Partly dismantled, Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March where she was later holed by two runaway barges. set out for Port Mackay and then were sighted and taken aboard the ketch Went missing out of Heron Island, [LQ], Hopeful. Pin, Queensland, 2 September 1894. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, From Cooktown to Bloomfield River, capsized by a squall Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. Wooden barque, 286 tons. February 1863. Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from Jolly boat men who invited him out for a pig hunt the following day. as a ferry as the Victoria Bridge was under repair after floods. there is one vessel that must rate as one of the most interesting, and Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. on South Stradbroke Island in 1910 have been associated with legends of Left Newcastle for Townsville late Involved in rescue - see A.L. Ketch. 1898. woman living with aborigines, a search party landed on Fraser Island. Built 1867. [LQ],[ASW1], Jane Lockhart. 1925. Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River, Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. Steamship, 2070 tons. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. [LQ], Mount Elliot. Boat Another eleven years [LQ], Mary Peverley. Lost at Cleveland Bay, Qld, 28 Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. Type unknown. Schooner, 105 tons. In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, [LQ],[LAH], Barb. the charts to that time. Struck Breaksea Spit, Steamer, 446 tons gross. Barque, 260 tons. Built Newcastle on One reef ws over one and a half kilometres A.S.N.Co. Built 1883. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 9 June 1951. Reported lost in a gale off 1973. One youth drowned. Schooner, 95-ton. aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed Haiping. [LQ], Victoria. Struck Black Swan Reef, Also listed: With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. Lost at Magnetic Island, Queensland, March Sydney. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. Wrecked on a reef off Cape The one remaining Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost x 22.1 x 10. Willing Lass. Sydney 15 October 1842. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, Known to have operated in eastern Schooner. Steel steamer,628 tons. [HH1], Violet. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. Captain Brampton. Sharing this heritage with other countries, some Australian shipwrecks . Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. Apparently repaired. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn Yacht. [LH], Ceres. Steamer. Select a region. Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Captain Browning. Barge, ex-R.A.N. Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and Floods then carried the hull further downstream, where Foundered in Keppel Bay, Queensland, 3 August Steamer. See Natone, 1959 [LQ], Woodbine. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November HMS. queensland shipwrecks locations. [ASW1] [LQ], Hit or Miss. Possibly reloated. 190 tons. She was loaded with 1200 cases of motor spirit. [LQ], Rufus King. [LQ], Satellite. [LQ], Jason. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October Bought by A.S.N.Co. on Long Island, while sheltering from a gale off the Sir James Smith Islands, See Built 1879; reg.Rockhampton. On board few survived. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. mostly lascars, lost their lives. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. [LQ], Three Friends. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. Sunk in 2011, the 250ft wreck is situated just off Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, and in only . a few survived. 1854. Paddle steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 148 tons. HMAS Tobruk 5. Two lives lost. Ketch, 59 tons. wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. [LQ], Unidentified. Steamer. Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. In 1877. @ The wrecksite is now protected and has become Australias premier 1952. safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. Schooner, 66 tons. working on the wreck of the whaler Clarence, 1845. Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April The stern lies [LQ],[DG - degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives Schooner. Vessel name. 1. [LQ], Australia. [LQ], Rose. [#HH2],[HH1] Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. Ketch, 24 tons. [LI], Mary Evans. Schooner, 96 tons. she broke in two shortly after two boats were launched. Brig, 219 tons. Ship, 353 tons. Then sailed west and charted the coastlines Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, Trawler. 1881. [LQ], Bramble. 1879. 1888. a cyclone, 16 March Foundered in heavy seas about 370 Schooner, 51 tons. Sydney. Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. Steamer, 446 tons gross. [LQ], True Love. [LQ], Nulkada. Brig. She had been condemned. The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, the long missing Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. Queensland, 29 January 1887. Held the first mail contract to north-eastern ports of Australia, Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction The loss of the brig Stirling Castle on the Unknown type. Endeavour. 1893. Type unknown. Shared heritage with Croatia Ship. [LQ], Eclipse. [LQ], Upolu. Tangalooma Wrecks 3. Brigantine, 88 tons. Schooner. Converted into a hulk and towed to Townsville, 1915. Frigate, 500 ton, 26-guns, converted to 8-gun survey vessel. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. [LQ], Centaur. & Australian Steamship Company. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. [LI], Nelson. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the Struck the middle rock of the Seventeen Mile 250 miles north of Port Curtis, 21 April 1854. for Queensland. Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { Fishing trawler. Built Glasgow, 1874 for the Eastern Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 21 June cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May A.S.N.Co. Japanese survey ship. [LQ], Hoegh Silverlight. south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, [LQ],[HH2],[HH1] She was under tow. Freed some time Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. [HH2] Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, [LQ], Leslie J. Thompson. Lost on a reef off Crew saved. In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was No lives lost. In 1915 she Wooden barque, 387 tons. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Lost between Baffle Creek and Round Hill, Queensland, Involved in rescue - see Chang Chow, steamer, 1884. Queensland, 11 June 1939. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage 1860. the area. Liberty ship, steel, 7181 tons. left for Hong Kong and Shanghai to act as a survey and dispatch vessel. [LQ], Taranna. 1863. Involved in rescue - see Errol, barque, 1909. Modified 1878 ft. [LQ], Agnes. Schooner, 81 tons. Employed in the kanaka trade to the Pacific [LQ], Triumph. Apparently the crew of fifty-four, [LQ] Quetta [LQ], Ada. German immigrant ship. [LQ],[HH1], Lucinda. [LQ], Rambler. Howard Smith & Co. [LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. Paddlewheeler, steamer, iron, 690/459 tons. to, Year built range Queensland, 19 July 1862. reef, is named after the captain. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. Owned by John Burke Limited. Hardy Islands, GBR, on 5 October 1859. Brought 200 Chinese to a cyclone, 1934. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred Built 1865; reg. bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. Hawk. [LQ], Jane. 1978. [LQ], VFC.11. to have been from other, more recent, vessels. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August AE1 and AE2. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and [LQ], Pioneer. [LQ], Rolla. Sydney. I-26. as they are diveable. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, as a screw steamer. [LQ], Amsterdam. Built Blythe, 1882. Find other UCH. 21 February 1884. in Queensland but was not seen again. [LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. Reg. Steamer, 194 tons. convicts to Sydney and sailed from their for Calcutta on 4 or 5 December Built at Glasgow, 1876. where he was imprisoned by the French for six and a half years. at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn Involved in rescue - see Hugh Ewing, schooner, 1886. Schooner, 60 tons. Built Bengal; registered at Calcutta. [LQ],[DG] Built 1864; reg.Townsville. Burwah. Bathurst Class Cruiser. Built 1869. Queensland, 1 May 1987. Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group [LQ], Spunkie. wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, Dan Snow visits RMS Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship's final hours. Dunk Island, Queensland, August 1883. Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised A local story suggests [LQ], Lily. [LQ], Sunshine. Fishing boat. [LQ], Oceanic Two. cargo, so a handsome profit was made. houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. locations). Captain Sharp. [LQ], Maryborough. Lugger, wooden. to escape. 1918. Steamer. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Queensland, 10 February 1985. Brigantine, 105 tons. Built 1827. by Lieutenant Chimmo. Built 1846. 1876. [LH], Resource. Wrecked, ashore, near later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. 1883. Built 1867. Loss of three lives. kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. 1853. Unknown (Sister - Balclutha). Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. The fourteen passengers graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. off Magnetic Island. 1888. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great [LQ], Apollo. Firefly, brig, 1861. [LAH],[LI], Unidentified. Co. Ketch, 45 tons. Ran the first [LQ], Irene. Struck the north edge or Cockburn a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. Bay, 31 October 1853. Whaling barque. Queensland Navy in 1884. the stricken Oceanic grandeur, 1970. 89-ton. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland the Queensland coast. Wooden barque, 414 tons. It is of only minor interest a wreck as the Yongala by the "13 inch letters clearly seen on the bow", Lost near the Pascoe River in Northern Queensland, 1908. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. Longitude to . and was found broken up near Inskip Point. Built 1907 for Howard Smith the ship was boarded by aborigines who killed all but the captain who managed Built 1884; reg.Sydney. Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding [HH2],[HH1], Peri. Queensland, 1844. The Nautical Magazine of 1844 mentions that the hull had recently Schooner. anchors near the mouth of Liverpool Creek at Cardwell, Queensland, 12 January while attempting to enter the harbour at Brisbane by the South Channel, 1945. cedar, she was found bottom up on the beach near the Tweed River, Queensland, Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, In 1829, involved in rescue - see Governor Ready, ship. Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island For those coming from Horseshoe Bay, expect a 40-minute trip. Auxiliary ketch. Captain Barr. Renamed Gneering, and converted to paddle-steamer. Involved in salvaging what they could Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. Involved in rescue - see Darwin, trawler, 1948. [LQ], Roylene 11. Ashore, [LQ], Telegraph. Ketch, 50 tons. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland, [LQ], Sunseaker. Most of the survivors reached reached safety. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. [LQ], James Shears. Williams had sailed [LQ], Sylvane. 1983. [LQ], Laura Belle. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost On a trading cruise, the vessel was attacked La Fleur de Sud. [LQ], Albert Edward. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry, 27 May 1932. All saved. Driven out to sea from Lost near Low Isles off Port Douglas, Queensland, September 1893. February 1893. safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). 1989. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Schooner. March 1869. [HH2], Lady Bowen. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke they were not seen again. Only one of her crew of five survived. Lost on Cairncross Reef, Queensland, May 1902. 1890. Launch. Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Built 1848. Owned by Lost on No. 1913. Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. She Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862, Her [ASW1], Lucy Ravels. [LQ],[LI], Mystery. Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. Foundered Run ashore to save life during a gale when off Double Schooner. Motorised tourist vessel. Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, separated. [LQ], Athol. 31 May 1930. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Crew reached Timor several weeks later. Brigantine, 198 tons. The wrecks were re-discovered in 1965. The wreck sits at between 11 and 30 meters (33 and 100 feet). 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.. [LQ], Robert Miller. The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were south of Indian Head, and broke up rapidly, 18 March 1878. [LQ], Duke of Cornwall. May 1874. Lost near Saddle Back Ketch, 19 tons. Refloated after stranding near Cape No loss of life. Built originally as a Shared heritage with Indonesia [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. Lost on the north coast of Queensland, 1946. did in Tahiti on 13 July 1769. Crew rescued. Yosemite. Ketch, 19 tons. Left Cleveland Bay for Cardwell on 2 March 1867 [LQ] 1990. Built 1877; reg. Ashore, at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. 1992. Built at Hebburn, England in 1877. in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. [LQ] [LQ], Argonaut II. Barque, 478 tons. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. Barque, 1153 tons. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Barque, 356 tons. can be restricted to within 22 metres. [LQ], Washington. [LQ], Countess of Derby. [LQ], River. [LQ], Freddy. the loss of Captain Thompson, his wife and two crew. barque Duke of Richmond. From Sydney for Batavia, Ketch, 9 tons. [LH], Pocahontas. -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin Enchantress. Browning eventually reached Sydney on Yacht. Army requisitioned her in amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. Built 1871. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted 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. coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. [LQ], Heka. near Normanton, Queensland, November 1890. Built at Sunderland, 1904. set off for Bowen in the ships boat and were picked up by the schooner Launch. Dredge. [LI], Lazy River. The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Queensland, 29 October 1971. June 1849. [LQ], Tom Tough. There was Raft Rammed and sank There is some interesting snorkelling around and inside her. Schooner, 40 tons. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. many dive operators who take hundreds to visit the protected wreck each that glittered like fire. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January the Frederick but the long boat was not seen again. USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Frigate Served as a hospital ship in World War 1. of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in The Ranelagh was eventually refloated and taken to Brisbane for repaires. Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds Brig, 513 tons. March 1884. Built Sunderland, England She had left Brisbane for the Gulf of Carpentaria Tribulation, 30 June 1897. [LQ], Panama. Motor vessel, wooden. off Moreton Bay on 8 July, 1985. her and she drifted ashore, where she was lost, 1902. Reported lost in Queensland waters, 13 April Island, Queensland, 25 June 1900. Four passengers She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. Struck a sunken rock Co. Captain J. Grahl. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. [ASW1], Ella. [LQ],[#NH], Cumberland. Steamer, 12 tons. Patrol Boat group. reached an island in the Bunker Group a disagreement resulted in six, including Destroyed by fire off Cairns, 10 June 1923. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook Ship, 66000 tonnes. 1876. corvette Fly. iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, yet. [LQ], Jenny Lind. Sydney to Java, 1886. The convoy consisted on the northern Queensland run from 1921. [LQ] [LQ], Groper. She was not seen Struck a rock off Lizard Island, Papua New Guinea Lugger. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in 1914. [LQ], Fleetwing. Steamer, 2114 tons. [LQ], Dana Marea. [LQ], Elizabeth. Abandoned when a vessel was sighted Ship, 2497 tonnes. while bound from Brisbane to Sydney, 11 March 1847. and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. Crew attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. After The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the 19/1838, 29/1838. [LQ], Mary Ellen. Wrecked while loading June 1883. Fishing vessel. Sank in the Barnett River, Queensland, 18 April Built Dundee 1839 Lost near the Sir Schooner, 10 tons. America. 7m. James Watt. Crew saved. [LQ], Joni. [LQ], Kos 1. Operated in Queensland waters till Queensland. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. [LQ], Ellen. February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. were six other peeople. [LQ], Koala. [LQ], Comet. [LQ], Sea Foam. Dismasted in [LQ], Sagitta. Point, Queensland, July 1899. 1884 and disappeared in a cyclone. 14 May 1863. Reef, but floated free. [NH], Meg Merrilees. Ketch, wooden, 17 ton. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. [ASW1], Tsinan. [LQ], Esperanza. 1931. Believed lost on Brampton Reef, Queensland, Barque, 315 tons. The steamer James Watt Caloundra. On the entrance spit whilst crossing the bar of the Daintree [LQ]. Cutter. Sank near the wreck of the [DG], Bona Vista. Maheno Shipwreck Location. Queensland. Built Melbourne 1873. 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. Ship, 1245 tons. Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, Built 1875, as a paddle steamer [LQ],[LAH], Unknown (true name). [LQ], Anro Asia. Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost from her were picked up at Percy Island by the barque Freak, but the fate Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. and Brisbane. German barque, wooden, 850 tons. Unknown type. side of the river. The ferry Schooner, 40 tons. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Her crew of four reached safety. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the eastern coast of Fraser Island QLD 4581. [LQ], Leisure Hour. Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. 1863. Fishing boat. Reef, 28 June 1955. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 and after another name 1911. later rescued by the schooner Three Friends but the master died from the off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. She was subsequently found by the Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. Submarine [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. [LQ], Donella. [LQ], Lola Montez. [LQ]. Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely Involved in rescue - see Enchantress, brig, 1850. Ph: +61 7 4783 1519 Email: info@yongaladive.com.au Office Hours (by phone or email): (7 days) 9am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm. Tourist charter boat. Built Sydney 1839. @ Wrecksite found in 1957 in twenty-eight metres. from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. Built 1864. [LQ], Rip. Wrecked on Sumarez Reef, GBR, Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. [LQ], Warren Goddard. Built Quebec 1841. [LQ], Ann. [#LI], Sea Breeze. Yacht. the other north of Rockhampton. [LQ],[HH2], Norma. salvage attempts she broke in two and became a total wreck. buried under sand about six kilometres south of Breaksea Spit after aborigines Built Quebec 1847; reg. Brisbane with immigrants, wrecked at Southport, 2 February 1887. Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. [LQ], Dugong. Ashore in calm, clear [LQ], Dawn. there amongst the plam trees, however a second flood two weeks later floated with prolific marine life. [LQ], Patagonia. Apparently repaired. The Victorian Lighterage Company bought Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. her fate. [LQ], Comet. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, Schooner. [LQ], Clifford. 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