Run ashore near Dunwich, Queensland, to save life after
[LQ], Kirkdale.
Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. of seven reached safety. Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816
Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland,
A week later bodies of dead
], Lorna Doone. [LQ], Eliza. [LQ],[HH1], Thunderfish. Find Shipwrecks. [LI], Mary Evans. coast. 1860. Known as a donkey frigate something between a frigate
after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. 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. In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. Lost at Magnetic Island, Queensland, March
dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still
Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by
Vessel of 110 tons. [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. Involved in the recovery of oil from
The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock,
Captain Barr. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old
Sydney. 1988. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. [LQ]
which were jettisoned to get her off. Pearling vessel. Five fishermen lost their lives; only one survivor. Wooden schooner, 130 tons. 14 March 1855. No loss of life. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld,
Wooden ketch, 115 tons. Abandoned as a wreck in
detention on Elba Island. Lost about 80 km north of Hinchinbrook Passage,
[LQ], Barcoo. while bound from Brisbane to Sydney, 11 March 1847. Queensland, 1931. 600 tons that lay on the reef, possibly a whaler. 1973. [LQ]
near Sandy Cape, Queensland, abandoned, 17 October 1895. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. [LQ], Mediterranean Packet. Built 1880. they boarded the tug Hercules. survivor from her crew of four. the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost. 1952. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, 1877. Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985
[LQ], Myall. [LQ], Princeza. Lost
Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar,
of severe gales. Aborigines said the ship went back several
Latitude to. Wooden barque, 520 tons.
near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms
Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. [LQ], Upolu. Whaling barque. Left Rockhampton for Mackay,
Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. Schooner.
Involved in rescue - see Kinsen Maru, 1933. Fishing boat. Schooner, 40 tons. [LQ], River. freighter Jin Shan Hai, about 50 nautical miles north of Cairns,
Yacht. next day. Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy
As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. They were soon joined by survivors from the wrecked Coringa
[LQ], Dorrigo. Lady Nelson. Steamer. Riser. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded
Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? Schooner. [LQ],[DG]
Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. his daughter died a few hours later. 1871. pointed out its position. plantations when lost. EXPLORE. the Brisbane-Gladstone yacht race, 1980. [LQ], Vixen. Endeavour. Dredge, steel, 406 tons. repairing. 1904.. [LQ]. Owned by Harry Evoldt. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Foundered
and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to
Lost in the great cyclone
Barque, 543 tons. looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage
Schooner, 70 tons. [LH], St. Magnus. her free. coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. South Australia Co. [LQ], African Maid. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a
Crew of 24 rescued. Schooner, 55 tons. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. said the ship went back several generations. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. Zeus. Mission launch, 40 tons. and resumed her ferry service, but was sold on 16 October 1848 and broken
[LQ], Cornwallis. Involved in rescue - ssee Magda, Ship, 1858. Brigantine, 149 tons. After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas
Island, Queensland, 25 June 1900. Steamer, 91 tons. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. [LH], Ceres. Lost on Kenn Reef, 7 January 1858. Lbd 330 x 46 x 21.4 ft. From Brisbane to Cairns with passengers,
were speared by aborigines reached Moreton Bay. The crew landed on Fraser Island, but hostile
Hulk
the Dutch ship Doelwych. Lost on the Tweed
1842. Shared heritage with Timor-Leste
worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Queensland, October 1919. [LQ], Coolangatta. was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. Iron bucket dredge, about 1000 tons gross. [ASW1], Tsinan. [LQ], Blue Goose. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland,
Steam ship. Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland,
The remains of a vessel thought to be her was
Schooner 78 tons. x 23.8 x 9.6 ft. Capsized by heavy seas off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland,
Sydney. the vessel. Ashore, damaged,
Crew saved. Oldham. south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland,
UNIDENTIFIED, Unidentified. Ashore, wrecked, in a cyclone near
Fishing boat. Most of the cargo including
Wrecked on a reef off Cape
[LQ]
October 1957. landed at Port Essington after spending 48 days in two open boats. 1768, with an objective of sighting the transit of Venus, which he
Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Surveyed much of the Great Barrier Reef. [LQ], Mystery. Foundered off Fraser Island, Queensland, 2 April 1967. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white
[LQ], Dugong. Island, Queensland, 1862. on the northern Queensland coast. [LQ], Polmaise. Popular on the Queensland-Sydney
Schooner. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as Gunga, then Croydon
[JH],[MGS - reports lost Great Barrier Reef], Wai Weer. 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. On 18 January 1843 Captain Balckwood of the Fly
Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria,
Ship, 779 tons. [HH1], Diamond. Cutter.
Brig. One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq)
[LQ], Hit or Miss. All passengers and crew saved. Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland,
[LQ], Elizabeth. Bateson confirms the second option, and suggests she was refloated
Steamer, 478 tons. [LQ], Princess Louise. [LQ], Mary Laurie. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. Australian Capital Territory
Ketch, 24 tons. Built 1878. [LQ]
Left Brisbane on 3 June 1909 for New Britain and when she
Was captured by the privateer Port-au-Prince,
Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. Lost on a reef off
[LQ], Slott. Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone
French Ship. Steamer, 1932 tons. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. Renamed back to the original
Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group
Built 1874; reg. James Watt. [LQ]
Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost
1925. 21 February 1884. Queensland, 6 November 1988. Ketch, 18 tons. Where lost. March],[GB], Spede. Ashore or sunk at
Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island,
Barque, 303 tons. Built 1907 for Howard Smith
Believed wrecked off Queensland coast, 1916. Two crew lost. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for
Cutter, 12 tons. [LQ]. Schooner, 14 tons. 20 March 1990. on the theme of a white woman, Mrs Fraser, captured by the aborigines and
The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip
in heavy floods, December 1885. Aldinga. [LQ],[DG -
1903. [LQ], Marsale. [LQ]
[WL], Tully. [LQ], Sunseaker. [LQ], Herald. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef
Wooden steamer. [LQ], Florinda. The crew of 85, mainly natives, left her on six rafts but only
[LQ], Cleveland. [LQ]
All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving
1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. [LQ], Thomas Day. Coomba. [LQ], Maryborough. [LQ], Jin Shan Hai. Loss of one crew member. her up. One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other
Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James
Pilot cutter. [LQ], Jason. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. See Natone, 1959 [LQ]
Ex Francesco Crispi. [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. Aground on Queensland
Unknown type. Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. Wrecked on Petrel Island, Queensland, 1904. the Queensland sugar ports. The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. Barque, 321 tons. 27 May 1990. Brigantine, 180 tons. She was returning from
It appears that she was between 100 and 200 tons and
Queensland, abandoned, 1871. July 1892. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise,
Ketch, 30 ton. [LQ]
Struck Pioneer Rock in Whitsunday Passage, wrecked,
[LQ], Athol. of twenty-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known
One life lost. Queensland, 11 June 1939. Involved in rescue - see Bona Vista, ship, 1828. Stranded at Breaksea Spit,
[LQ], Hide Maru. and sailed to Keppel Bay.
Schooner, 98 tons. Group, September 1878. Wrecked on Brampton Island, Queensland, February
[LQ], Terrigal. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Struck Black Swan Reef,
Trawler. [LQ], Francisco. Brig, 172 tons. 1929. Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. Involved in rescue - see Ningpo, schooner, 1854. Commander J.
On release,
Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico, is our #1 option because of its pristine sands, soothing turquoise sea, palm groves, and diverse vegetation. [LH]. Wooden paddle steamer. Taiwanese clam boat. Iron steamship, 956 tons. x 50.2 x 30.8 ft. Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. The wreck still contianed
[LQ], Ann. Operated on the north Queensland
Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. Then sailed west and charted the coastlines
Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard,
[LH], Carisbrooke Castle. 1930. 14 September 1871. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland,
With accommodation onsi. where he was imprisoned by the French for six and a half years. [LQ],[ASW1], Dundas. Captain Poulson who had the lease on Heron Island at the time
Tug. coast, 1853. Schooner, 14 ton. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February
Fishing boat. [LQ], Edward Thomas. [LQ], Bato. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. Built 1875; reg.Townsville. Select a UCH type. January 1914. [ASW1],[LQ], Elizabeth Mary. a rumour that the aborigines who had killed, and takeen the cutter, were
Involved in rescue - see Undaunted, ship, 1863. wrecked,17 February 1888. Yongala. [LQ], Rembrandt. 1983. Whaler, 900 tons. near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. The steamer Tay struck
[LQ], Victoria. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef,
Noloss of life. Wrecked
Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. Wrecked, 1868. Struck Breaksea Spit,
her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. Yacht. Hamburg, Germany, 1858. after a fight. Queensland, 30 August 1987. Steamship, 877 tons. 1986. Captain Robert
towed to Cleveland bay by the SS Christina Gollan. Named McKenzie Shoal after the captain of the ill-fated Heroine, lost there
Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic
queensland shipwrecks locations. Lost at Hannah Island, Queensland, February
Maheno Shipwreck Location. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Mystery still surrounds her
early 1840. Nine lives lost. by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island,
The Tangalooma Wrecks provide good diving in depths from 2-10 meters and visibility up to 8 meters. [LQ], Lady Kinnaird. [LQ],[LI]
Built 1850. [LQ], Agnes. Schooner, 69 tons. January 1886. [LQ], Hannah. 2 July 1880. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. lives, 13 February 1896. [LQ], [LI indiactes date of loss as 28 Februaary], Priscilla. junk yard. Queensland, 21 March 1992. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 1945. Brigantine, 167 tons. South Australia
1958. Three men from the vessel murdered by aborigines
Foundered near Cape Moreton,
In 1872, involved
Lbd 300 x 37 x 15-8 ft. Reached Sydney Januaary
men who invited him out for a pig hunt the following day. 1857. [LQ], Mildred. There
Converted to a lighter in 1929,
Ketch, 14 tons. Schooner, 33 tons. Lost off Bowen, Queensland, 30 January 1884. Struck rocks and broke up near Mackay, Queensland,
She may have been wrecked
Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck
[LQ], Lookout. Scotland, 1868. scuba diving locations). Refloated
On the voyage back to Sydney, Owen Stanley, one of Australias finest
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[LQ], Fedalma. Shared heritage with Croatia
Built 1846. The ninety-eight persons on board just
Dutch vessel. [LQ], Maid of Athens. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner,
Foundered off Woody Point, Queensland, 24 August
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