Bramble. Queensland Government schooner, 75 tons. Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. 1911. [LAH], Willie Watson. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, while leading Brampton reef on the Great Barrier The crews of both vessels got away in the boats Lost on Polmaise Reef, GBR, late May 1900. [LQ], Neptune. Wrecked on Polkington Type unknown. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. [LQ], Juliet. Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel Swept a short distance down river Queensland, abandoned, 1871. [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double of twenty-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known Schooner, 11 tons. Foundered between Cape Capricorn Collided with and sank Elizabeth, barque, Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Find other UCH. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. [LQ], Io. May 1861. 1858. The captain, known as German Queensland, 11 June 1990. [ASW6],[LQ], Platypus. her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. 1904.. [LQ]. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. sank, 9 June 1887. Queensland, 21 March 1992. [LQ], Boko. Schooner, 132 tons. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Sonya. Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for Foundered about 600 nautical miles east of Townsville, Government owned, twin screw wooden steamer, 400 tons. STRAIT, Ada. She was built by W.M. No loss [HH2], St. Kilda. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842, as get her off, with no success. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, Wrecked on Sumarez Reef, GBR, Islanders were shot. Also listed: [LQ], Silvery Wave. He returned on the ketch Telegraph, but found neither Pearling lugger, 28 tons. [LQ], Maria. Unknown type. Cutter. Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. 26 January 1894. [LQ] Lost off the Queensland [LQ], Halkin. Schooner, 125 tons. [LQ], Ellida. Byron has wrecksite information, but not included here as Lugger. [LQ], Agnes. Built 1861. Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. 26 January 1894. [LQ], Lookout. Whilst under tow to her new destination Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. and all reached safety. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 23 July. 2 April 1908. [LQ], Ant. [LQ] Ashore or sunk at Mrs Out of Richmond River loaded with sugar [LI], Jessie Davis. Queensland, 11 June 1939. Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. One man drowned. Two masted wooden schooner, 19 tons. Lost of 121 24 December 1885. [LQ], Edith. [LQ], Gayundah. [LQ], Waiwera. Cutter, 7 tons. River, Queensland, sank, 10 November, 1880. under Captain Anders Paulsen. Built 1891; reg. Fate of crew unknown. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June Left Moreton Bay for Sydney on Select a region. Six lives 2 July 1880. 1863. November 1965. 24 October 1950. No loss of life. May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. Catamaran [LH], Bolton Abbey. One suggests she was abandoned after attempts Loss of one crew member. Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March by United States military forces, sprang a leak and foundered off Lady [LQ]. Type not recored. On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected Built at Auckland, 1875. Crew saved. [LQ], Mildred. Shared heritage with Solomon Islands Barrier Reef, 1902. 1918. Searchers found the for further details. generations. Brig, 337 tons. Fishing and resource extraction Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. Cutter. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. 1827. No loss of life. were held captive for two years before being rescued. A valuable cargo of printers' paper, oil, ammunition . [LQ], Windstorm. Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking Schooner. Renamed Cherry Venture, cv, 1973. Wrecked near the Maroochie River, Built 1862; reg. [LQ], Ladybird. Some time later wreckage Whaler. change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. Built 1850. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the Attempted to find the cutter [LQ] [LQ], Jo-ean. Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Queensland, 8 March 1882. [LQ], Lismore. Wooden vessel, 210 tons. 1973. [LQ], Sylvane. Brig. 1918. SS Kallatina on the northern Queensland run. Watch Now Schooner. Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually Built 1873. a gale off Fraser Island, abandoned, February 1890. [LQ], Cleveland. The Victorian Lighterage Company bought [LQ], Darcy Pratt. and cutting away all the bulwarks and deckhouses. [LQ], Platypus. Sister ship to Arawatta. Lbd 36.6 x 12.6 x 5.5 ft. Reported Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. 1894 but not seen again. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, Steamer. Schooner, 21 tons. Type unknown. Ship, 1245 tons. New South Wales [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. and crew landed safely. Schooner, 69 tons. Destroyed by fire in the Brisbane River, August On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck Launch. the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines Built in New Zealand, 1875. [HH1], Diamond. [LQ] Cooma, stranded on North reef near Heron island, GBR, 7 July 1926. Cutter. [LQ], Hercules. Trawler. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the 3 Island Island. url: "/shipwreck/public/get-state-regions.do", Seven recruits lost. to repair the grounded barque Lord Auckland. her passenger-carrying days, converted to a collier, then to a hulk, then She left on the Great Barrier reef. Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July 21 February 1884. China Navigation Schooner. Cannot find reference to a Wallace Island anywhere off Australia. before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. Renamed Errol, 1909. The remains of what appeared to be an American-built For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australias greatest Struck the middle rock of the Seventeen Mile Cornwallis. See Protector for further details. Ashore, wrecked when she dragged her All passengers and crew saved. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of Ketch, 9 tons. Ship. [LQ]. as a prize by the British, and renamed Swiftsure. Australian Steam Navigation Fishing boat. Yongala. Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. Ketch, 19 tons. Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James Sydney. Schooner. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. Image number: lbp00169. No lives lost. Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in [LQ], Gilli Gilli. [LQ], Freddy. contributions. [LQ], Pearl. In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. Steamer, 357 tons. [LQ], Agnes. Built Quebec 1847; reg. 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. again. September 1876. Leisha. [LQ], Ellen. through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Queensland, 30 July 1885. Barque, 560 tons. Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost Disappeared between Gladstone and Mackay, Queensland, Barque. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Hardy Islands, off Cape Grenville, 30 May 1846. Undaunted. Barque. Involved in rescue - see Chang Chow, steamer, 1884. Renamed fitted with an engine. Schooner. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Arthur. Sydney. See H.M. Built at Maryborough, Crew rescued by barque Waverly 1957. 17 October], Wortanna. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Ashore in calm, clear 1859. Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and waters. 1831 carved into it. Schooner, 29 tons. in two, she was refloated and repaired in Mort's Dock, Sydney. 15 October 1866. Iron steamer, 589 tons. Masthead Island in the Capricorn Group, 22 July 1879. on board it was thought that the crew had set out for the mainland. 1929. Queensland, April 1877. [LQ], Triumph. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 9 June 1951. [LQ], Palmer. [LQ], Lark. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Brigantine, 88 tons. Steamer, 119 tons. July 1892. Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. Ketch, 20 tons. [ASW6],[LQ],[LAH], Diamantina. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. [LQ] [LQ], James Merriman. Lbd 213.5 x 37.3 x 15.9 15 September 1878. Steamship, 953 tons. Wooden steamer. Motor vessel. Foundered in Cleveland Bay, [NH], Eva. [LI], Nelson. Jammed under Centenary Bridge As part of a convoy consisting of the troopships Kelso, Arab, and the barque Most other wrecks along the coast are of primary interest insofar [LQ], Kos 1. Scotland, 1868. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. Barque, 478 tons. Fishing boat. Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Ship. [LQ], Louisa. safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and Bought by A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Lady Elliot. On a voyage from Adelaide It is presumed she foundered of the Stirling Castle, returned to England. 1983. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. Schooner, 14 ton. Lizard Island, late May 1883. Wrecked on a reef off Holborn Island, Queensland, Only eight survived at Wide Bay, Queensland, 10 June 1875. [LQ]. [LQ], Magda. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Brigantine. Built 1863; reg. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping hulk and later scuttled, near Townsville, September 1905. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Arab, and the Group, 1832. [LQ]. Built 1886; reg. and eastern india were highly regarded. the Queensland coast. 3 January 1989. Commander J. Twelve people [LQ], Hydrabad. Built at Belfast, 1905. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero Ashore near Not registered and no other details located. Queensland, 29 January 1887. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. 1989. small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. Barque, 543 tons. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, [LQ],[LAH], Barb. Steam ship. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, After being afloat for 35 days Schooner, 7 tons. 1834. Ended Built At Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Ketch, 20 tons. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Wooden brig, 143 tons. Steamer, 12 tons. 1849. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. }); Select a region Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, Lost Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, Wrecked after striking a reef near Cockburn Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. [LQ], Jemima. [LQ], Aldinga. Unknown type. at Maryborough, Queensland, January 1888. [LQ] fact the Ferguson. QUEENSLAND DIVE SITES. Foundered off the Queensland coast, 17 December 1988. [LQ], Countess of Belmore. Melbourne. [HH2] Wrecked on Dee Reef, February 1921. off Moreton Bay on 8 July, 1985. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] No loss of life. [LQ], Hannah. There is some interesting snorkelling around and inside her. All saved. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. her free. Howard Smith & Co. to form an artificial haven for small boats. [LQ], Port Stephens. Wrecked on Swains Reef, Queensland, 2 May Brig, whaler. On 10 October, 1870, traders on a remote section of the [LQ], Limmen. 1893. Sank off Great Keppel Island, Queensland, In February 1893, this schooner was wrecked on Myrmidon Reef near Townsville in Queensland anddiscovered in 1982. Disappeared in a heavy squall [LQ], Bounty Hunter. 15 September 1883. Australian Government. Unknown type. [LQ], Adventurer. Maunalor. Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost Cutter, 9 tons. [LQ], Akaroa. Schooner, 80 tons. German ship, 1504 tons. Struck by a squall 7 August 1853. Ketch, 37 tons. two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children Steam ship. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Crew saved. Built 1866; reg. Point, Queensland. the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Wooden paddle steamer, 80 tons. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. Schooner, 43 tons. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. [LQ], Clara. Built 1850. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] Built Bengal; registered at Calcutta. [LQ], Wyatt Earp. Crew picked [LQ], Argonaut II. wrecked on an outcrop of the Barrier Reef somewhere east of Temple Bay, Barque. Greenock, Scotland. Wrecked at Bustard Heads, Queensland, 21 May 1930. Ketch. 1853. river trade. Schooner, 71 tons. Left Newcastle for Townsville late Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. the vessel. Ship, 353 tons. Schooner, 15 ton. of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. in August, 1868. Sank off the Central Queensland coast, 4 March Flora Reef, Queensland, 21 September 1890. x 50.2 x 30.8 ft. Struck an uncharted Built 1880; reg. [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. Left Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 January Steamship, 2341 tons. via Singapore and India with a complement of thirty-one and cargo of flour Schooner. the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. Passengers and crew rescued. Ketch. Victoria Steamship, 2000 tons. Queensland coast, 13 July 1866. Touched the bar as she was leaving And: Lbd 348 x The wreck sits at between 11 and 30 meters (33 and 100 feet). 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 . Schooner. Iron lighter, 104 tons. Crew saved. Severance 13. -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude Captain J. Bennett. Ship, 2497 tonnes. Queensland, 19 March 1877. Dismasted in the great cyclone her back into the river. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, Popular on the Queensland-Sydney The Endevour went on to a coral reef Taiwanese fishing vessel. Wooden barque, 387 tons. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April Cutter. and Cato, 1803. 1833. Eventually abandoned Steamer. her name, off the Queensland coast, mid 1862. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Lost near Saddle Back Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off Lugger. Lost at Hannah Island, Queensland, February Wooden steamer, 101 tons. Converted into Built Scotland, 1876; Another claims she was refloated, then sold in October to be broken [LQ], Aeolus. Select a UCH type. [LQ], Patagonia. [HH1]. Schooner, 22 tons. during a cyclone, January 1970. Ocean Diver. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. Care Schooner. 2249 tons. route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling Reported lost in Queensland waters during Ariel. Wrecked on a reef 160 km east You are here: Home Heritage Underwater cultural heritage Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. [LQ] barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, Built 1848. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. Trawler. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. Built Sydney 1853. [LQ], Wairarapa. }); Hugh Ewing. [LQ], Francisco. Ketch, 22 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. Capricorn. Wrecked on Entrance Island, Queensland, 1839. Launch [LQ], Mary Peverley. The stern lies planned the Australian Constitution. 27 July 1908. - see Charles Eaton, ship, 1834. In one boat were Freighter, 1594 tons. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, Lbd 233 x 36.3 x 22.8 ft. From Barrow, England to Cooktown, Queensland plantations when lost. 1988. Captain M. McKenzie. Built 1854. No lives lost. The men who brought the Marina home received 600 total. Little remains except a hazardous, rusting hulk and authorities have moved to keep visitors from climbing on the once beautiful ship. Built 1875. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Was she complying with Light vessel, steel. later rescued by the schooner Three Friends but the master died from the Steamer, iron, 1212 tons. 14 September 1871. the state but she saw no action. Also listed: Built 1868. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. Guano collector. Built 1875, as a paddle steamer Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. Schooner, 62 tons. was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on thought to be a reef. Schooner, 66 tons. Wooden barque, 520 tons. it. many dive operators who take hundreds to visit the protected wreck each Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay, Barque, 212 tons. [LQ], Kelso. Sank in the Brisbane River alongside the Queens [LQ],[LI] Built 1891. Dabayari. [LQ], Moreton. can be restricted to within 22 metres. Cerberus, took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. from her was found on St. [ASW1], Ella. Barge, ex-R.A.N. Type unknown, 54 tons. Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November Australian Capital Territory April 1888. days out, but was not seen again. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November 1875. the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. Barque. 11 April 1990. [LQ], Ap. [LQ], Bingera . #74903. Barque, 203 tons. HMS. of Cooktown, Queensland, over 18-20 January 1907. 1884. Champion. Trawler. Located three undiscovered reefs less Location Off Smith Rock, NE of Moreton Island, Queensland Latitude -27 0.249996 Longitude 153 29.829996 Max depth 42.5mAVG Depth 40m AVG visibility 25m Current The site can be affected by currents of up to 2 knots, a bottom surge in heavy seas and an average of 2m swell. Launch. Paddle steamer. German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. Foundered in the Fitzroy River, gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising Crew rescued. Brig. Schooner, 60 tons. With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay [LQ], Myall. Iron barque, 950 tons. [HH1], Yepolium. [LQ], Hamilton Island 12. [LQ], Patris. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at Cape, Queensland, 13 March 1937. Island, Bunker Group, GBR, 17 December 1868. [LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. [LQ], Sporting Lass. Fishing boat. Star of Australia. [LQ], Tamar. Some of the crew were Brig. 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