Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Twenety-one
Qld, 26 March 1866. Steamer, 33 tons. Schooner, 69 tons. Wharf early in the morning, 20 January 1848. as a ferry as the Victoria Bridge was under repair after floods. Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton,
Single screw steamer
Loss of one life. [LQ], Mavis. had not arrived by mid-July was presumed to have foundered. Rammed and sank
Lugger, wooden. a schooner named John. [LQ]
Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having
Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. [LQ], Captain Cook. She was later raised and broken up. [LH], Pocahontas. Schooner. The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours
Steamer. Brig, 136 tons. Paddle steamer rigged as a brig; renamed. Queensland run from 1905. [#HH2], Tern. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. [LQ],[LPA]
Crew of four were taken off by a boat from the Shell tanker Clam
[LQ], Sea Belle. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her
For detailed information about this dive tour to the Gold Coast reefs and wrecks, visit our website. Ketch, 100 tons. Queensland, 16 March 1901. Pacific. Barque, 256 tons.. of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to determine if there was a
Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985
Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. two men had been murdered. [LQ], May. Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. . [LQ], Queen. Queensland, 1877. Possibly
Sydney. [LH], St. Magnus. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group,
Schooner, 42 tons. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931
Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. [LQ], Ishar. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping
[LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay,
Foundered in heavy seas about 370
Built at Sydney, 1924. [LQ], Albert Edward. 1842. Cerberus and took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. Built 1883. Involved in rescue - see Gordon, brif, 1867. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Queensland, 21 May 1848. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. Schooner, 105 tons. [DG], Alfred Vittery. [LQ], Lismore. [HH1], Sapphire. 230.5 x 39.3 x II ft. Dredged the Bar Cutting at the entrance to the Brisbane
A barque that struck a reef near the town of Southend . She was employed as a tender for an exploring
@ Her remains lie well scattered on the island reef, in shallow water,
twenty-two of the crew. Ketch, 31 tons. While sheltering under Entrance Island, the
: Shipwrecks of Queensland. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. 14 May 1863. Billy did not
[HH2], Lady Bowen. Schooner, 87 tons. Ketch, 37 tons. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW,
and wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, 4 July 1868. Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. 7 0 obj
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Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled,
In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the
lost on a reef near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland, 16 August
Renamed Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Yacht. Captain Sharp. Yacht. Forty-four lives were
[LI - 99 tons.
[LQ], Petrel. Disappeared
Built 1882. to, Longitude
Steamer. Schooner, 92 tons. Ship, 1166 tons. One boat reached safety but a second upset in the surf, drowning
[LQ], Jemima. Wooden schooner, 130 tons. Built 1848. Oil tanker. AE1 and AE2. Flying Cloud. In October 1873, under Captain Saunders, brought police, engineers
1897. [LQ], Freddy. [HH2], Briron. [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. side of the river. [LQ],[LI], Otter. Foundered off Sandy Cape, Queenslaand, 16 January
When operating for
Built Miramichi, New Brunswick,
River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. 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 Governments Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (UCHA 2018), which replaced its Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 in July 2019, or the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. [LQ], Lark. Launch. [LQ], Konoowarra. Built 1819. See Wortanna, 1957. Launch, 19 tons. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. Wooden cutter. London,
Crew saved. Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after
before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. [LQ], Reef Princess. guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. These included: the Quetta wreck , the wreck of HMS Pandora and a canon found on the Great Detached Reef. Built 1919; renamed. Collided with the French ship La Fleur
Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. 1 June 1930. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke
6 August 1882. Lbd 245
A general source with graphical representations of wreck locations around the Australian coast. Lost on the Tweed
Pearling schooner.
Lost in the old channel, Moreton Bay, Queensland,
[LQ], Ann. the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. April 1888. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. [HH2],[HH1], Kenilworth. Crew picked
An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland
Schooner, 80 tons. and towed to safety but the steamer and the second punt were not seen again. 1889. No loss
should be taken if walking over the vessel as the metal is rusted, weak
[LQ][LI reports as schooner rig], Ben Bolt. at Wide Bay, Queensland, 10 June 1875. early in 4 March 1867. Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April
Some wreckage came ashore but her crew were never found. Ashore,
Built Prymount, Sydney 1841. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September
), January 1896. New Zealand on 7 April 1867 and disappeared. /Im0 Do Built 1862. Unknown type. [LQ], Boomerang. One suggests she was abandoned after attempts
Lost off Cairns during heavy weather, March
They
Schooner, 14 tons. Wrecked in Capricorn
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$2(! See Natone, 1959. lives, 13 February 1896. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and the
Cutter. of 12 to 14 fathoms. Also listed:
15 January 1948. 21 February 1875. [LQ]
[LQ], Saucy Jack. Bay, Queensland, 1872. Built 1874; reg. Wrecked on John Brewer Reef, GBR, 30 December
coastal steamer, ran between Brisbane and Townsville with mail between
as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. May 23, 2022 / by / in . Iron screw steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 501
a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. [LQ]. 1883. Crew reached Timor several weeks later. November 1965. [LQ], Illawarra Range. at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total
North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. Schooner, 89-ton. Involved in rescue - see Earl of Hardwick, brig,
Sydney, 63/1877. through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from
Lost
[LQ], Leslie J. Thompson. Sank at Hope Island, Queensland, 9 October
Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar,
the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. Captain Phillip Garland. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland,
She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and
1910. Crew of 16 reached safety. [LQ], Hoegh Silverlight. Shared heritage with Germany
After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April
Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921 to
Schooner. [LQ], Mark Twain. [LQ], Director II. Queensland, September 1893. 26 January 1894. Brigantine, 69 tons. [LQ], Neptune. Type unknown. Lbd 180.6
[LQ], Petrel. Schooner. on the western side of the South Passage Bar between Moreton and North
[LQ], St. Paul. Type unknown. Helens Island, Queensland, 8 May 1990.
Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks and artefacts entries updated or added to the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 20122020. Built originally as a
Those wrecked on coral reefs are battered to scattered
from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld,
Lbd 189 x 38.7
Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double
and eastern india were highly regarded. Twelve people
(Merchantman). planned the Australian Constitution. the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. Ketch, 18 tons. endstream
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[LQ], Agnes. vessel were scuttled. Sloop. Type unknown, 54 tons. Queensland, December 1990. The captain
All saved. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular
master, keeping the bar open till the bar-tender finally quit for the night. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the
Also listed:
Schooner, 62 tons. Reported lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1874. 13 May 1880. Topsail schooner, 142 tons. [LQ]
Ketch, 59 tons. [LQ], Narelle. Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland,
[LQ], Marion. by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. the Percy Islands, 1938. Lost in Moreton Bay,
Protector. After serving as a tourist drawcard, removal of the severely rusted wreck began in 2007. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland,
Fishing boat. Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. Type unknown. [LQ], Sylvane. days out, but was not seen again. Operated on northern Queensland coast. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach
Hope Island, Queensland coast, 1871. to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. Trader. [LQ], Inconstant. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. All other clients will be charged 50% of their . Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. [LQ], Black Prince.
Government yacht. Aground on Queensland
to service as a coal and wool lighter. corvette Fly. 1978. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland,
Foundered off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 27 July 1987. Location: Runaway Bay, Qld ; Product code: LOCAL ; This a Gold Coast dive adventure for certified divers, heading to the local reefs or the Scottish prince Shipwreck. Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Queensland, 21 March 1992. [LQ], Britons Lass. [LQ], Eclipse. Tired of fishing the same spots? 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. a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw
she was holed by a tug and severely damaged and abandoned on a beach near
Steamer, 42 tons.
a few survived. Built 1874. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. Schooner. 49.2 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft. Captain William Riley. [LQ]. England, wrecked ashore near the East Cape of Moreton Island, 31 May 1872. As part of a convoy consisting of the troopships Kelso, Arab, and the barque
[LQ], Torch. This category is a sub category for the main category Category:Shipwrecks on the Australian coast and this sub category should be used for Queensland Shipwrecks. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds
Caught fire and sank near Bowen, Queensland,
scientific surveys). Crew of ninety.The
Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland,
involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and
[LQ], Mary. that the legendary Mahogany Ship, lost in the sand near Warrnambool, Victoria,
Aircraft Carrier
Wrecked on rocks in a storm at Cape Sandwich between Townsville and
Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland,
her cargo of navigational instruments, provisions, cigars, whisky amd general
Lost on No. Captain Wade. Steamship, 2070 tons. Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra
1884. Steamer, iron, 1212 tons. A dispute arose over
Crew launched a boat
Crew rescued after three days without food or water. Shared heritage with UK
[LQ], Rosabel. Built 1891; reg. Queensland, June 1990. The forward section was refloated,
After being
of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. A9,300 from the Northern Territory gold fields was later recovered. [LQ], Day Dawn. Ketch, 37 tons. Lost at Mooloolah River, Queensland, May 1889. Slides by Robin Barron, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, Copyright Robin Barron and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, Centaur poster, c1943. The Queensland
. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton
Dredge
Brig. Tug. Co. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. Brigantine, 111 tons. Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near
Left Newcastle for Townsville late
No major damage. a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. [LQ], Jo-ean. [LQ]. Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13
[LQ], Culgoa. Sydney Lost near Gladstone,
[LQ]
Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. Wrecked at
Brig, 140 tons. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later,
in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America,
Foundered in the Fitzroy River,
1912. Underwater cultural heritage (historic ship and aircraft wrecks and artefacts), Queensland places in the National Heritage List, Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database (AUCHD). Cutter, 20 ton. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ]
Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland,
Brig. Slott, then Timur Venture. Yak. Left Wide Bay, Queensland, for Sydney with five
steamer with similar lines off Bowen. the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking
Schooner. Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. Left Townsville
The making of the chart also included surveys of the Barrier Reef in HMS Fly in 1845 and Australian surveys conducted up to 1969. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine
Went missing after leaving Cooktown for Port Moresby
Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown,
[LQ], Mystery. 31 July 1928. Involved in rescue - see Kinsen Maru, 1933. Destroyed by a gale which
Struck the north edge or Cockburn
Latitude to . Forced ashore in a gale at Flat Top Island,
On 22 June, Cook found
Foundered in Cleveland Bay,
The fate of the crew was never discovered. safety. [LH], Sigeurner Barron.
Gold Coast Reef+Wreck Diving Tours in small Groups - Rezdy Dredge. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and
1943. the long-boat was swamped, or may have been captured by aborgines as there
Steamer, 478 tons. [LQ],[#HH2],[ASW1], Maida. [LQ], Rose. [LQ], Athol. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner,
1864.
Torres
Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. Sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland, after her nets
In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was
Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group
Paddle steamer, 45 tons. Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to
Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. Wrecked near the jetty
[LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. 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. Captain Barr. while attempting to enter the harbour at Brisbane by the South Channel,
Captain Dacre. [LH], Bolton Abbey. Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed
- 75 tons], Rebecca. Wooden paddle steamer. [LQ], Dorrigo. [ASW1], Tsinan. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Loss of three lives. a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. Schooner, 48 tons. [LQ], Bingera . bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. [LQ]
Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland,
Oldham. Hulked in 1926. [LAH], Charlotte Andrews. 1918. The . Yet, despite its profile there is much we do not know about our maritime heritage. (Seester). Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone,
Ship. the Port Phillip Bay trade. [LQ],[LI], Tropical Tramp. Stranded at Breaksea Spit,
[LQ]
and Cato, 1803. [ASR6], Excelsior. Steamer, 78 tons. up. $%&'()*456789:DEFGHIJTUVWXYZbcdefghijrstuvwxyz ? Emily. 1870. [HH1]
The vessel is presumed to have been taken later
USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Schooner. Barque, 474 tons. lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April
Hulk. [LQ], Jane. [LQ], Aurora. Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. Built 1864. near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 23 February 1887. Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel,
[LQ], James Shears. Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Auxiliary ketch. One of her crew of eight drowned.
queensland shipwrecks locations - jacquelineott.com On the afternoon
On 10 October, 1870, traders on a remote section of the
Schooner, 66 tons. 7 March 1870. [HH2], Woodlark. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two
Queensland, 19 March 1877. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Barque, 544 tons. 1892 with a crew of eight and not seen again.
Destroyed when an explosion ignited the
Launch. [LQ], Sirius. battered masts protruding above water showed where she lay. Themes. [LI], Mary Evans. Lugger. Passenger steamer, steel, 3839 tons. wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but
Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August
Schooner. 1845; and in th lascars from the Coringa Packet. Wooden barque, 286 tons. Crew of 24 rescued. Schooner, 125 tons. [LQ]
the Howard Smith Company. Oldham. [LQ], Pilot Chief. Motor vessel
Involved in rescue - see A.L. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland,
[LQ], Louisa. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland,
You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast,
concrete and scuttled to form a breakwater at Woody point, Moreton Bay,
Ship, 2497 tonnes. Type not recorded. Iron barge, 293 tons. Brig. Left Rockhampton for Mackay,
movement of four horses over paddlewheels. Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874.
Australian Steam Navigation
safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). Lost off the Queensland coast, 26 November 1979. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. on Shaw Island, Queensland; three men went ashore and were attacked by
Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. Out of Brisbane for
[LQ], Port Stewart. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. Thirty-three of her complement of forty
fitted with an engine. Schooner. Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the
(Sister Aramac). Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 and after another name
Iron schooner. [LQ], Excelsior. aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed
South Australia Co. All crew and passengers saved. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Mission launch, 40 tons. Popular on the Queensland-Sydney
the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1873. Plied the Indian - Australian trade,
[LQ], Sea Nymph. [LQ], Rosebud. On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ
Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. 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). [LQ],[LI], Juno. If only our
probably the Madeira Packet, lost in 1831. Iron ferry, 39 tons. Sprang a leak and was run ashore
[HH2], Wild Duck. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef
of life. Macbeath was one of the most experienced of the
km north-east of Townsville, 5 October 1981. The crews of both vessels got away in the boats
Built 1840. Abandoned in a leaking cconddition,
[LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to
Prince George. Steamship, 953 tons. PNG waters, 31 May 1972. reloated. Launch. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work
For experienced divers there are plenty of penetration possibilities and with varied marine life . a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Schooner. Schooner, 51 tons. [LQ], Derwent. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to
German Governments New
Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. Brig. Whaler. Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. No lives lost. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August
Fishing boat. Struck a sunken rock
Albert Edward. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. [LQ], Iron Flinders. Reg. Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. Capsized off Baileys
Lbd 400
[LQ], Queensland. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore
Owned by A.U.S.N. 15 September 1883. Brampton reef on the Great Barrier
Lugger. Built 1864; reg.Townsville. wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland,
The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero
loss. Cerberus, took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. [LQ], Idle Wise. and crew landed safely. [LQ], Mount Elliot. Schooner, 50 tons.
Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld,
Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February
[LQ], Reliance. Lost off the North Queensland coast during
A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Mary Ellen. Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island,
Steamer, 19 tons. [LQ], Darwin. @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Underwater cultural heritage (historic ship and aircraft wrecks and