In one boat were
[LQ},[LAH]. Queensland, 11 June 1939. in the Brisbane River while laid up waiting demolition, 1901; broken up
[LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. Also listed:
1915. 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. The captain and three crew reached Port Douglas
Schooner, 51 tons. 1883. Schooner. useful purpose as a very historic breakwater. Was she complying with
Built 1876; reg. Stranded on a reef
Lbd 180.6
were six other peeople. up on the nearby beach and coins and cutlery found on Long Island. [LQ], Jane Scott. Also listed:
Wrecked on Great Barrier Reef, 28 June 1854. [LQ], Flirt. return to England, having been wrecked in the Porpoise on the Great Barrier
Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. [LQ], Lismore. which were jettisoned to get her off. [LQ], Mary. Indigenous heritage sites
Wrecked on North Spit of Tweed River,
Hercules. #74903. Unlisted type [dive boat]. References:
small island and after building a boat from the wreckage, set out for Moreton
Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Norwegian vessel , 1395 tons. Unknown type. Lost off the Queensland coast, 7 May 1992. 1912. Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland,
8 ft. [LH], Morinda. Rock, near Pine Islet, in the Northumberland Group, GBR, 26 December
Rammed and sunk by a tug on the Brisbane River, 19
one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. On 16 October 1849, rescued
Ashore, damaged,
Schooner, 14 ton. No major damage. Wrecked on the Tweed River bar, January 1846. by the Wandana in 1932. });
Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. Fishing trawler. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 29 September
several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near
up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled,
Arrived at Cape York on 6 October 1848 having completed
[LQ], Laches. Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. Company. Immigration and convicts
[LQ], Lizzie Muir. [HH2]
disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and
Fishing boat. the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and Arab, ran on to reefs north-east
Bay, Queensland. Destroyed
Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Brigantine, 131 tons. Timbers found were proved
HMS. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. They
Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. Ketch, 16 tons. Built Port Macquarie 1842. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum, Adolphus Channel with Albany Pass, 1937. Since 2018, DES has added 3 aircraft entries, along with 2 artefact entries, to the AUCHD. Barrier Reef, 1902. Captain Smith. H.M.A.S. 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. Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked
She married the captain on
wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear
Wrecked on the north-west point
Lost on the Tweed
[LQ], Castaway Fiji. [LQ], Pearl. obscurity. for service during the Boxer Rebellion and on the 6 August of that year
Tourist charter boat. cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926
Barque, 303 tons. [LQ], Bato. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March
[LQ]
Wrecked on Polmaise Reef,
Built at Hebburn, England in 1877. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland,
to, Defence and war
Captain H. Browne. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. Aborigines said the ship went back several
Schooner. [LQ]. on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. [ASW1], Lucy Ravels. Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. Launch, 19 tons. Operated on the north Queensland run. [LQ], Unidentified. Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry,
Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner,
Ashore, wrecked when she dragged her
Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. endstream
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reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March
Schooner, 89-ton. Built at Brisbane Water,
Trawler. [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. Schooner, 7 tons. Lbd 120 x 26 x 9.5 ft. Hulk filled with
[LQ], Atlantic. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great
October 1910. [LQ], Tern. Launch. Owned by
[LQ],[LI],[LAH]
No loss of life.After several unsuccessful
Schooner. [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Gneering. Wooden ship, 529 tons. during a cyclone, January 1970. Lbd 96.6 x 21 x 15 ft. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted
[LQ], Louisa. on Salamander Reef, near Cape Cleveland, Queensland, 1 November 1888. 1854. The Victorian Lighterage Company bought
@ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. Cutter, 7 tons. 1908. as a screw steamer. Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks and artefacts entries updated or added to the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 20122020. the ship was boarded by aborigines who killed all but the captain who managed
1888. Wrecked ashore in Bustard Bay, Queensland,
later. Also listed:
Barque, 321 tons. In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named
Lbd 1 14.6
Unknown type. [LQ], Storm Bird. Captain Wade. [LQ], Escort. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen,
[LQ], Hope. Ketch, 18 tons. than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. Sydney. [LQ], Queensland. two punts. Norfolk Island
[LQ], Coral Queen. [LQ], Rembrandt. off Magnetic Island. The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide,
Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. International Law when she was torpedoed ? All saved. American ship. Twelve people
Built 1835. generations. movement of four horses over paddlewheels. Daintree River but there was no sign of her crew. 03 September 2021, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20112023. Queensland, 1877. Schooner, 90 tons. Cabin cruiser. Cutter, 9 tons. Ketch. [LQ], Nansyth. Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. Wreckage reported in the vicinity
Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner,
a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. Steamship. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Steamer, 79 tons. Three survived from
Ship. Queensland Steamship Compnay, then A.U.S.N.Co,
Involbved in rscue - see Duje of York, barque,
off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. September 1876. 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. near Sandy Cape, Queensland, abandoned, 17 October 1895. relatively easyily accessed in the world - the 3663 ton passenger
Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. No lives lost. Launch. [LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. Last updated:
Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. [LQ], Hannah. Prince Regent. her cables and was driven out to see where, presumably, she foundered with
[LQ], Sea Nymph. on a reef, found a tree with the names The American, June 1841 cut into
Sydney. American barque, wooden, 414 tons. 7 0 obj
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Paddle steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 148 tons. 1911. Built Miramichi, New Brunswick,
Built Jervis Bay. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Operated in Victorian waters in the
Whaler. Owned by John Burke Limited. Having no knowledge
back to basics strick and fran the burning plain filming locations queensland shipwrecks locations . Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland,
Also listed:
[LQ], Peveril. reached safety but the remainder were either drowned or crushed between
Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during
was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. Operated in Queensland waters till
[HH2],[HH1], Kenilworth. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage,
Built 1891; reg. This British Admiralty nautical chart of the north Queensland coast was completed by Captain W.J.L. 1990. Foundered in the Fitzroy River,
Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown,
1859. [LQ], Freak. northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. [LQ], Wandana. [HH2], St. Kilda. Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. Bishopstone was an episcopal manor, hence its name meaning "dwelling place of the bishop".The chu Fate of crew unknown. HMS Pandora was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef off north Queensland in 1791, while shipwrecks . Two drowned. Schooner, 163 ton. Destroyed by fire in the Endeavour River, Queensland,
Involved in rescue - see Frederick, 1818.
salvage claims from two divers Bill Kirkpatrick and George Konrat who claimed
Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. [LQ], Cremer. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side
1988. Cutter, 5 tons. Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing
Ketch, 14 ton. Involved in rescue - ssee Magda, Ship, 1858. 6 August 1882. A barque that struck a reef near the town of Southend . during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the
Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. He buried the two murdered men. Steamship, 953 tons. early April 1870. the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost. [LQ], Golden Age. Cutter, 20 tons. [LQ], Sirius. Built at Sydney, 1924. get her off, with no success. About 1,400 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Moreton Bay, Queensland. 1929. Sank during a storm off Cape
capsized when others tried to board it. See Protector
The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain
Shared heritage with Croatia
Owned by the Black Ball Line. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping
with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two
Calypso Christie. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. the Brisbane River, Port Curtis and other relatively protected waters,
Lightship. [HH1], Violet. Fishing boat. near Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 21 January 1893. Iron dredge,181 tons. Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. Schooner. floods, January 1974. two men had been murdered. [LQ], Day Dawn. Unknown type. Her remains were found by the cutter Fairy on 31st March, high and
1957. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island,
Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white
Prawn trawler. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Firefly. Lost near Bundaberg, Queensland, 17 April 1931. [LQ],[HH2], Bombala. in a cyclone near Fitzroy Island, Queensland, 29 January 1913. Operated on the Queensland run. Tug. They were never positively identified. [LQ], Irene. Built 1831. [LQ], Mary. [LQ]
Built at Renfrew Scotland,
Schooner, 48 tons. [LQ], Victoria. 3 April 1897. by fire as she lay anchored in the Kolan River, Queensland, 9 December
[LQ], Reliance. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland,
Brig. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October
Queensland, 1 May 1987. Yacht. Pearling and trochus shell
Ketch, 19 tons. Lbd 188
[HH1], Ellison Shaw. Capsized off Baileys
Byron has wrecksite information, but not included here as
to repair the grounded barque Lord Auckland. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old
Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by
Sank in Deception Bay, Queensland, 23 August
Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, July 1899. Freighter, 1594 tons. 29 April 1987. During a ferocious cyclone that nearly destroyed Townsville and Bowen,
Unknown type. Auxiliary schooner. Japanese stern trawling factory ship, steel motor vessel,
31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found
the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard,
Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May
Dabayari. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives
[LQ], Isabella. April 1992. United Kingdom. Queensland, 21 March 1992. [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. Pilot schooner. the Queensland sugar ports. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW,
[HH2]
1856. Even in this shallow water, the wrecks attract an amazing amount of marine life, including wobbegongs, trevally, kingfish, yellowtail and lots of tropical fish. German barque, wooden, 850 tons. Schooner, 60 tons. Built 1880. Refloated after stranding near Cape
Brigantine, 105 tons. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January
Queensland. Ketch, 11 tons. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east
Schooner.
[LQ], Gayundah. [LQ], Silvery Wave. [LQ], Prosperity. [LQ], Fedalma. Schooner. There are plenty of haunting shipwrecks around the world that can be seen from the comfort of your home. Built 1870; reg. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck
Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland,
Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the
She was
iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown,
Sank 10 km off Hayman Island,
Brought 200 Chinese to
Vessel details. 1891. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855,
Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam
Reportedly wrecked on Breaksea Spit off fraser island,
Aparently Captain Champion was a most hospitable
[HH1], Perseverance. Commander J.
Steamer. her back into the river. [LQ], Hossack. Built at Maryborough,
The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. [ASW6],[LQ], Platypus. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855.
Also listed:
Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin
[LQ], Amity. [LQ], Slidre Timur. 1863. [LQ], Jane. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. Ketch, wooden. Built San Francisco 1854. Ship. [LQ], Clara Ethel. Queensland. Spy. Wrecked, ashore, near
All saved. to have been from other, more recent, vessels. Toggle Navigation. Sank following a collision in Torres Strait, August
flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America,
Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage
[LQ]
[HH2], Buninyong. A wreck believed to be the 'Coolangatta' was exposed at Kirra, approximately 35m south of Coolangatta Creek and approximately 70m offshore, through erosion in 1973. Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island,
a fair sized steamer lying on her side in six fathoms, surrounded by depths
Sydney to Batavia, struck a reef near Bunker Island, Qld, wrecked, 20 June
[LQ], Maggie L. Weston. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland,
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