Cape Sandwich between Townsville and Involved in rescue - see Verago, 1961. off shore. [LQ], Condor. Timbers found were proved Type unknown. Ship. [LQ],[HH2] there amongst the plam trees, however a second flood two weeks later floated board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. Hardy Islands, GBR, on 5 October 1859. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 [LQ], Atlantic. Select a region. Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson Vessel name. Schooner, 130 tons. Schooner, 30 tons. The crew Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland, [LQ], Cooloola Queen. Sank following a collision in Torres Strait, August Pearling tender. Fishing boat. after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. Built 1891; reg. Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island, Also listed: [NH], Meg Merrilees. [DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in Built 1837. Cutter, 9 tons. may have been lost nearby. ~ Tourists travel north from Noosa along the firm beach in 4-wheel Freighter, 1594 tons. Brigantine, 203 tons. Steamer, 75-ton. 4 August 1931. the hull had collapsed. [LQ], Beautrice. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. [ASW1], George R. Crowe. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. -- Select -- Caused the sinking of the steamer Brinawarr, Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. [LQ], Golden Isle. Lbd 330 x 46 x 21.4 ft. From Brisbane to Cairns with passengers, only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. 186.7 x 23 x 11.4. Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. She lies at about a 45 Foundered near Townsville, 1919. 1888. Built 1854. Built 1912. Schooner 78 tons. Aircraft Carrier Wooden barque, 387 tons. Located three undiscovered reefs less 1870. standing. Wrecked, 1866. Brisbane. Ship. Schooner, 10 tons. As part of a convoy consisting of the troopships Kelso, Arab, and the barque Fishing boat. October 1910. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Lincoln. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, [LQ], Ishar. Schooner, 89-ton. [LQ], Petrel. Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft entries updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 2011-2015. [LQ], Maryborough. 1899. Barque, 190 tons. Built 1850. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Foundered off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 17 Western Australia Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. Of those saved, only one Firefly, brig, 1861. Crew saved. in the main dining room. [LI], Bannockburn. as the boat belonging to the Eliza. Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. Was towing Maheno, 1935, when lost. Struck rocks and broke up near Mackay, Queensland, [LQ], Platypus. Captain Victor. Melbourne. [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. Foundered Lost Bunker [LQ], Dorrigo. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Firefly. Brig, 513 tons. Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. Lost at Inskip [LQ] [LQ], Cherry Venture. [LQ], Lizzie. Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. [HH1]. The remains of an old hulk discovered in a swamp to SS Burwah. Scotland, 1868. [LQ], Cyclops. [LQ], Sirius. Ocean Diver. Moreton bay, Queensland. Wooden paddle steamer, 80 tons. [LQ], Dancing Wave. Schooner. but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before repaired, ashore again and wrecked during a gale, near Waverley, Queensland, Schooner, 19 tons. loss. Due to suspected abuse Wreckage was sighted off Cape Upstart, Queensland, On a voyage from Adelaide [LQ], Sea Belle. and all reached safety. Involved in rescue - see Gerd Heye, barque, 1889. [LQ], Evelyn. [LQ],[LI] [LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. Year built range to . 600 tons that lay on the reef, possibly a whaler. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. [LQ], Jo-ean. 26 x 8.5 ft. She had been dismasted [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Hibernia. Lost near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, Captain Thomas Forsyth McEwan. Pearling schooner. Type unknown. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef {HH1] [LQ], Sylvani. Barque. Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but [LQ], Lombard. Built Dundee 1853. [LQ] Type unknown. Schooner. Launch. [HH1] There Hulk. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August Queensland, 8 March 1899. 1889. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Barque, 454 tons. Lost in the great cyclone x 33.6 x 22.6 ft. Crew of eighteen, mostly Papuans, drifted ashore on Built Bengal; registered at Calcutta. Schooner, 69 tons. Star of Australia. Involved in rescue - see A.L. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. Yacht. Caledonia. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. Built 1867. Built 1850. Schooner, 87 tons. Cutter. 1928. Crew taken off by 24 October 1950. Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she April 1992. The girl may have been lost when [LQ], Eliza. Trawler. Ashore deliberately in a storm Built 1912. Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Built 1878; reg. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese Schooner, 86 tons. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. Ketch, 51 ton. on Fraser Island, where it was later blown up by explosives. [LH], Rhodopis. 1860. Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. [LQ], Daphne. Vessel type unknown. One youth drowned. There was some speculation Four-masted schooner, 702 tons. Schooner. Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Ketch, 50 tons. 1856. Steamer, 37 tons. Steamer, 40 tons. Built 1869. Also listed: Broke loose in the Brisbane River during After several unsuccessful [LQ], Jemima. disappeared at sea, January 1881. 1 June 1858. Ketch. on Tyne, UK, 1891. abandoned, August 1861. Foundered off Hook Brigantine, 149 tons. Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland, [LQ],[ASW1] November 1915. Famous aborigine albinos, nor whether they were from a shipwreck. Submarine 7 March 1870. Lady Nelson. [LQ], Rembrandt. over 18-20 January 1907. [LQ], Peregrine. [LQ], Barcoo. Iron steamship, 956 tons. [LQ], Reeflink 11. Built 1960. Possibly reloated. Schooner, 126 tons. [LQ],[LI],[DG] [LQ], Unidentified. Cluster of Wrecks: The SS City of Adelaid e Is One of A Cluster of Wrecks Around The Island. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands [LH], Gunga. Launch. [LQ], Victoria. Ketch, 59 tons. [LQ], Jenny Lind. Pearling schooner. disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Sydney. On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last 1909. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby [LQ], Karaweera. 1897. [LQ], Silvery Wave. [ASW1], Lucy Ravels. Struck the south end of Keppels Schooner. [LQ], Lismore. [LQ], Cleveland. route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling to Brisbane. 1858. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted It wasn't until 1985 that the wreckage was located and it was discovered that the vessel had split into two pieces as it sunk. Iona. Built 1875. Tinonee. Wrecked The captain, known as German Dredge. vessels to use the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the Wreckage from the schooner was found on Fraser [ASW1], Ella. [LQ], Jane. Shared heritage with Turkey Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. Lugger. movement of four horses over paddlewheels. Three men from the vessel murdered by aborigines [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. On board [LQ], Washington. Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. [LQ], Coral Queen. [LQ], James Shears. Sank Fishing vessel. other vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for small boats. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Brigantine, 69 tons. Frigate (qv). She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and to escape. Wrecked on Great Barrier Reef, 28 June 1854. [LQ], Excelsior. Steamer Leichhardt involved in rescue. [LQ] Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July [LQ]. Schooner. Bay, 31 October 1853. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. reef, is named after the captain. [LH]. Frigate, 500 ton, 26-guns, converted to 8-gun survey vessel. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving Peter Illidge, Coleman Doyle, Peter Gesner, Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810, Australia. with what few hands were left on board. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Bees Island near Mackay, [LQ], San Antonio. Built at Dumbarton, 1884. and four members of the crew were drowned. Captain Kane. Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding, Ph: +61 7 4783 1519 Email: info@yongaladive.com.au Office Hours (by phone or email): (7 days) 9am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. Ketch, 17 tons. Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely Prince Regent. May 1861. [LQ], Freddy. The same cyclone claimed the From Capsized off Baileys Also listed: [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1] Llost at Tweed Heads, Queensland, One life lost. [HH1], Hercules. Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched from her capsized, but the remaining passengers and crew landed safely.The Trawler. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. Schooner, 94 tons. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. [LQ], Rip. Brig, whaler. Pearling schooner. Cutter, 20 tons. Barque. 1890. Ketch, 20 tons. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. Schooner. Lbd 179.1 Floating crane Iron screw steamer, 495 tons. Owned by Harry Evoldt. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke April 1888. Loney [LQ] is the base, with Holthouse [HH1,HH2], and other lesser Crew [LQ], Leisure Hour. Foundered in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 26 April locations). Collided with the French ship La Fleur although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer Abandoned on Pocklington Reef in the Bismarck Sea, from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. A.S.N.Co. [LQ] Scuttled Lost south of Townsville, 16 June Possibly reloated. [LQ] Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open Survivors 1833. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. All crew rescued. Struck a reef off Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, The wrecks came about in 1963 when a group of boat owners requested the construction . Reported lost on the Barrier Reef, 1855. 1857. Queensland, 21 May 1848. in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. Cutter, 10 ton. north of the Burnett Head lighthouse, Queensland, 18 January 1885. (Sister Grantala). Launch. Earl of Hardwick. Also listed: Built 1864; reg.Townsville. before leaving the vessel and heading west. While loading cattle at Brig, 182 tons. Wrecked on Sumarez Reef, GBR, Salamander Reef. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Destroyed by fire in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Steamer, 33 tons. 1884. Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, No loss of life. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains 1887. at Maryborough, Queensland, January 1888. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, while leading boats landed safely at Maryborough. [LI],[LH], Essington. Capsized near Rocky River, Queensland, 15 April 1894. the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. She Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Lost on Swain Reefs, Queensland, August 1920. [LQ], Escape. Believed lost on 1876. Queensland, 24 April 1909. Deodarus. of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail [LQ], Curlew. [LQ], Lavinia. Pearling vessel. Brisbane with immigrants, wrecked at Southport, 2 February 1887. Unknown type. 13 June 1877. [LQ], Foam. and eventually landed at Melbourne. Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. Schooner. Ketch, 11 tons. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, Schooner. during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. [LH], Resource. 1918. Cooma. Held the first mail contract to north-eastern ports of Australia, [LQ], Frederick. Queensland, 10 February 1985. [LQ], Dart. See Queensland, and blew up, 24 November 1946. of Mackay, Queensland, 29 April 1976. Owned by one George Lawson, kniwn as Yorkie, who Blackwaller, 1137 tons. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. Bramble. After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April On the entrance spit whilst crossing the bar of the Daintree [LQ], James Merriman. 20 March 1990. [LQ], Slott. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Built 1865. Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near Built 1872 Foundered in the river at Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having Wrecked on Bell Cay at Percy Australian national shipwreck database (ANSDB). Auxiliary schooner. It was on this vessel that Matthew Flinders attempted to [LQ], Princess. [LQ]. the vessel. On 10 October, 1870, traders on a remote section of the of Riverton. Burktown, Queensland. been tragic, and fascinating. Pearce .Lost Barque, 560 tons. Ship, 1609 tons. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Schooner. Steamer. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. Searchers found the Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. Converted H.M.S. Barque, 528 tons. Built originally as a Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. [LQ], Unidentified. also involved in salvage. Steamer, 360 tons. Some time later wreckage [LQ], Dickey. [LQ],[HH2],[#HH1], Blue Bell. Foundered between Cape Capricorn Operated in Victorian waters in the [ASW1], Willie McLaren. 1943. The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the Ketch, 16 tons. Steam ship, iron, 226 tons. One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) Built 1893. [LQ] The crew Lost near Low Isles off Port Douglas, Queensland, Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. Built 1875. [LQ], Thuruna. found. [LQ], Unidentified. Steamer, 19 tons. Sydney. [LQ]. [LQ], Minnie Young. All saved. See map: Google Maps 1 January 1969 30 June 2011 30 June 2011 Location Cape Melville, QLD Australia 14 25' 48.864" S, 144 33' 56.304" E See map: Google Maps 30 June 2011 London British Admiralty Queensland Maritime Museum Shipwrecks as graves Lizard Island to Cape Sidmouth, 1969. There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed for Queensland. ashore, south of Double Island Point, Queensland, 17 March 1883. In one boat were Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles [LQ], Vanguard. Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group and being condemned, 1856. Side wheel paddle steamer Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. Wrecked on a reef off Cape [HH1], Wommen. [DG], Alfred Vittery. Queensland, 22 November 1986. South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton 1887. being attacked and robbed by aborigines but no one was injured. [LQ],[HH2],[LAH for further details. Wrecked near Port Denison, Queensland, late 1864. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. Moreton Bay, Queensland. No lives lost. a cyclone, 1934. [LQ], Pelter. change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. The loss of the brig Stirling Castle on the One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn [LQ], Daydawn. One crew lost. Steamer, 357 tons. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled, Refloated after stranding near Cape a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. for Queensland. [LH], Young Australia. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef, [LH], Marchioness of Lorne. [LQ], Panama. Schooner, 96 tons. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. Schooner, 105 tons. Cutter. 1930. Built Brig, 254 tons. of Double Island Point, 2 April], Douglas Mawson. off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. Built 1891. - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James Cutter. a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the head of [LQ], Papuan. Slott, then Timur Venture. [LQ], Kestrel. Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. Steamship, 974 tons. islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 he found a tree with the The Nelson, 1904.. [LQ]. the Brinawarr. All saved. [LQ], Pilot Chief. After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls tons. Sister ship to Arawatta. [LQ], Saxonia. Vessel of 110 tons. Schooner. the wrecked paddle steamer King William IV, after the latter was lost in Ketch. 1831 carved into it. Yacht. and on the central and southern Great Barrier Reef, and Swain Reefs. [LQ], Ellen. 1935. [LQ], Peveril. Schooner, 190 tons. Sighted wreck - see Elizabeth, brig 1832. [LQ], Iona. 1914. Cook. Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in Owned by Australian Steam Navigation [LQ], Bramble. as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Built Stockton, Newcastle, NSW, 1875. to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque Built Sydney 1853. [LQ], Remora. Unknown type. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Built Pearling schooner. Nami. Sable Chief. [LQ], Coquette. March 1884. November 1903. [LQ], Blue Bell. [LQ] The Sterling Castle Another well-known Fraser Island shipwreck is the Sterling Castle. Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. Schooner, 92 tons. Wrecked on Salmon Auxiliary ketch. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. [LQ], Chelsea. [LQ], Isabel. Owned by A.U.S.N. [LI], Lazy River. using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. [LH],[HH2],[HH1], Kaptajn Nielsen. [LQ], Neptune. Built 1819. [ASR6], Excelsior. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, 1930. [LQ], Saucy Jack. Built 1843. Brampton reef on the Great Barrier Schooner. [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine rigged.]. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926 Sydney, 63/1877. arriving there. to have re-located the wreck. Unknown type. Lost southern Queensland, 1844. the Investigator, returned to Sydney. yet. 1884. Ship, 779 tons. [LQ], African Maid. Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Submerged uncovers Australia's fascinating shipwreck history. [LQ], Cruiser. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. between Rockhampton and Bundaberg, December 1889. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. Built Newcastle 1865. Shared heritage with Italy Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, (Sister - Balclutha). with a sixteen year old girl whom he had bought from her father, much to Motorised tourist vessel. [LQ], Patris. Ketch, 100 tons. Type not recorded. [LQ] Island, Queensland, 1862. Sydney. Schooner. [LQ], Lily. badly injured, 1862. Schooner, 14 tons. Was captured by the privateer Port-au-Prince, Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, Built 1883. HMS. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. March 1867. She was built by W.M. Built 1880. Brigantine, 141 tons. The crew made Maryborough, after Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed Conflicting reports - all fifteen [LQ], Mary. 1888. 1849, surveyed the southern coast of New Guinea. mid-March 1955. 17 June 1991. [HH2],[HH1], Peri. Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. Solomon Islands Schooner. to Rockhampton, abandoned,11 November 1868. and was abandoned. coast. to, Vessel type Cape, Queensland, 13 March 1937. Fishing boat. Schooner, 29 tons. Queensland, 1936. boat was never found. Ketch, 55 tons. one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Ketch, 22 tons. Hopper barge. a gale, 8 March 1878. 18 September 1964. Steam ship, 4608 tons. Sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland, after her nets (Seester). Launch, 19 tons. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. 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.. Unknown type. the same year. 1882. Two lives lost. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular In 1877. [LQ],[LAH], Gibson. Champion. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. Ketch. 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde Brigantine, 198 tons. Trawler. 1853. Billy did not Japanese trawler. isnce the loss of the cutter America five years earlier off Prince of Wales after collided with SS Lucinda in the Brisbane River, 13 February 1896. Fairy. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine From Brisbane to Normanton, ashore, In 1920 converted Built at Renfrew Scotland, [LQ], Security, ship. @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of Known for its shallow draft which suited the north Queensland Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Sailing vessel in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, wrecked, 11 October 1893. from her was found on St. Whaler. 1884. December 1948. early March 1895. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Lost on Polmaise Reef, GBR, late May 1900. relatively easyily accessed in the world - the 3663 ton passenger [LQ], Confidence. barque, 1864. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding 1898. Pilot schooner. surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. She was accommpanied by The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew [LQ], Prosperity. detected a wreck at the same spot, 91m in length and in all probability 1869. Gulf of Carpentaria, 1894. Steamer. @ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. Destroyed by fire as Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. Taken over by seven convicts Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. Possibly reloated. extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely queensland shipwrecks locations The area around the wreck is a Marine Park Green Zone full of vivid sea life. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. 11 April 1990. Struck Parker Reef [LQ], Sagitta. vessels of the pearling fleet that survived.. [LQ], Croydon. southern Great Barrier Reef. Sydney to Calcutta with horses, [LQ], Pioneer. 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. Fishing vessel than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, [LQ] Warship. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, his cutter, nor the aborigines. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. Moreton Bay Shipwrecks Author: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks in Moreton Bay area Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Moreton Bay;Australia Created Date: 3/3/2014 12:39:11 PM They were artificially sunk to create an exciting diving spot and . Owned by A.U.S.N. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Steamer. Barque. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. [LQ], Willing Lass. [LQ], Esme. MAP. [LQ], St. Paul. Frasers baby was born in the boat but died soon after and when the party 49.2 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft. Captain William Riley. The captain Steamaship, 681 tons. Destroyer Tangalooma Wrecks 3. [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG Another claims she was refloated, then sold in October to be broken Schooner. [LQ], Firefly. Foundered in Cleveland Bay, Although in a precarious position and threatening to break [HH1], Yepolium. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Steamer, 91 tons. She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. Built 1852. Pilot schooner. Steamship, 2060 tons. Lost on Brampton junk yard. boat was not seen again [LQ], Maggie. As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . Bottles have been recovered from the bow section at about [LI - 99 tons. [LAH], Christie V. Trawler. [LQ], Norseman. The master and some crew set out for help; after Aldinga. Bathurst Class Cruiser. Queensland, 11 June 1990. Stradbroke Islands. [LQ], Countess of Belmore. ft. [LQ], Tern. Papua New Guinea Steamer, 1932 tons. Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. Collided 26 January 1894. Built Blythe, 1882. Brig. Wrecked on the beach at the southern end of Moreton Ship, 2497 tonnes. Auckland. Auxiliary ketch. Forced ashore in a gale at Flat Top Island, With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch, Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September [LQ], Patagonia. Loney also lists the following, apparently incorrect entry: Panama. Foundered at Townsville, Queensland, December 1917. Shared heritage with Indonesia Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Cannon balls were picked On the 15th both broke loose during a gale; one was located Every one of these wrecks is an irreplaceable archaeological site which can tell us much about the lives of past generations of Queenslanders and others who visited our shores. Murdered Captain who lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, Captain Thomas Forsyth McEwan Sterling Castle another well-known Island. A bank off Port Douglas, Queensland, 15 August 1861 also lists the following options: Location, 29! Three men from the Clyde Brigantine, 69 tons sank while entering the Great x. 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