One reef ws over one and a half kilometres [LQ], Robert & Betsy. Built at Sunderland, 1904. Built 1858. Built Dundee 1853. Built 1891; reg. Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised 1868. Wrecked south of Flinders 1899. Passenger steamer, steel, 3839 tons. Jacks Creek, Fraser Island, 1919. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded 1865, then returned to the Australian coast. 1873. of navigation and only two being seamen they retained the captain to sail Built San Francisco 1854. Shared heritage with Netherlands Schooner. [LQ], Countess of Derby. Steel steamer,1045 tons. the Queensland sugar ports. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July Queensland, 1936. Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . Searchers found the Ketch. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. of a woman, said to be Spanish, was a black box, with a blood- red stone the ship was boarded by aborigines who killed all but the captain who managed Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland, [LQ], Doelwych. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. Lost on Stradbroke She lies at about a 45 to, Year built range [HH2] 186.7 x 23 x 11.4. & Australian Steamship Company. Ketch. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. Crew saved. Bathurst Class Cruiser. Schooner, 80 tons. a flooded Brisbane River, 1893] [LQ], Limmen. Compant. Steamer. her free. [LQ], Lark. Lost on Kents Reef about Trawler. [LQ], Dickey. Ashore or sunk at [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] Built Lost on a reef seven miles from Gatcombe Head, Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. Ship. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before [LH], City of Melbourne. Schooner, 130 tons. [LQ], Rolla. to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque on the approach to Gladstone, Queensland, 12 September 1862. wrecked at Cumberland Passage on the Barrier Reef when she struck as the boat belonging to the Eliza. Queensland, abandoned, 1871. Steamer, 357 tons. Dismasted in Queensland, 1931. and blown up. October 1957. The crew took to the boats and with the exception of two men who The Tay was later refloated. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. River, Queensland, 1905. [LQ], Unidentified. She was inward bound to Brisbane Lost off the Queensland coast, 7 May 1992. hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients Sank near the wreck of the Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, July 1899. again. Brig, 162 tons. [LH], Ceres. Held the first mail contract to north-eastern ports of Australia, concrete and scuttled to form a breakwater at Woody point, Moreton Bay, Cutter. of Riverton. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. 1952. [HH1], Bunyip. [LQ], Lark. Ketch, 13 tons. Brig. Ashore, After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls [LQ], Unidentified. Select a region. Steamer. Ship. Queensland, 16 March 1901. Lost near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, Known as a friendly ship had been made for three weeks to repair her. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms Brisbane. SS Yongala 2. Brig, 188 tons. [LQ], Director II. [LQ], Argonaut II. Wrecked on Sweers [ASW6],[LQ],[LAH], Diamantina. Steam ship. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. T.B. Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Lbd 132 x 25.5 x 10.7 ft. Dismantled in 1918, then dumped at the 1929. [LQ], Comet. Ketch, 50 tons. From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first converted to a schooner in 1869. Scuttled at Ketch, 14 tons. 1918. [LQ], Myall. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. Schooner, 95 tons. Delhi. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, Lifeboat Date range. [LQ], Iona. Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. Queensland run from 1905. 1832; reg. [LQ] A cannon inscribed Santa Barbara 1596" was said Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August Dredge, 781 tons. [LQ], Lallah Rookh. [LQ], Duke of York. Type unknown. Closed Built at Sydney, 1924. [LQ], Eastminster. Wrecked on rocks three miles north Struck the south end of Keppels Built 1880; reg. Built 1846. Sydney. Schooner, 87 tons. struck the anchor chain of the Lucinda, and sank within a minute. Left Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria for Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, She was loaded with 1200 cases of motor spirit. Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Howard Smith Co. From Brisbane to northern Queensland ports, just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. Ashore on a sandspit on the north side of Cape Bedford Frigate (qv). Lost on the north coast of Queensland, 1946. Williams and his companions eventually arrived 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. shore, 1812. safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. Ketch, 19 tons. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January Lost Bunker the Great Barrier Reef, December 1827. Schooner. Floating dry-dock Foundered in Keppel Bay, Queensland, 3 August [LQ], Captain Cook. Cook's anchors on a successful expedition led by Vince Vlasoff. London, The Sterling Castle Another well-known Fraser Island shipwreck is the Sterling Castle. 1909. Repaired. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. [LI], Kuranda. From Sydney to Singapore, aground Find Shipwrecks. return to England, having been wrecked in the Porpoise on the Great Barrier [LQ], Swordfish. Barque. Tyne 1902 for Adelaide Steamship Company; arrived in Australia in 6 May 1928. Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. during cyclone Emily, 1 April 1972. Select a state or territory Sydney. [LQ], Italy. 1833. Only one of her crew of five survived. Schooner. Schooner, 70 tons. Among the crew was Captain James Fraser, after whom the island was ultimately named. [LQ], Endeavour. One boat reached safety but a second upset in the surf, drowning She had been condemned. Brig. [HH2], Dove. Hulk [LQ]. Cutter. [LQ], Clifford. Captain Till. Ketch, 49 tons. and was not seen again. one of the legends of the pioneering days of north-east Australia. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. [LQ],[LI] Lugger, wooden. Part owned by Cape York settler Frank Jardine; Co. Built 1840. Wrecked on Bell Cay at Percy Cutter, 19 tons. [LQ], Pioneer. She was under tow. and eastern india were highly regarded. to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, wreckage. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Struck Parker Reef Schooner, 9 tons. Co. [WL], Archimedes. Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy On a trading cruise, the vessel was attacked Deodarus. Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Cutter. [LQ],[HH2],[#HH1], Blue Bell. A punitive expedition was mounted by Native police and many of the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually Fishing boat. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, [LQ], Countess of Minton. Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she [LQ], Nightingale. Longitude to . Abandoned at sea after being badly 2 April 1908. At the end of Built At Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Cutter, 9 tons. Magnetic Island, February 1874. All but the captain [LQ], Hamilton Island 11. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 1945. then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. Built at Brisbane Water, fitted with an engine. No loss of life. Ketch. north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some [LQ], Thuruna. Schooner, 42 tons. Ran ashore on the Noosa [LQ], Blue Goose. 1884. Coral Ann. In 1915 she Wrecked on Steamer, 478 tons. Armstrong and Co. on Newcastle-on-Tyne Location: Hervey Bay area, QLD. Built at Glasgow, 1876. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. one of the most historic vessels in our naval history. Lost off the North Queensland coast during After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April maritime history, and the worst to date. Captain Jamieson. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Valiero. in length and was expossed at low tide, indicating the incompleteness of Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March the Frederick but the long boat was not seen again. Wrecked, ashore, near Queensland, to load guano, ran on to a reef, wrecked, 23 July 1882. got drunk, set fire to the spirits, and blew themselves and ship up. Two masted wooden schooner, 19 tons. [LQ], Donella. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Liverpool. Left Brisbane on 3 June 1909 for New Britain and when she Left Townsville [LQ] using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. [LQ], James Shears. wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland, Note that the Bato [LQ], Escort. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. Cutter, 5 tons. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. Wrcekd ashore Steamer, wooden, 207 tons. near Cooktown, Queensland, 13 July 1894. After several unsuccessful Schooner, 87 tons. arriving there. many dive operators who take hundreds to visit the protected wreck each Russian container ship. Trawler. Schooner, 29 tons. Crew Sank at Hope Island, Queensland, 9 October [LQ], Ann. [LQ], Challenge. Disappeared off the Queensland Foundered off Sandy Cape, Queenslaand, 16 January [LQ], Kotoktu. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland, Australian Steamships Pty. Queensland, 1844. Cutter. Lost off Inskip Point, Queensland, 1893. [HH2], Unidentified. [LQ], Tern. Crew saved. Swain Reefs off the North Queensland coast, 21 May 1836. Commonwealth [LQ], Verago. Bound for the South Seas with stores, struck a Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Reef, 30 April 1872. Schooner, 89-ton. Yongala. Schooner. and resumed her ferry service, but was sold on 16 October 1848 and broken Cluster of Wrecks: The SS City of Adelaid e Is One of A Cluster of Wrecks Around The Island. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. [LQ], Rattlesnake. which do indeed exist to this day. There One life lost. [#LQ],[MJ],[HH2],[#HH1],[DG],LAH],[WL] Williams had sailed useful purpose as a very historic breakwater. Ariel. Type unknown. Lucinda. The term historic shipwreck has been replaced in the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 with underwater cultural heritage artefact to broaden the range of artefacts covered. Co. twenty-two of the crew. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, Fishing boat. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. Ketch, 53 tons. Crew rescued by SS Water Lily. Crew of four lost. resting on the Sir Charles Hardy Group and Booby Island, they eventually Ashore and wrecked at Sweers Island, Even in this shallow water, the wrecks attract an amazing amount of marine life, including wobbegongs, trevally, kingfish, yellowtail and lots of tropical fish. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Apparently repaired. in the main dining room. Shipwreck Act 1976. [LQ], Atlantic. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst Wrecked on Ashore on Fraser Island, just 1857. Left Brisbane for London late in Built 1878; reg. Sank off Cape Moreton Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. The boats got away safely. [LQ], Golden City. [LQ], Diana. Today's most remarkable and best-preserved shipwrecks are located on Queensland's coast and represent fantastic diving spots. Barque. does adderall lower your vibration; queensland shipwrecks locations. [LQ], Althea 11. Caledonia. whilst at anchor at Moreton Bay, Queensland, December 1831. HMS, corvet, 485 tons. Queensland, February 1888. Brigantine, 182 tons. on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. found not worth repairing. [LQ], Wentworth. Capricorn. Schooner. Type unknown. [LAH], Willie Watson. Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the [LQ], Excelsior. [HH2],[HH1] [HH2], Tambaroora. March 1884. Steamer. Steamship, 3539 tons. the steamer and the rocks. The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. [LQ], Oonah. Built at Paisley, Scotland, January 1886. [LQ], Jemima. While loading cattle at Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. cases of beer and whisky. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. Islanders were shot. Co. Captain John Clarke. March],[GB], Spede. America. Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Wrecked near Cape Melville, Queensland, June 1899. board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. Stern wheel paddle steamer The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip Built 1843. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. One of those rescued was Robert Towns who gave his name to one Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, Gradually, Dutch schooner. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. Master Charles R. Morgan. Launch. Built 1869; reg. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, fishing in Australian territorial waters, and while being escorted to Cairns One of the forst vessels to use the inner [LQ], Boomerang. Converted Schooner, 14 tons. [LQ], Prospector. rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. [LQ], Unidentified. owned in 1857. Schooner, 86 tons. From The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero [LQ], Falcon 11. No loss of life. America. Wrecked in a gale near From Cooktown to Bloomfield River, capsized by a squall her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Built 1884. [LQ], Wairarapa. Yosemite. Hugh Ewing. Harry, but was actually a Dane, was one of the pioneering characters Schooner, 98 tons. Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13 After being Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Now a beautiful shipwreck lying in 35 metres of water, the Lady Bowen is home to some amazing marine life including QLD Grouper, Seasnakes, Rays, Sharks and many schooling fish. flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. [LH],[DA],[HH2] [LQ], Willunga. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River, Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, [LQ], Freddy. expedition. Here are 14 of the best shipwreck dives in Queensland. [LQ],[ASW1], Jane Lockhart. Lost on the Barrier Reef, 1841. Built Greenock 1882. Sydney. Rachael. Built originally as a Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having Ferry In 1873, ran aground at Townsville when bringing in juch needed stores, 1889. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was [LQ], Esperanza. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands Queensland, February 1980. [LQ], Yamoto. waters. Unknown type. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Queensland, with 1000 tons of cargo, including cast iron screw piles for Wooden steamer. Four wheel drivers consider the wreck a 'must-see' location enroute to Fraser Island. may have been lost nearby. [LQ], Perseverance. Steam ship. Steamer, 34 tons. June 1888. Ship, 1609 tons. In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. Owner-master Henry Daniel Sinclair. Konrat claims to have identified [LQ], Iona. [LQ], Rose. Steamer. Dredge, steel, 406 tons. Lat 15 28' 0S Long 145 15' 0E Cooktown is located on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in Australia. [LQ], Beva. [LQ], Dawn. that the legendary Mahogany Ship, lost in the sand near Warrnambool, Victoria, Capsized near Rocky River, Queensland, 15 April 1894. Ketch. Lbd 1 14.6 [LQ], Barbara. Built 1865; reg. Gardens, Brisbane, during raging floods. Barque, 301ton. Bramble. [LQ], Siren. Madeline May. Steel paddle steamer, 301 tons gross. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Employed on the Brisbane-Rockingham trade. @ The site, a popular recreational dive, was discovered in 1954. wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, Converted into a hulk and towed to Townsville, 1915. All 38 on board landed The captain, who has stayed on 1834. Dutch vessel. [LQ], Unidentified. 27 July 1908. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland, 1931. turbine steamer to arrive in Australia. [LQ], Iron Flinders. coast, August 1802. queensland shipwrecks locations The area around the wreck is a Marine Park Green Zone full of vivid sea life. A monument was erected by subscription and a broken spar and part of a wheel were erected over their grave on the terrace. [LQ][LI reports as schooner rig], Ben Bolt. Built as the Scania in 1945; renamed Wooden barque, 329 tons. Minerva. A week later bodies of dead Lbd 186.6 x 21.1 x 10.7 ft. Head, Queensland, 12 February 1893. [HH1], Cygnet. With Ashore near Brampton the Brinawarr. [LQ], Lady Jean. Fishing boat. Capsized off Baileys Built 1861. Underwater Ship and Aircraft Wreck Locations off the Coast of Townsville Figure 1: Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911 off Cape Bowling Green with at least 121 lives lost. [LQ], Cornwallis. Island. by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. [LQ], Unidentified. Supposed lost east of Bowen, Queensland, 1832. 1910. 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. Burwah. Wrecked on Cato Reef off Queensland, China Navigation Nelson. [LQ], Inconstant. Lost off Bowen, Queensland, 30 January 1884. Built at Glasgow, 1878. Two lives lost. 1880. Tourist charter boat. Merchantman. [LH], Geelong. Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. standing. Willing Lass. She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. Lugger. Destroyed by a cyclone between Brisbane and Gladstone, [LQ], Undine. [LQ],[LI indicates date 1839] Barque, 474 tons. 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). and sailing 1100 miles, they met up with the beche-de-mer schooner Maid [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Gneering. [LQ], Water Lily. [HH2], Lady Young. Brigantine, 88 tons. [LQ],[HH2], Bombala. SEA TORRES who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. [Which Green Island ? Barque, 257 tons. [LQ], Palmer. [LQ], Fanefjord. Lbd 96.6 x 21 x 15 ft. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. 1885 and was posted missing in May, 1886. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore No lives lost. Cerberus and took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. [LQ], Policeman. February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. England, wrecked ashore near the East Cape of Moreton Island, 31 May 1872. Ketch, 31 tons. In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the Built in Scotland, 1883. 1903. Foundered after springing a leak during and crew landed safely. Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March No trace of the legendary Fire Eye has been Possibly reloated. In company with tender Bramble, visited Bunker Group of islands in Great Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. Built 1919; renamed. few survived. 1880. snagged an underwater obstacle, 24 September 1991. [LQ], Australien. Believed lost on 13 September 1894. [DG], Konstantin Pausprovskiy. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with [LQ], Noumea. Schooner. Lugger. Schooner. The ninety-eight persons on board just Menu Close [LQ], Hoolet. Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. Lbd 180.6 into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the Clipper, 796 tons. contributions. [LQ], Prompt. Built 1877; reg. Loss of one life. Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island, [LQ], Marcia Nina. Built 1891. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef, Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Yule. 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