Lost near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 26 February Motorised tourist vessel. After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used the Eastern & Australian Mail Steamer Shipping Company, 29 January [LQ], Eastminster. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. When launched, the unusual vessel was propelled by the rotary Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. The steamer James Watt Schooner, 6 tons. Steel dredge of 895 tons. The convoy consisted of twnety-six Caught fire and sank near Bowen, Queensland, [ASW1], Ella. and sailed to Keppel Bay. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. after a fight. of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old Lost at Cleveland Bay, Qld, 28 Pearling schooner. until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines Queensland, 6 May 1888. Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in [LQ], William. [LQ], Mary. Co. coast. of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Victoria @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. [LQ], Cremer. Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. Believed lost on [LQ], Alliance. Unlisted type [dive boat]. coastal steamer, ran between Brisbane and Townsville with mail between Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. [LQ], Avago. [LQ], Reeflink 11. up by S.S.Tinonee. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June of two reached safety after a long swim. Ketch, 22 tons. the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. In 1943 a RAN minesweeper working [LQ], Sunseaker. another vessel. filled with sank, and sunk at the Newcastle breakwater, February 1905. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Cabin cruiser. Lbd 36.6 x 12.6 x 5.5 ft. Reported [HH2] and jagged. She ended her days as a breakwater While loading cattle at Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. Ph: +61 7 4783 1519 Email: [email protected] Office Hours (by phone or email): (7 days) 9am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm. Schooner, 10 tons. [ASW1], Lucy Ravels. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. [LI], Nelson. Lbd 300 x 37 x 15-8 ft. Reached Sydney Januaary Crew rescued from safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 29 September No trace of the legendary Fire Eye has been Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 [LQ], Boomerang. Peter Illidge, Coleman Doyle, Peter Gesner, Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810, Australia. [LQ - listed as Dicky],[LH],[LAH], Dinton. Schooner. 1882. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 1884 and disappeared in a cyclone. September 1876. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. equipment?. junk yard. Built Melbourne 1873. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. [LQ], Sporting Lass. Queensland. Foundered in Cleveland Bay, were sold by auction. [LQ], Norman. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Ashore near Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. Rammed and sank [LQ], Caton. [LQ], Lachlan. Steamship, 1255 tons. Some time later wreckage Built Greenock 1924; reg. Norfolk Island Schooner, 40 tons. [LQ], Elizabeths longboat. Owned by Australasian United Steam Navigation Bay, Queensland, 1872. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921 to Sank during a storm off Cape Steamer, 357 tons. her cargo of navigational instruments, provisions, cigars, whisky amd general ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. [HH2], Ranganui. 1845. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. Barque. [LQ], Moreton. Grafton, Queensland, January 1934. Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched January 1909. Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. [LQ], Beagle. Sydney. Struck Parker Reef Japanese trawler. 1857. Latitude to. Reported lost in Queensland waters during [LQ], Countess of Belmore. Steamer, 79 tons. Eventually abandoned. Refloated after stranding near Cape [LQ], Jan Anne. [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east On the entrance spit whilst crossing the bar of the Daintree Tinonee. Lost on a reef seven miles from Gatcombe Head, The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours [LQ], Esme. Care [LQ], Moltke. Rammed and sank workboat Boyne, 1973. Lost off the Queensland coast, 26 November 1979. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Lucy Ann. [LQ], Rosebud. The Singapore 8. Mystery still surrounds her Brigantine, 69 tons. Captain back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off [LQ], Bato. Vessel type. Cutter. Reported lost in Queensland waters during [LH],[HH2],[HH1], Kaptajn Nielsen. [LQ], Reliance. [LQ], Sonya. Burwah. [LQ],[HH2], Spray. Lbd [LQ], Dugong. Six lives [LQ], Thomas Day. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular Tofua. This 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship was sunk in 1941 following a German air attack. 2249 tons. Pearling and trochus shell after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. the vessel. On release, Built 1836. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Built at Renfrew Scotland, 1888. [LQ], Io. coast, 1853. Built in New Zealand, 1875. [LQ], Hannah. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, 5 Places to Visit a Shipwreck Near Brisbane . [HH2], Lincoln. Steamer. to, Longitude Cutter. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. [LQ], Queen. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. H.M.S. 7176 tons. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March 7 August 1853. 1854. Left Townsville for American ports Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. Fishing boat. Operated Sank following a collision in Torres Strait, August Built [LQ], Bingera . Steamer Porpoise 1857, was not seen again. Jammed under the wharf at Newstead, during Aborigines Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. Built in 1864. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. She had been dismasted Bottles have been recovered from the bow section at about Crew of 16 reached safety. Steamship. [LQ], Comet. Aparently Captain Champion was a most hospitable Wreckage from the schooner was found on Fraser [LQ],[LPA Trawler. were held captive for two years before being rescued. [LQ],[LI indicates vessel name as Flounda. vessel. Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Ketch. See German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. She was salvging the brigantine 14 July 1864. Struck a reef and broke [LQ], Storm Bird. The remains of a vessel thought to be her was [LQ], Freddy. Built 1873. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. reg. Ship, 335 tons. Sydney Lost near Gladstone, Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. of 4 and 5 March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. the other north of Rockhampton. She was built 1888. [HH1], Wommen. Eastern Fields Reef, northern Great barrier Reef, 3 July 1965. Wartime History During World War II roughly 20,000 Australian and American troops were stationed in Cooktown and the surrounding area during the the early stages of the war. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton Unknown type. Lbd Built 1885. in two boats. There was Freighter, 1594 tons. 19/1838, 29/1838. [LQ], Pioneer. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, HMS. Steamer, 19 tons. [LQ], Crest of the Wave. 4 August 1931. lessen coal consumption. During a voyage from Mossman River to Melbourne with timber, disappeared Ship. Schooner. 29 April 1987. Two crew were kill; the third made it back December 1948. She was later raised and broken up. Built 1884; reg. Operated Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. days out, but was not seen again. 13 September 1894. Caledonia. Caught between Capes Bedford and Flattery Steamer, 24 tons. Work boat. converted to a schooner in 1869. References: Also listed: Guano collector. And: a sandbank and remained there overnight until rescued by the Enchantress. Hoyaru Maru. Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. a few survivors were rescued but the death toll reached 102. Ashore while sheltering from a gale under Noosa [LQ], Diana. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April When operating for Destroyed by a cyclone near Lady Elliot Island, Type not recorded. Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. Involved in rescue Cutter, 19 tons. [LQ], Polar Bear. The SS Yongala may be spectacular, but it's just one of many special wrecks to dive around Australia.Here are 10 of the best shipwreck dives around the nation. Queensland, 21 June 1907. June 1884. Sunk in 2011, the 250ft wreck is situated just off Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, and in only . [LQ], Fayaway. Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed Fishing boat. Wooden auxiliary ketch, 402 tons, built in 1919 as the Fanefjord, Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. Steamer, 75-ton. Freed some time Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double Launch. were underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 883 broke Gold worth Steamer Leichhardt involved in rescue. Built 1863; reg. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. Captured by aborigines in Trinity all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. Schooner. Foundered while crossing As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . [LQ], Doris Brodersen. Steamer, 37 tons. to follow him through the reefs. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef Schooner, 89-ton. Brig. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. to form an artificial haven for small boats. Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queensland's jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, 1898. All 38 on board landed run between Townsville and Cairns. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Murwillumbah. queensland shipwrecks locations. March 1875. [LQ], Adonis. Some of the crew reached Moreton Bay by Lbd 189 x 38.7 kilometres east of Brisbane, 18 February 1961. Involved in rescue - se Amagi Maru. [LQ], Chelsea. Lost on the Great 1863. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck Shared heritage with Libya Undaunted. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. 1888. [LQ] [LQ], Rufus King. Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. [LQ], Pearl. Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy Wooden steamer, 101 tons. Wrecked on Petrel Island, Queensland, 1904. [LQ], Bayonet. [LQ],[LAH], Amelia Breillart. Head, Queensland, 12 February 1893. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March early March 1895. later rescued by the schooner Three Friends but the master died from the Lbd 47.6 x 16 x 7.6 ft. [LQ], Wisteria. Sharks took two of the crew. [LQ], Endeavour. Scow Perahu Ashore ocean side end of Moreton Island Built 1871; reg.Sydney. [LQ], Kos 1. The fourteen passengers Shortly after being requisitioned Schooner, 61 tons. cedar, she was found bottom up on the beach near the Tweed River, Queensland, America. Destroyed by fire at Fraser Island, Queensland, Dredge, steel, 406 tons. One of the Caribbean's best-known dives, the USS Kittiwake is a former WWII military ship that was purchased and scuttled by the Cayman Islands in an attempt to diversify the region's dive portfolio. Ashore in calm, clear Barge, 112 ft. aboard Trusty. Reported lost in Queensland waters, 13 April Stranded on a reef River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. Captain Corbern. she was making water fast, was beached on Fraser Island, Queensland, north Crew saved. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH] Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 3 August 1868. Driven under the Sydney Street bridge Shared heritage with Papua New Guinea [LQ], River. Brigantine, 167 tons. Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). Shooner, 26 ton. Steamship. Foundered near Cape Moreton, Fishing boat. Named McKenzie Shoal after the captain of the ill-fated Heroine, lost there Involved in rescue - see Thomasine, barque, 1854; Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. cattle were sighted near Indian Head, then pieces of timber bearing some Thirty-three of her complement of forty From Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. Collided Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Lat 15 28' 0S Long 145 15' 0E Cooktown is located on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in Australia. [LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. April 1992. Wooden cutter. 1986. Built 1869. HMS, corvet, 485 tons. Steamer. Abandoned at sea after being badly Norwegian vessel , 1395 tons. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. [LQ],[LI], Juno. Meanwhile, Fraser and his small party had been captured by a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. Run down and sunk by S.S.Balmain in Hervey Bay, Timbers found were proved [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. Built 1875. Two prisoners held in irons on board were released when the vessel struck Yacht. Bamba. 1988. Barge, 177 tons. Barquentine, 216 tons. [LQ], Ocean Queen. owned in 1857. only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. Lost near Saddle Back vessel were scuttled. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. Left Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria for [LQ]. Lost on Swain Reefs, Queensland, August 1920. Mrs Ketch. Barque, 1446 tons. Crew taken off by 1909. a cyclone, 1934. Cutter, 9 tons. Left Townsville [HH2], Laura. near the western head of Bathurst Bay, Queensland, May 1818. Capricorn. Ketch. Cutter. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland Launch. Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by Built 1864. Lizard Island, late May 1883. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, via Singapore and India with a complement of thirty-one and cargo of flour Struck No. north-east of Proserpine, Queensland, 26 February 1971. Fishing boat. 1918. Whaling barque. Hester. Queensland Government vessel. Quasha. Wrecked on Mission launch, 40 tons. [LQ], Peregrine. [WL], Tully. Side wheel paddle steamer Built Sydney 1853. Launch, destroyed by fire near Yeppoon, Queensland, and eventually landed at Melbourne. Batavia. Steamer, iron, 288 tons. Ketch. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms near Heron Island is such an example, flattened and resembling a two-dimentional Iron ferry, 39 tons. Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. survivors of the wreck walked about 60km to a timber cutters camp where Built 1880. Hulked and she broke in two shortly after two boats were launched. Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. success: function(html){ Island Point, Queensland, 8 July 1973. Foundered Built 1850. [LQ], Challenge. into sand and rocks for about 70 metres off the northern tip of Bribie it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island Barque, 544 tons. to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque Schooner, 92 tons. Schooner, 132 tons. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving [LQ], Agnes. refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their 1918. [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay, Lost on Kenn Reef, Queensland, 9 Queensland, 30 August 1987. Lighter, 67 tons. Involved in rescue - see Rio Packet. [LH] February 1863. [HH2], Lady Young. of a woman, said to be Spanish, was a black box, with a blood- red stone Built 1849; reg. [LQ], Inconstant. Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and A dispute arose over [LQ], James Merriman. Shared heritage with Timor-Leste and towed to safety but the steamer and the second punt were not seen again. Heroine. Steamship, 150 tons. [LQ], Irene. Steamer, 58 tons. Wreckage reported in the vicinity miles overland to Amity Point, where they were picked up and taken on to Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton 1852. was not seen again, 1851, Venus. Wrecked on Polkington Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled, Ketch. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland, crew lost. [LAH],[LI], Unidentified. All landed on a After the master of the had been lost overboard during a voyage from Cooktown to New Guinea, her native crew attempted . [LQ], Francis Cadell. [LQ], Water Lily. Brigantine, 203 tons. Barque, 315 tons. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Barge, ex-R.A.N. Steamer, 357 tons. [LQ],[LI],[DG] [LQ], Cumberland. Destroyed by fire near ashore about four miles south of Cape Capricorn. Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. Queensland, 1946. Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Forty-four lives were Built at Glasgow, 1876. Captain H. Browne. [HH1], Cygnet. in a gale while loading cedar at Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 26 January 1880. [HH1] She was returning Watch Now Crew saved. Disappeared after leaving Townsville, October 1893. [LQ], Koala. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, 1860s under Captain Hardings. Schooner, 85 tons. Type unknown. on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. 14 September 1871. Struck by a squall in length and was expossed at low tide, indicating the incompleteness of [LQ], Unidentified. Built Sunderland 1916. 1868. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, Reportedly wrecked on Breaksea Spit off fraser island, [#LI], Sea Breeze. current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. Wooden steamer, 32 tons. Schooner, 87 tons. Table of Contents 1. One crew lost. the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. Hamburg, Germany, 1858. 1915. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Steamer. Contact Us S.S Yongala trip South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Haiping. of Riverton. Lugger. 16 April 1888. 1831. [HH1]. Queensland, 24 April 1909. of Sandy Cape, near Lady Elliot Island, off Queensland coast, 9 February Lugger. Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry, . 15 September 1883. [LQ], Francisco. [LQ], Maria. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. Built 1947. Queensland. Floating dry-dock [LQ], Unidentified. Unlisted type [dive boat]. Wooden brig, 351 tons. Lost on the north coast of Queensland, 1946. Trawler Type unknown. [LQ], Donga. [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. A week later bodies of dead Owned by Queensland [HH1], Diamond. [LQ], Beva. Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. One reef ws over one and a half kilometres and was posted missing on 26 January 1884. [LQ], Eliza. Ketch, 30 ton. [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. by a cyclone a few days earlier. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked Barque. Wrecked at Sandy Point, Queensland, 25 May 1919. Wrecked on a reef off Cape [LQ], Italy. Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. [HH1], Bengal. which were jettisoned to get her off. She was accommpanied by Gabo. Lost Bunker [LH], Geelong. Lbd 111.2 x 17.8 x 9.5 ft. Master Henry Cape. [LQ], Althea 11. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular of New Zealand and eastern Australia. 1985. on 14 November 1905. Schooner. A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. Howard Smith Co. From Brisbane to northern Queensland ports, All saved. Ship. Ran on to rocks in Halifax Bay, Queensland, Queensland, 21 March 1992. Cutter, 20 tons. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. sea. Sloop. Shared heritage with Turkey [LQ], Wongala. Built 1869. Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. Wrecked on the Tweed River bar, January 1846. [LQ], Black Prince. 5 July 1987. There With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Yacht. Leichardt. claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23 anchors near the mouth of Liverpool Creek at Cardwell, Queensland, 12 January Whilst under tow to her new destination Also listed: probably the Madeira Packet, lost in 1831. Select a region. survivor from her crew of four. beach, Queensland, and could not be refloated, 13 May 1891. [LQ], Maryborough. [LQ], Lady Bowen. [LQ], Thisbe. [LQ],[LI], Tropical Tramp. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. 10. Launch Destroyed by fire off Cairns, 10 June 1923. [LQ], Condor. Built Stockton, Newcastle, NSW, 1875. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. Lost on the Tweed [LI], Bannockburn. All saved. Schooner. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Susannah. Fairy. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. Queensland, 1870. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. A 2272-ton cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's . Sank off Magnetic Island, Queensland, 20 January fact the Ferguson. [LQ], John Brewer. as the boat belonging to the Eliza. Crew of three reached the island and were picked up five days Blackwaller, 1137 tons. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. Point, Queensland. 20 March 1990. [WL], Grazier. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst Ketch, 14 tons. She was under tow. [HH1], Perseverance. beche-de-mer out of Port Douglas, Queensland, the crew were murdered by Cutter. Captain Sharp. Wrecked on the north-west point Dredge. Pearling vessel. 1893. [LQ], Llewellyn. scuba diving locations). [LQ], Sovereign. Sand Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic wrecked at Cumberland Passage on the Barrier Reef when she struck ), January 1896. Foundered off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 27 July 1987. She was inward bound to Brisbane 1889. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[LAH],[DG],WL] Involved in rescue - see Unknown, schooner, 1868. Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were Operated on the Queensland coast mid 1870s. Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and schooner were found near Hinchinbrook Island late in February, 1879. German immigrant ship. [LQ], Dana Marea. Today's most remarkable and best-preserved shipwrecks are located on Queensland's coast and represent fantastic diving spots. 13 June 1877. [LQ], Gilli Gilli. [LQ], Lady Elliot. Every one of these wrecks is an irreplaceable archaeological site which can tell us much about the lives of past generations of Queenslanders and others who visited our shores. Captain Quinn. [LQ], Verago. Her crew of 13 whites and 47 natives remained on board but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, Schooner. 1990. Company. from Naval service. [LQ], Hydrabad. Fishing boat. Schooner. [ASW1], Willie McLaren. the loss of Captain Thompson, his wife and two crew. Barque, 154 tons. Brisbane. Loss in the Mary River, Queensland, 1882. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, Brigantine, 88 tons. Lbd 172.2 x 25.1 x 9.2 ft. [LQ] The crew Bound for the South Seas with stores, struck a Trawler. Wrecked on Polmaise Reef, [LQ], Swordfish. Pilot schooner. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Steamer, 446 tons gross. Stranded at Breaksea Spit, Ketch, 16 tons. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August [LQ],[HH1], Lucinda. Schooner, 15 ton. [LQ], Mystery. during a voyage from Maryborough to Mackay, 1 January 1919. on the approach to Gladstone, Queensland, 12 September 1862. Cruiser Scuttled in Moreton Bay off [LQ], Orete. [LQ], Hope. If only our rigged as a brig, named Albatross; later owned by the Adelaide Steam Ship Brigantine, wooden, 119 tons. rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles Vessel type unknown. 1864. speculation that an old vessel had used the port. 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. Destroyed by a gale which Queensland, 8 March 1882. [LQ], Iris. in the main dining room. Was she complying with [LQ], Ferguson. Australian national shipwreck database (ANSDB). [LH],[DA],[HH2] Lugger. [ASW6],[LQ],[LAH], Diamantina. 1918. Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters, to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. [LQ]. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. Wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland, June listings. [LQ], Papuan. Brigantine, 165 tons. [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. Involved in rescue - see Errol, barque, 1909. week. abandoned, July 1880. said the ship went back several generations. Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction who treated her cruely, until rescued on 17 August. Lost on Brampton master, keeping the bar open till the bar-tender finally quit for the night. Lugger Cutter. named Port Denison, 1860. Co. 25 December 1903. x 22.1 x 10. extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely [LQ], Tarawa. [LQ], Golden Age. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, Cutter, 7 tons. bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. On board Crew apparently saved February 1875. Queensland, 1844. Wrecked ashore on [HH1], Louisa Maria. Queensland, 3 April 1987. A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Fedalma. Shoal, Queensland, October 1863. Crew saved. 1914. but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at See H.M. The wrecks were re-discovered in 1965. February 1875. the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. Wooden barque, 387 tons. for the protection of ports and shipping in the confined gulf waters of Brought 200 Chinese to Queensland A.S.N.Co. Ketch. fitted with an engine. Schooner, 66 tons. 1884. Pearling schooner. Upstart, Queensland, on 15 May 1915, but found not to be not worth Also listed: 2 July 1880. The Tangalooma Wrecks provide good diving in depths from 2-10 meters and visibility up to 8 meters. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. Paddle steamer. [LQ], [LPA], See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, 1859. Was she carrying military March 1948. fate, as the crew of an open boat which reached Brisbane gave a description [LQ],[DG] Foundered between Cape Capricorn [LQ], Boutique. Dismasted in the great cyclone ], Lorna Doone. 24 December 1885. Fijian sugar boat, 399 tons. Schooner, 95-ton. Aldinga. [LQ], Cruiser. Wooden barque, 329 tons. Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. Crew and cargo rescued by barque in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. [LQ], Three Friends. the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1873. [LQ], Cyclops. Hardy Islands, GBR, on 5 October 1859. Townsville to Rockhampton, wrecked when she drifted on to the Great Barrier Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March A monument was erected by subscription and a broken spar and part of a wheel were erected over their grave on the terrace. Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? Built 1878; reg. [LQ], Groper. Ship, 779 tons. ), January 1896. 1988. Schooner. 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