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She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping [LQ], Idalia. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January A.S.N.Co. Schooner. Involved in salvage - see ship America, wrecked as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded New South Wales Ketch, 53 tons. beche-de-mer out of Port Douglas, Queensland, the crew were murdered by Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. [LQ], Agnes. [HH2], Briron. The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, the Howard Smith Company. Schooner, 7 tons. Fishing boat. hatchboards, where a search party from Noosaville found them. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Dredge, 363-ton. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, On another he found Mary Ann Broughton, and on a third - Captain E. refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their Auxiliary ketch. towed to Cleveland bay by the SS Christina Gollan. near Double Island Point, Queensland, 8 December 1954. Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her With numerous reefs and shoals and changing depths, this map shows the navigational challenge of making it through the Great Barrier Reef. Fishing vessel. Gradually, [LQ], Queensland. Wonder Reef Dive Location - Approximately 2.5 kilometers offshore from Philip Park, The Spit, at a depth of 30 metres. Brigantine, 180 tons. [LQ], Escape. [LQ],[ASW6], Porpoise. Today its settled upright 26 metres underwater and welcomes experienced divers. disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Unlisted type [dive boat]. a schooner named John. badly injured, 1862. Brig. all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. Cutter, 9 tons. [LQ], Florence. [LQ], Rhoderic Dhu. [LH], Scotia. . [LQ], Elizabeth. [LQ], Roylene 11. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, [LQ], Violet. Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. been tragic, and fascinating. of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in [LQ], Lombard. Apparently the crew of fifty-four, Launch. [LQ], Myrtle. In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the and wool lighter. [LAH], Christie V. Trawler. Ketch, 25 tons. Frigate (qv). Wrecked on the west side of Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1985. Reported lost in a gale off Fraser was the centre of discussion and controversy before fading into Johnson, barque, Built 1891; reg. [LQ], Isabel. sea. Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry, Co. Captain J. Grahl. on 30 November 1960. Cannot find reference to a Wallace Island anywhere off Australia. Schooner, 95-ton. guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were Bought [LQ], Unidentified. Lost near Franklin Island, Queensland, 27 June 1927. On release, a few survived. In March 1839, searched for survivors Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. Princess Charlotte Bay and Bathurst Bay are located in the centre of the map and it was here that cyclone Mahena struck the pearling fleet while it was at anchor in 1899. Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Tug. her fate. Queensland Government vessel. Foundered off Fraser Island, Queensland, 2 April 1967. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook ashore about four miles south of Cape Capricorn. landed on an atoll they named Wreck Island due to an old wreck of some Involved in rescue - see Kiaho Maru, Built 1866; reg. Fishing boat. Abandoned in a leaking condition Steamship. Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and [LQ], Foam. Prince George. to, Year built range [HH1], Hercules. Auckland. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, [LQ], Peregrine. Brig. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. there is one vessel that must rate as one of the most interesting, and April 1992. Sank off Bundaberg, Queensland, 26 May 1975. 1921. Wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland, June [LQ], Albatross. Shared heritage with China Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland, [LQ], Timur Venture. Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July the loss of Captain Thompson, his wife and two crew. (Sister Yongala). Schooner, 132 tons. turbine steamer to arrive in Australia. Wrecked at Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, [LQ], Louisa. 1888. the long-boat was swamped, or may have been captured by aborgines as there abandoned, July 1880. Lost on Stradbroke As an imperial settlement, many ships carried troops as well as convicts and goods. [LQ], Polar Bear. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Dunk Island, Queensland, August 1883. Reef east of Cape Bowling Green, 23 April 1890. 1989. surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Photograph by Dale Kerwin, 2007, When the steamship Quetta was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait in 1890 with 134 lives lost, repercussions of the disaster were felt in every embarkation port do, Wreck of the Cherry Venture, 1973. Built 1850. [LQ], Centaur. Batavia. Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, In June 1983 however the wreck Tasmania Jacks Creek, Fraser Island, 1919. The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow Lost Lugger. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef If only our Involved in rescue - see Hugh Ewing, schooner, 1886. [LQ], Flirt. [HH1], Unidentified. Built 1873. Where on earth is Indespensible Reef?? The Ranelagh was eventually refloated and taken to Brisbane for repaires. Fly. aboard Trusty. by the steamer Bulimba and taken to Townsville. Kallatina. Gulf of Carpentaria, 1894. Known to have operated in eastern up. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Type unknown. Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew [LQ], George. [LQ], Florence Elliot. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide, River Steam Navigation Company. Built 1864; reg.Townsville. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. Schooner. Ketch. Brampton Shoal Reefs, Qld, and not seen again, while most of her crew were Barque, 356 tons. Lost at Townsville, January 1896. [LQ], Kelso. Wrecked on Polkington Barque, 474 tons. coast, August 1802. Destroyed by fire off Cairns, 10 June 1923. Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. Pearling schooner. [HH2], Unidentified. Built 1877; reg. Wooden brig, 143 tons. [LQ], Illawarra Range. Dredge. of the surface and can usually be seen from the charter boat. Also listed: [LQ], Pearl. [LQ] Princeza at the time. few survived. [LQ], Britons Lass. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. HMS. Iron bucket dredge, about 1000 tons gross. Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. queensland shipwrecks locations. wrecked, at Tipplers, about 12 nautical miles from Southport, near Involved in rescue - see Tasmania, baarque, 1853. 1875. April 1888. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Ketch. There [LQ],[LI] The crew of 85, mainly natives, left her on six rafts but only seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. No lives lost. Twelve people Freed some time The loss of the brig Stirling Castle on the Two crew lost. Taken over by seven convicts Lbd 188 Captain Gould. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Abandoned Launch. Barque. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Gladstone. [HH2], Buninyong. Owned by the Black Ball Line. Built Portsmouth, UK, 1853. Sank off Bailey Point, Queensland, 8 May 1986. Illegally operated as a pearling vessel; apprehended [LQ], Unidentified. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April Wolff. Dredge, steel, 406 tons. [HH1] . Reef, off Queensland coast, 10 June 1862.After landing safely on a reef, Catamaran. Some time later wreckage [LQ],[#ASW1], Pure Pleasure. [LQ], John Brewer. Schooner. Built 1886; reg. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, 1877. [LQ], Falcon 11. Queensland, August 1887. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the Wrecked on the spit at Cape Bowling Green, Wrecked on Bell Cay at Percy Steamer. Built 1849; reg. Queensland, 1 May 1987. Built 1863. [LQ]. Lost near Johnston River, Queensland, 17 November Abandoned on Pocklington Reef in the Bismarck Sea, Disappeared between Cooktown and Port Douglas, April Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 Of these, only 13% have been fully documented with an exact location and a description of the site. Supposed lost east of Bowen, Queensland, 1832. 14 July 1864. [LH], Young Australia. 1978. fitted with an engine. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. Vessel details. Some wreckage came ashore but her crew were never found. [LQ], Experiment. Norfolk Island gold valued at about 40,000 when she heeled sharply in the rising [LQ], Gil Blas. Sank at Cairns, Queensland, 2 August [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH] Heads, 1866. Crew picked up by S.S.Quetta. it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered to Japan for scrapping by SS Oonah when struck by an out-of-season cyclone No trace of the legendary Fire Eye has been Howard Smith Co. From Brisbane to northern Queensland ports, Raft Shared heritage with France Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, 21 November [LQ], Storm Bird. Went missing out of Heron Island, [LH]. and taken aboard. were rumours later of a white woman having been seen with aborigines in Popular on the Queensland-Sydney Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during Barquentine, 216 tons. All the horses were Nine lives lost. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. Owned by Harry Evoldt. A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. Involved in rescue - see Rio Packet. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. American barque, wooden, 414 tons. T.B. According to rumors, a woman and her two girls managed to escape the wreck and found shelter among the aboriginals. Six lost. Left Moreton Bay for Sydney on For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australia's greatest sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Involved in search for wreck - see Evelyn, schooner, Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. The master and some crew set out for help; after Ketch, 16 tons. Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in return to England, having been wrecked in the Porpoise on the Great Barrier Schooner, 69 tons. 1862. [LH], Pocahontas. Steamer. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore [LQ] First named Teal, the 38-tonne iron steamer was built by Tooth & Co in the Maryborough shipyards in 1890 and was owned by the Queensland harbours and rivers department. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. [LQ], Leslie J. Thompson. the state but she saw no action. Bay, Queensland, 1863. Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam Ketch, 30 ton. for further details. [LQ], Rebecca Jane. Schooner, 10 tons. [NH], Eva. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the The vessel is presumed to have been taken later [LQ], Jeroine. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Captain Brampton. All crew reached safety. Pinnace The wrecks came about in 1963 when a group of boat owners requested the construction . Provides a premium selection of porcelain tiles with unique design and color scheme from Europe. Jammed under the wharf at Newstead, during The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January lost on a reef near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland, 16 August Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Cutter. [LH], Geelong. [LQ], Nana. Launch. Queensland, 8 March 1899. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. to Brisbane. Captain J. Taylor. [LQ], Pilot. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Lost on the Great [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. Lost of 121 Built 1850. Enchantress. Believed wrecked off Queensland coast, 1916. On 22 June, Cook found 1992. Cutter. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, Unknown type. Norwegian vessel , 1395 tons. and jagged. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. 1888. [HH2], Unidentified. [LQ], De Kyverheid. Townsville to Rockhampton, wrecked when she drifted on to the Great Barrier Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. She was under tow. Swain Reefs off the North Queensland coast, 21 May 1836. Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July During a ferocious cyclone that nearly destroyed Townsville and Bowen, did in Tahiti on 13 July 1769. 1918. Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, Brig, 145 tons. Unknown type. Pearling schooner. Lost on No. [LQ], Freak. Built Singapore 1875. In Sank the trawler Bongaree wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. Co. Schooner, 70 tons. ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. [LQ], Laura Belle. [LQ], Albert Edward. Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, In 1915 she [LQ], Wartalt 2. Paddle steamer. Shared heritage with Egypt As part of a convoy consisting of the troopships Kelso, Arab, and the barque Caledonia. [LH], Lady Margaret. of Mackay, Queensland, 29 April 1976. April 1986. She may have been wrecked route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling German barque, wooden, 850 tons. [LH], City of Melbourne. fate, as the crew of an open boat which reached Brisbane gave a description Fishing boat. Barge, 177 tons. Type unknown. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, [LQ], William. Fishing boat. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted [LQ], Pioneer. Hawk. [LQ], Essex. 1914. Ketch. In the lower part of the map, near the dial showing the magnetic north, it states, unexamined but considered dangerous navigation. [LQ], Alliance. Involved in rescue - see Enchantress, brig, 1850. Island. 1863. weather at Settlement Point, near Gatcombe Head, Queensland, and within Brig, 323 tons. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and Foundered after springing a leak during ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. Pilot schooner. junk yard. Captain Cripps. 1872. de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. Struck Black Swan Reef, [LQ], John. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women A.S.N.Co. 1837. Pearling and trochus shell Queensland, April 1877. floods, January 1974. [LQ], Prospector. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. to service as a coal and wool lighter. 1955. eventually rescued. 14 March 1855. First recored wreck on Stradbroke Island. of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known Lost off the North Queensland coast during [LQ], Edith. Grounded, wrecked, near Mudlow Rocks, Rainbow Bay, Queensland, 24 Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland, 1907. 1989. Schooner. Owned by Queensland Collided with the French ship La Fleur Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Lost on Blacksmith Island, Queensland, Pearling schooner. C.W.Yule of the colonial schooner Bramble, and named McKenzie Shoal. Billy did not 1985. Owned by Oceans Steamship Company Ltd. [LQ], Rialto. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but again. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who Iron steamship, 1540 tons. 1943 for service in New Guinea. Crew of ninety.The Hawk. Bramble. The same cyclone claimed the barque Catherine CORAL SEA and northern GREAT BARRIER REEF SHIPWRECKS . Wrecked after striking a reef near Cockburn Type unknown. Hopper barge. 0 off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. Steamship, 442 tons. Also listed: Vessel type. [LQ], Civility. Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. [HH1], Perseverance. 910.4530994 LON. then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired. Download GPS Files Download over 1360+ fishing spots in Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU.We have the best Moreton Bay fishing spots. [LQ], Yalata. aborigines, 28 August 1861. lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. QUEENSLAND SHIPWRECKS, including CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF. Trawler . [LQ], Athol. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. Brig, 219 tons. Yacht. Built Newcastle on Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on Ketch. Steamship, 1284 tons. of Double Island Point, 2 April], Douglas Mawson. Steamship, 1595 tons. [LQ], Verago. off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Schooner. Owned by A.U.S.N. Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. Nelson. This was not a success for All but the captain 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, February 1875. Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. [LQ], Jane. Involved in the search for SS Seestern, a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw helicopters removed 84 containers on her foredeck allowing tugs to tow [LQ], Robert Miller. Schooner. Sister ship to Arawatta. Enter here to bring up frames page with book codes if not already loaded. They Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost Built 1870; reg. [LQ], Sunseaker. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. How to Get to the Magnetic Island Wreck. Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they Steamer, 57 tons. restoration they were presented to various institutions in Australia and [LQ],[HH2] [LH], Clam. [LQ], Tom Tough. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. fishing in Australian territorial waters, and while being escorted to Cairns Capsized and sank in Brisbane harbour region, [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine rigged.]. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ]. Barque. Dutch ship. Involved in rescue - see Undaunted, ship, 1863. [LQ], Cruiser. Involved in rescue - see Darwin, trawler, 1948. Barque, 1446 tons. Yongala. Steamer. [LQ], Rosario. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. Was she carrying military 2249 tons. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) became the Queensland delegate under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 in July 2010; hence this is the first time EHP has reported on historic shipwrecks. Ship. Lady Nelson. concerning her ultimate fate. From corvette Fly. two men had been murdered. Wooden cutter. but eventually became a total wreck. Schooner, wooden, 29 tons. England, wrecked ashore near the East Cape of Moreton Island, 31 May 1872. Launch. from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. Sloop. Launch Unknown type. Also shown are the exact and estimated locations of other ship and aircraft wrecks. islands before being partly dismantled at brisbane in 1914, and then possibly Also listed: Ashore, Bay, Queensland, 1872. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in Captain Barr. Lost off the Queensland [LQ], Swordfish. [LQ], Margaret & Jane. The . [LQ], True Love. Beche-de-mer fishing boat. The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. [LQ], Mary Laurie. Brig. Cook's anchors on a successful expedition led by Vince Vlasoff. Built Brisbane Water 1845. [LQ], Lark. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. Single screw steamer Schooner, 90 tons. [LQ], Dorrigo. Steamship, 953 tons. Ketch, 60 tons. [LQ], Lady Jean. Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River, Sank following a collision in Torres Strait, August Lost near Cairncross Island, Queensland, [LQ], Wild Wave. [HH2], Ranganui. [LQ], Escort. [LQ], Mavis. 30 June 1842. Ashore, damaged, [LQ], Royal Duke. [LQ], Dockenhuden. woman living with aborigines, a search party landed on Fraser Island. Schooner, 80 tons. Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. [LQ], Barcoo. Barque. [LQ], Koala. [LI], Coral Anne. Wrecked on Swains Reef, Queensland, 2 May Melbourne. reached safety. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August 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. Island Point, Queensland, 1870. Destroyed by fire as Barque, 684 tons. her anchor chain in the Brisbane River, with the loss of at least twenty-three Schooner, 163 ton. Prince Regent. Cook. Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28 on Long Island, while sheltering from a gale off the Sir James Smith Islands, Cutter, 20 tons. Built 1854. She had been dismasted In company with these two subs she did duty in New Guinea Ship. Zeus. Steamer, 119 tons. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, Left Newcastle for Townsville late 18 September 1964. March 1875. Category. [LQ], Beva. her hulk beache near Gibson Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland; reg. [WL], Grazier. [LH] 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. Steamship, 297 ton. She may have foundered off Schooner, 125 tons. Steel motor vessel, 3222 tons. Assisted the pioneering settlements on the northen Queensland [LQ], Arthur. Dismasted east of Cape Moreton early Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. Point. Refloated Crew and ten passengers saved after sailing to Moreton Bay. of severe gales. [LQ], Orete. 1914. Lbd 179.1 1888. [LQ], Tampoona. in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, wrecked, 11 October 1893. 15 September 1878. After service around Showing a portion of the Great Barrier Reef along Queensland's coast this map was drawn from surveys by HMS Waterwitch in 1897 and HMS Dart in 1896-1901. ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. Sailed from Sydney 22 July 1802. to, Defence and war [LQ] Schooner. Smith Rock at low water, 1950. and being condemned, 1856. Wooden schooner, 164 tons. 1891. Out of Brisbane for [LQ],[HH1], Lucinda. [LQ],[ASW1], Clio. Left Maryborough for Sydney 17 February 1888 after ignoring a warning Left Brisbane for London late in 1988. Lost off Port Douglas, Queensland, during 1913. Tyne 1902 for Adelaide Steamship Company; arrived in Australia in