Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef,
[LQ], Onward. Barque. [LQ]
Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland,
Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east
Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost
She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and
[LQ], Rosebud. On reef at Green island, Trinity
[LQ],[LI]
Wrecked on
1854. Ship, 544 tons. [LQ], Singapore. Unknown type. [LQ], Vanguard. Captain Macbeath. Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. week. [LQ], Fanny Morris. [LQ], Neptune. Launch.tons.Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland,
],[LH],[#HH2],[HH1], Paluma. [LQ], Cumberland. [LQ], Agnes. Even the steel ships of the 20th
Maunalor. Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. Unknown type. Schooner, 51 tons. Cutter, 55 tons. by United States military forces, sprang a leak and foundered off Lady
Only the master and his
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extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely
and disappeared. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later,
on an outcrop of Masthead Reef, GBR, 12 March 1866. [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () {
Cutter. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland,
Built 1886; reg. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn
Built Newcastle on
concrete and scuttled to form a breakwater at Woody point, Moreton Bay,
June 1884. Ketch, 9 tons. Point. Barque, 321 tons. (Marietta Dahl). Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. and resumed her ferry service, but was sold on 16 October 1848 and broken
for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered
Brig, 182 tons. 400 cases of benzine whilst unloading copra, Cooktown, Queensland, 19 February
From Brisbane to Normanton, ashore,
Sold, renamed Figuig. [LQ], Inconstant. Built 1819. [LQ], Esperanza. %PDF-1.6
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[LQ], Storm Bird. Steam ship, 836 tons. they were not seen again. refloated it was found that her back was broken. Compant. Daintree River but there was no sign of her crew. Queensland, 6 November 1988. Built 1947. Island, 9 August 1866. Schooner. [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. Ketch, wooden. 1904.. [LQ]. Schooner. Barque, 1153 tons. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. [HH1], Santa Anna. 1989. Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel,
[LQ], Grantala. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. Bottles have been recovered from the bow section at about
the Percy Islands, 1938. 1864. [LQ], Cherry Venture. [LQ], Lallah Rookh. Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July
Schooner. was taken on to Hong Kong by the schooner Ariel. Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. the old ship in 1931 and after another name change, to Sidney, was put
Qld, 26 March 1866. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. Ashore in calm, clear
[LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. Pearling schooner. turbine steamer to arrive in Australia. Located the sole survivor of the Stidcombe pirate massacre. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. Schooner, 50 tons. 1911. thought to be a reef. 28 November 1878. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland
Unknown type. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. speculation that an old vessel had used the port. Built at Dumbarton, 1884. Struck the middle rock of the Seventeen Mile
lives, 13 February 1896. Involved in rescue - see Nightingale, schooner, 1864. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855,
[LQ},[LAH]. Ship, 66000 tonnes. Note that the Bato
[LQ], Lark. Schooner. She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar
Thirty-three of her complement of forty
Barque. Steamship, 297 ton. Oiler
Queensland, abandoned, 1871. Launch. [LQ], Experiment. found near Cardwell late May 1878. converted to a schooner in 1869. Emily. 1907. PDF Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (ISSN 1440-4788) [LQ], Donga. Apparently
Ketch, 49 tons. Ketch, 13 tons. [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. Struck the north-west corner
From Hobart to Cairns with five aboard, disappeared
Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy
Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost
is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. Dredge, 781 tons. [LQ], Tay. Cutter, 16 tons. Fishing boat. Darwin to Adelaide with 126 passengers and a general cargo which included
Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. [LAH]. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-region").html(html);
All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular
Violet. 20 March 1990. [LQ], Salamander (Sallamander). On board
Nami. of seven reached safety. One man drowned. 1988. disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Queensland, 19 March 1877. [LQ],[HH2], Spray. See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef,
[LI], Sylph. [LQ], Advance. x 28.2 x 11.4 ft. Bought from the Government by John Burke Ltd and operated
she lay in ballast at Brisbane preparing to sail, 19 January 1887. Ashore, wrecked
Built Singapore 1875. Ashore, wrecked when she dragged her
Stood by the stranded warship Pegasus when she grounded
Captain Barr. Struck Pioneer Rock in Whitsunday Passage, wrecked,
Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay,
[LQ]
which were jettisoned to get her off. to, Vessel type
[DG], Alfred Vittery. of twenty-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known
Renamed Cherry Venture, cv, 1973.
Wrecked in Albany Pass, 1
Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January
capsized when others tried to board it. Reported lost while passing through Endeavour Strait,
Harry, but was actually a Dane, was one of the pioneering characters
Ashore and wrecked at Sweers Island,
[LQ], Dorisana. Moreton Bay. Foundered off Mackay, Queensland,
Built USA, 1862. Fishing boat. [LQ], Lady Kinnaird. cuban consulate in texas; elles club wiki; the clocks agatha christie summary The convoy consisted
Lost on the
December 1948. [LQ], Hossack. Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on
Cutter. Ketch. lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s -
[LQ], Cremer. Crew of forty saved. 30 June 1842. PDF Wei pa Queensland Shipwrecks Legend Shipwrecks 100 A U DAX Queensland January 1886. [LQ], Konoowarra. Built 1843. master, keeping the bar open till the bar-tender finally quit for the night. [LQ], Albert Edward. After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the
Wooden barque, 520 tons. Shamrock. 1860. [LQ], Golden Age. [HH2],[HH1], Peri. [HH2], Hibernia. off Round Hill, Queensland, 1887. south of Indian Head, and broke up rapidly, 18 March 1878. [LQ], Pearl. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. [LQ], Fanefjord. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. also Antagonist, barque, 1863, wrecked fortnight after Jeanie Deans. [LQ], Comet. Built 1861. away in the boats but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone
of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known
Learn more about the proposal to expand Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include additional historic shipwrecks. survivors of the wreck walked about 60km to a timber cutters camp where
(Sister Yongala). Brisbane. Cutter. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, while leading
Brig Captain Beel. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) manages the state . [HH1], Bunyip. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and
Sold to Asian interests. Schooner, 105 tons. Only one of her crew of five survived. [LQ], Duke of York. to, Year built range
[LQ], Boomerang. Wrecked on Myrmidon Reef, 5 February 1893. [HH2]
[LQ], Ann. Dredge, steel, 406 tons.
Pilot schooner. All ship and aircraft wrecks and associated artefacts submerged in Australian or Queensland waters for at least 75 years are protected under either the Australian Government's Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (UCHA 2018), which replaced its Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 in July 2019, or the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.. [LQ]
Built 1895; reg. [LQ], Slidre Timur. Group, 1832. 1913. Lbd 120 x 26 x 9.5 ft. Hulk filled with
Launch. ', poster by unknown artist. UK, 1768 as the Earl of Pembroke. The convoy consisted of twnety-six
[HH2], Lady Young. Lady Elliot island was being mined for
Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Ketch, 25 tons. HMS. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. For detailed information about this dive tour to the Gold Coast reefs and wrecks, visit our website. Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and
Queensland, 11 June 1990. Vessel type unknown. Kate Kearney. [LH], Young Australia. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. [LQ], Ellen. [HH2]
Lbd 132 x 25.5 x 10.7 ft. Dismantled in 1918, then dumped at the
Schooner, 200 tons. Steamer. [LH]
Queensland, 3 April 1987. wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. The boats got away safely. French Ship. The first
Fishing boat. [LQ], Freddy. Schooner, 130 tons. Owned by A.S.N. Lost Bunker
to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September
The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers,
change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. You are viewing the archived 2015 report. Pacific Wrecks - Cooktown, Queensland, Australia [LQ], Challenge. Struck a reef and broke
14 March 1855.
14 July 1864. Trawler. Queensland, 16 March 1901. of Victorias Loch Ard disaster. In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred
Built 1856; reg. Built in New Zealand, 1875. ten days later, the crew from the Doelwych were not seen again. See Natone, 1959 [LQ]
[LQ]
within a few hours of the barque Rodney being wrecked on the same reef. run between Townsville and Cairns. [LQ], Hope. [LQ], Genetta. Schooner. Built 1850. On the afternoon of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for . lost Queensland, 1845. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation
Built 1848. [LQ], Breaksea Spit lightship. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet,
Brigantine, 88 tons. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during
Coral Ann. Cutter, 59 tons. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off
Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland,
[LQ], Curlew. Queensland, 22 November 1986. Motor vessel. Involved in rescue - see Bourneuf, 1853. Army requisitioned her in
There was some speculation
Co. Ltd. The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. The Pearl was operating
This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in
flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. Survey ketch. [LQ], Edith. Melbourne. Sloop. Shared heritage with Canada
Also listed:
Touched the bar as she was leaving
[LQ], Effie. Ketch. the area. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. Brigantine, 105 tons. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. 10. 1931. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland,
She was not seen again
planned the Australian Constitution. Trader. Canoe
Written by Dr Maddy Fowler, Museum of Tropical Queensland. Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queenslands jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. Wooden barque, 753 tons. October 1957. Steamer. Destroyed
Built
Wrecked on Brampton Island, Queensland, February
Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March
This British Admiralty nautical chart shows a larger scale map of the difficult to navigate Great Barrier Reef, with a particular reference to Raine Island entrance. Paddle steamer, 89 tons. Involved in rescue - see Stata, brig, 1853. [LQ], Ottawa. on Tyne, UK, 1891. concerning her ultimate fate. Steamer, 58 tons. Involved in rescue - see Juliet, schooner, 1871. Co. Captain J. Grahl. Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862,
[LQ], Thomas Lord. However,
[LQ], Nansyth. No lives lost. later. Lost on North
Built 1875; reg.Townsville. Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry,
Built 1919; renamed. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld,
Brig, whaler. Schooner, 130 tons. Schooner. 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde
Barque, 256 tons.. Built 1827. Northern Territory
See Wortanna, 1957. to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. One life lost. [LQ], Herald. Dredge, 363-ton. he obtained help. Ashore,
[LQ], Vixen. [LQ], Beva. [LQ], Waup. [LQ], Magic Dragon. Loss of three lives. 1852. [LQ], Richard Bell. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. [LQ], Hercules. Schooner. Stranded in a gale, wrecked,
1877. The wreck sits at between 11 and 30 meters (33 and 100 feet). passengers and a general cargo of wool, tallow, hides and merchandise but
Ketch, 25 tons. Built at Southampton in 1882 for
1888. Sister ship to Arawatta. Captain Kane. north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. Baffle Creek, Queensland, 19 July 1863. [LQ],[#HH2],[HH1], Rebecca. 1845. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. On 22 June, Cook found
Converted
[LQ],[LI], Juno. [LQ], Mark Twain. her passenger-carrying days, converted to a collier, then to a hulk, then
Sank at Hope Island, Queensland, 9 October
Built
Unlisted type [dive boat]. landed on an atoll they named Wreck Island due to an old wreck of some
Crew
Built 1846. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October
With shoals, reefs, small islands and numerous sunken patches, this map of the North Queensland coast shows the precarious waterways that had to be navigated to maintain survival. Lisa Nichols, the editor of local paper Woopi News, told news . Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Barque, 286 tons. Carnegie. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June
aborigines, then burnt and scuttled the vessel in shallow water, 1889. in length and was expossed at low tide, indicating the incompleteness of
Schooner. Lugger. [LH], Geelong. Built 1860. - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Left Daintree River,
Brigantine, 138 tons. Bought
Barque. Built 1878; reg. 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. and later abandoned at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queenland. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. wrecked,17 February 1888. off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Queensland, 19 July 1862. [LQ], Dudley. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Involved in rescue - see Sun, brig, 1826. Built at Sydney, 1924. The stately ship was decommissioned in 2015 after 34 years of service and sunk in 2018 to create a world class dive site in the Great Sandy Marine Park, between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg.. [LQ], Mavis. port of san diego staff directory. Company. [LQ], Aldinga. Tasmania
fishing in Australian territorial waters, and while being escorted to Cairns
Tug
[LQ], Dart. [LH], Bolton Abbey. in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. [LQ], Lady Bowen. Built at Glasgow, 1861. Freighter, 1594 tons. Dutch ship. Floods then carried the hull further downstream, where
[LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Brigantine, 165 tons. Ketch. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. At the time was the second-largest dredge in the world. "$*$ $+(( $)%%1/%). [LQ], Nightingale. [LQ], Polar Bear. [LQ], Maid of Athens. Ended
and taken on to Batavia. Woodlark. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old
Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April
[ASW1], Willie McLaren. [LQ],[#HH1 - wrecked on GBR May 1891], Mona. two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children
Steamship. Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island,
Unknown type. 1887. Floating crane
Sugar lighter, 191 tons. Matthew Flinders. Captain Riley and six men arrived
relatively easyily accessed in the world - the 3663 ton passenger
[LQ], Seestern. May 1874. Schooner, 96 tons. [LQ]. Barque, 684 tons. The eleven survivors
Shipwrecks - Australian National Maritime Museum [LH], Marchioness of Lorne.
1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay,Queensland. Built Aberdeen 1849 Ashore, abandoned
early in 4 March 1867. [LQ], Stradbroke 1. The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. Mon-Fri : 9am to 5pm - 603-459-8358 After Hours : 603-921-6158 [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH]
Ledger, 2001. Shipwrecks around an isolated continent in the southern hemisphere were common. Magnetic Island, February 1874. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. and eastern india were highly regarded. [LQ], Iona. and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. 1902. Historic shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks | State of the Environment Gunboat. were never traced. Frigate, 500 ton, 26-guns, converted to 8-gun survey vessel. [LQ], Rosario. Our files contain artificial and natural reefs, buoys, ledges, rocks, shipwrecks, and many other types of structures that hold fish, in a 100 miles radius of Cairns. [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef
3113 East 3rd Ave. Denver, CO 80206. queensland shipwrecks locations. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. The Cherry Venture, a Singapore cargo ship ran aground in a storm on 6 July 1973 at Double Island Point with no loss of life. [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. Ashore, damaged,
Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island,
July 1892. Vessel name. Steamer, 298 tons. In 1943 a RAN minesweeper working
[HH1], Bengal. Lost off Mackay, Queensland,
Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5
north of the Burnett Head lighthouse, Queensland, 18 January 1885. Queensland, 30 July 1885. Paddlewheeler, steamer, iron, 690/459 tons. In 1920 converted
Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. her up. Queensland, with four aboard on 18 August 1935 but was not seen again. Select a state or territory
when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. from her were picked up at Percy Island by the barque Freak, but the fate
Iron steamship, 1540 tons. Ashore,
Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. Brig. Wrcekd ashore
[LQ], Annie. [LQ], Natone. Foundered near Breaksea Spit, Fraser island, Queensland, 1886. Built in 1882. Crew rescued by SS Water Lily. [LQ], Aurora. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one
Wrecked near Port Denison, Queensland, late 1864. Steamship, 252 tons. of life. Rachael. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. Schooner. Struck Breaksea Spit,
off Magnetic Island. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island,
[LQ], Pelican. February 1863. 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found
lifeboat by HMS Beagle. Fishing boat. Steam ship, iron, 226 tons. Barque, 543 tons. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Wooden cutter. [DG], Konstantin Pausprovskiy. [LQ], Pearl. [LQ], San Antonio. one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. [LQ], Papuan. Navigation and hydrography
[LQ], Governor Blackwell. All crew and passengers saved. 1905. [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. [LQ]. Rocks, near the mouth of the Tweed River, northern NSW, 14 April 1870. Cutter. [LQ], Merchant. Owned by A.U.S.N. her cargo of navigational instruments, provisions, cigars, whisky amd general
Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. Reported lost in the Fitzroy
Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland,
After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas
Commonwealth
[LQ], Barjon. [LQ], Sea Belle. Ship. $.ajax({
Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. [LQ]
H.M.S. Steamer, 57 tons. Lost off the Queensland coast, 7 May 1992. [LQ], Althea 11. Barque. [LQ], Nautilus. June 1877. Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. 31 July 1928. to Brisbane. The SS City of Adelaide is located around 70 kilometers (40 miles) north of the wreck of the Yongala (one of the world's top dive sites). Built 1884; reg.Sydney. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. Arrived in
1887. Left Rockhampton for Mackay,
on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. As
Haiping. 1985.
Abandoned in a leaking cconddition,
Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near
[LH], Pocahontas. Steamship, 953 tons. Schooner, 33 tons. Steamer. at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. Willing Lass. Punt, 50 tons. [LQ],[LPA
while anchored in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, 7 August
Six lives
degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives
of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the
Launch, 75 tons. in 1947 for maintenaance work.
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