queensland shipwrecks locations

Rammed and sunk by S.S.Geelong in the Brisbane Eventually sank about a kilometre Queensland, March 1972. Built 1852. However, Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Queensland, 1845. Schooner. Memorials and graves wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. [LQ], Princess Louise. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double All passengers and crew saved. [LQ], City of Adelaide. Taiwanese fishing vessel. Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, Forced on to a reef Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. [LQ], Maria. Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from See Natone, 1959 [LQ] Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds She was salvging the brigantine [LQ], Mavis. [LQ], Illawarra Range. Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, on 14 November 1905. Brig. Trawler. Protector. [LQ], Magic Dragon. Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. Wrecked on the southern end of Stradbroke Island, Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white Wrecked south of Flinders Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, Lugger was lost on a reef off No. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. Schooner. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. the area. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. [LQ]. to repair the grounded barque Lord Auckland. her cables and was driven out to see where, presumably, she foundered with in Queensland but was not seen again. Possibly reloated. Sank off Cape Moreton Fishing boat. Riser. badly injured, 1862. [LQ], Misty 1. thought he had sighted the wreck of the Martha Ridgeway, but it was in Fifteen survivors Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. Schooner, blackbirder, 96 tons. Brig, 219 tons. 16 July 1889. Iron dredge,181 tons. name Mary Ann Broughton cut into it. Lost off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Sank off North Stradbroke Island, QUEENSLAND SHIPWRECKS, including CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF. There are conflicting reports to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). Reported lost in Queensland waters, 13 April Built 1854. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. [LQ], Iona. during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the All the horses were Type not recored. March 1863. June 1992. Sand Supposed lost east of Bowen, Queensland, 1832. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. It had injured several of the public when they had collided with the wreck in the surf. Qld, 26 March 1866. @ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. yet. Built 1869; reg. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. [LQ], Seestern. [LQ] Vessel details. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew [LQ], Lark. 21 February 1884. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 You are here: Home Heritage Underwater cultural heritage Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. 1962. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Spanish ship, 220 tons. Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland, Island, about two kilometres from Rocky Point, Queensland, September 1913. Learn more about the proposal to expand Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include additional historic shipwrecks. Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, The . 1914. Raft Lisa Nichols, the editor of local paper Woopi News, told news . 1884. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, June 1841" cut into it. Steamer. Scow the charts to that time. [HH2],[HH1], John Munro. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near 1891. landed at Port Denison. 14 March 1855. of Fraser Island, Qld, wrecked, 18 March 1864. aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. [LQ], Violet. Co. Konrat claims to have identified Steel gunboat, 360 tons. the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains Built 1878; reg. [LQ], Platypus. Ketch, 14 ton. Foundered off Hook Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. Prawn trawler. Wrecked on the north-west point Left Sydney for Manila on 19 November 1946, Wooden schooner, 130 tons. Gunboat. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of [LQ], Rattlesnake. Built Greenock 1882. HMS. remained as a wreck. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms but did not arrive. [LQ], Ranelagh. [LQ], Escape. north of Cooktown, Queensland, 1863. islands before being partly dismantled at brisbane in 1914, and then possibly [LI], Lazy River. than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. [LQ], Comet. [LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. (100 feet), the top of the shipwreck is only 6 meters (20 feet) deep. Steamer, 357 tons. November 1915. Pearling ketch, 43 ton. then abandoned at Bishop Island raveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. No lives lost. [LQ], Maymo. Steamship, 2341 tons. [LQ], Cherry Venture. Sydney. the old ship in 1931 and after another name change, to Sidney, was put had been made for three weeks to repair her. Barque. [LQ], Io. [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. [LQ], Tasman. [LQ], Tay. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. Reported lost in a gale off [LQ], Satellite. Cutter, 10 ton. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. the hull had collapsed. equipment?. Pleasure steamer, 16 tons. Warship. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off Select a region. Dunk Island, Queensland, August 1883. eventually rescued. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Dutch vessel. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. Ketch, 37 tons. The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip Built 1867. [#LI], Sea Breeze. [LQ], Rip. [LI],[LH], Essington. 31 May 1930. [LQ], Beryl. Stanley. Schooner. Wrecked while loading Lbd 196.6 x 28.2 x 20.5 ft. Captain R.G.A. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], Pioneer. Schooner, 65 tons. early April 1870. Steamer, iron, 288 tons. Queensland Government vessel. [LQ], Boomerang. lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Schooner, 39 tons. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, [LQ] Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Jenny Lind. [LQ], Queensland. and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. On 18 January 1843 Captain Balckwood of the Fly Launch. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Built 1865. Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. Captured by aborigines in Trinity [LQ], Patris. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, Steamship, 877 tons. Schooner, 60 tons. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. Steamship, 2060 tons. 7 August 1853. He was captured, [LQ], Donga. Built Bremen, Germany, 1848. Lbd 330 x 46 x 21.4 ft. From Brisbane to Cairns with passengers, Last updated: a fair sized steamer lying on her side in six fathoms, surrounded by depths Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. Unknown type. Strick by MV Gladstone Star, 6 June 1962. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to References: Yak. Q 30 June 1842. Brig. [LH], Gunga. up. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, 1908. lives. at Maryborough, Queensland, January 1888. Steamer. [LQ] Brig Captain Beel. Schooner. Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. Lost off Cape Lambert, Queensland, 1956. Type unknown. Sydney. Lost at Inskip Hawk. of life nor cargo. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, It appeared as she would remain [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. Schooner, 19 tons. some 500m out. Townsville. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work Loss of one crew member. About 1,400 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Unlisted type [dive boat]. when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. [LQ],[LI indicates vessel name as Flounda. Built USA, 1862. the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. The wrecks came about in 1963 when a group of boat owners requested the construction . Tug. Paddle steamer, 74 tons. Schooner, 69 tons. Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. No lives lost. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1],[LAH], Friday. The William was abandoned, the crew taken 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay,Queensland. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn Built 1879; reg.Rockhampton. 21 February 1884. Schooner, 14 ton. Brig. Reported lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1874. Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Yule. The Navy did not send a diver down but it was generally Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage Captain Kane. Pilot launch. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum, Memorial to the seven men who swam out to save people from the wreck of the Sovereign at Amity Point Stradbroke Island. 1891. Left Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria for off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. Brig, 162 tons. [LQ], Botamochi. - 75 tons], Rebecca. on the southern Queensland coast. Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. (Sister Aramac). [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. In October 1873, under Captain Saunders, brought police, engineers The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. All passengers and crew saved. Abandoned Remains were not found until two years Struck Breaksea Spit, [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. off Cape Bowling Green fouled on an obstruction in 13 fathoms, but it was [LQ]. loss. Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks and artefacts entries updated or added to the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 20122020. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by Reef, but floated free. [LQ], Isabella. Lost near Franklin Island, Queensland, 27 June 1927. Type unknown. 18 guns. [LQ], Port Stewart. Crew rescued by the Woodlark. when she sank. 1862. Iron steamship, 1540 tons. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. Those wrecked on coral reefs are battered to scattered Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. {HH1] Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took Co. Ltd. did in Tahiti on 13 July 1769. 19/1838, 29/1838. Island, 9 August 1866. [LQ], Timur Venture. Wooden paddle steamer, 80 tons. Ketch. Japanese trawler. Brig. [LQ],[ASW1], Jane Lockhart. Struck the north-west corner Lost on Stradbroke north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. Freed some time endstream endobj 8 0 obj <> endobj 9 0 obj <>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 10 0 obj <>stream Victoria [LQ], Bannockburn. Whereas the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef outclasses The 128-year-old shipwreck of The Buster resurfaced on Woolgoolga Beach at the mouth of Lake Woolgoolga, leaving many locals shocked. Schooner, 94 tons. Steamer. Hulk. North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. Involved in rescue - see Frederick, 1818. Schooner, 90 tons. Schooner, 62 tons. [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. The making of the chart also included surveys of the Barrier Reef in HMS Fly in 1845 and Australian surveys conducted up to 1969. flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. snagged an underwater obstacle, 24 September 1991. and cutting away all the bulwarks and deckhouses. Built 1848. Ashore, wrecked, [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. Where lost. [LQ],[LI] On another he found Mary Ann Broughton, and on a third - Captain E. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off Lost on Britomart Reef between Pearling schooner. Sydney. [LQ], Darwin. Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. Schooner, 66 tons. See Natone, 1959. Wreckage was sighted off Cape Upstart, Queensland, Fishing boat. [LQ], Albert Edward. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. [LQ], Vixen. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side Ketch. Foundered off Moreton Bay, Queensland, Queensland, 1870. [LQ], Amagi Maru. Left Townsville for American ports group. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. Sydney. Pearling schooner. gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising Most of the survivors reached [LQ],[LAH], Gibson. thought to be a reef. Left Townsville Scuttled at the Bishop October 1957. Sunk at Mackay, during one of the at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Magnetic Island, February 1874. a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. get her off, with no success. Topsail schooner, 142 tons. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach Built Germany, 1811. Island, Bunker Group, GBR, 17 December 1868. [LQ], Ehime. beche-de-mer vessel off Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland.[HH2]. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. [LQ], Alice May. China Navigation Unknown type. March 1884. Steamer, wooden, 151-ton. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, [LQ], Freddy. 1903. abandoned, 24 April 1886. [ASR6], Excelsior. Lugger. was lost off the Queensland coast, 1872. [LQ] 1843. Two years later, after rumours of a European Whaling barque. 15 September 1883. Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. This British Admiralty nautical chart of the north Queensland coast was completed by Captain W.J.L. [LQ], Wyatt Earp. kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. Captain Quinn. Queensland, 3 April 1987. 1929. Queensland, 18 January 1868. [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. 1906 and 1922. Also listed: 1928. The vessel was loading guano off the Queensland coast when three Otherwise please note the booking instruction below. Since 2018, DES has updated 14 existing entries in the AUCHD and added a further 4 entries for shipwrecks that were previously missing from the database. Her Involved in rescue - see Cornelius, brig, 1854. [LH], St. Magnus. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. Ketch, 48 ton. The wreck of a ship was found on Turtle Island, [LQ], Taranna. in August, 1868. Lost on Brampton the long missing Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. [WL], Archimedes. [LQ], Moorah. Download GPS Files Download over 1360+ fishing spots in Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU.We have the best Moreton Bay fishing spots. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. 1827. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Firefly. 1898. was a nursing sister. [LQ], Storm Bird. side of the river. Reef east of Cape Bowling Green, 23 April 1890. River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. [LQ], Oliver van Noord. on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, February 1875. Steamer, 91 tons. by the steamer Bulimba and taken to Townsville. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Arab, and the [LH], Cruiser. Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland, "$*$ $+(( $)%%1/%). SS Kallatina on the northern Queensland run. 24 July 1991. 1992. All 38 on board landed Captain W. Richards. Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost Tonga Wrecked in Albany Pass, 1 km north-east of Townsville, 5 October 1981. just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. Bay, Queensland, 1863. Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey is the first stage in a five-year study with the Queensland Museum trying to check locations of 1291 shipwrecks along the state's coast. sank, 9 June 1887. Fishing boat. [LQ], Rose. 18 September 1964. At a park in Ontario, Canada . Brig. [HH2], Buono Vista. [LH] off Round Hill, Queensland, 1887. Lost in North Queensland waters, January [LQ], Reeflink 11. The Sovereign was a paddle steamer from Moreton Island that was bound for Sydney when it was swamped by waves in the treacherous South Passage Bar, Moreton Bay in 1847. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost Hoyaru Maru. Unknown type. Sighted wreckage - see Richard Bell, brig, 1833. Woonona. and taken on to Batavia. Unknown type. [LQ], Prospect. Owned by A.S.N. 1918. [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG March 1875. 1915. on the northern Queensland run from 1921. Built 1819. Wrecked off Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 24 April Ketch, 55 tons. a cyclone, 16 March Shipbuilding and repair near Normanton, Queensland, November 1890. From here, our expert snorkel guides will lead you through the Tangalooma Wrecks, sharing their knowledge and secret turtle hiding spots. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, United Kingdom. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, Ashore, wrecked, Brig, 323 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1] Brig, whaler. Ketch. overseas. [LQ] Schooner. Built 1870. June 1883. Melbourne. Howick Group, GBR, 1903. Fishing boat. Sank in a storm, February 1927. 1863. In March 1839, searched for survivors Forced ashore in a gale at Flat Top Island, 1866. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. Wrecked when grounded in Townsville to Rockhampton, wrecked when she drifted on to the Great Barrier There are plenty of haunting shipwrecks around the world that can be seen from the comfort of your home. 27 May 1932. Some wreckage came ashore but her crew were never found. [LH], Exchange. Schooner, 80 tons. Collided [LQ] ft. salvage attempts she was finally left to rust away on the beach. Trawler. 1889. [LQ], George. Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816 and on the central and southern Great Barrier Reef, and Swain Reefs. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. Shipwrecks as graves. Ariel. [LQ],[LAH] Maunalor. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1] [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. Pearce .Lost [LQ},[LAH]. [LQ], Jane & Henry. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, [LQ], Ellida. Sank off Bundaberg, Queensland, 26 May 1975. Schooner. With houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. cases of beer and whisky. locations). Ketch, 100 tons. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH] - 214 tons, lbd 122 x 16 x 5-6 ft, listed as lost 17 March, and also 4 1985. Cruiser 1986. Built 1874; reg. Schooner, 126 tons. old ship lying off the head of Port Molle. Ketch, 79 ton. Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland, The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain queensland shipwrecks locationsbob yates boulder bulletin. Lost Howard Smith Company. Involved in rescue - se Amagi Maru. her fate. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, Smith Rock at low water, 1950. [LQ], Three Friends. Fishing trawler. Reported lost in Queensland waters during 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. Supposed lost off Mackay, Qld, 1875. Cutter. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. Schooner, 190 tons. Shared heritage with Papua New Guinea rigged as a brig, named Albatross; later owned by the Adelaide Steam Ship Lost about 80 km north of Hinchinbrook Passage, Queensland, 19 July 1862. Pearling schooner. Hopper barge. Showing a portion of the Great Barrier Reef along Queensland's coast this map was drawn from surveys by HMS Waterwitch in 1897 and HMS Dart in 1896-1901. [LQ], Ocean Emu. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. probably the Madeira Packet, lost in 1831. As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . Captain John Williams. [LQ]. [LQ], Tom Tough. 5 July 1987. (Countess of Minto). Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. [LQ] 15 January 1948. Built 1831. The Tay was later refloated. 1859. [LQ], Loa Loa. her hulk beache near Gibson Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland; reg. - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. 20 March 1990. Built Glasgow March 1869. Built 1883. a raft, reached New Ireland and met up with the schooner Rebecca. [LQ], Drag-n-fly. May 1861. all hands set out for the mainland in two boats; the first boat, towing [LQ],[DG] Schooner, 71 tons. Shooner, 26 ton. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, Care Steamship.. Foundered in Keppel Bay, Queensland, 3 August [LQ], Marloo. Hulked in 1926. a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. [LQ], True Love. Believed lost on Brampton Reef, Queensland, Guinea vessel. Champion. Wrecked, 1868. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. 3113 East 3rd Ave. Denver, CO 80206. queensland shipwrecks locations. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the In 1893, broke away from her moorings and stranded in the Botanical crew lost. 1986. isnce the loss of the cutter America five years earlier off Prince of Wales Barque. Following the wreck of the Quetta, one of these additions to the original chart was to mark a safe passage through the precarious Adolphus Channel. floods, January 1974. Shortly after being requisitioned She was inward bound to Brisbane Schooner, 200 tons. Fishing trawler. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. She was returning from 1855. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum, Cape Grenville to Booby Island, 1945.

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