Llost at Tweed Heads, Queensland, Our files contain artificial and natural reefs, buoys, ledges, rocks, shipwrecks, and many other types of structures that hold fish, in a 100 miles radius of Moreton Bay. [LQ], Unidentified. in 1947 for maintenaance work. Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July Broke her back when stranded on Central Island in the Fitzroy [LQ], Port Stewart. may have been lost nearby. Brigantine, 167 tons. [LQ], Culgoa. Steamer, 75-ton. Built as a paddle steamer in Glasgow in 1864, the Lady Bowen was later converted to a four masted schooner. the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Cutter. wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear Sydney Lost near Gladstone, Captain Zeeman. There was Only the anchor chain, [LQ], Saucy Jack. of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, [LQ], Mavis. 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Perhaps Queensland [LI], Sylph. No loss Steamship, 1255 tons. Tinonee. after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. [LQ],[LI] Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. [LQ], Neptune. Ketch. abandoned, July 1880. Wrecked, 1866. 1908. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Schooner, 65 tons. [LQ], Upolu. Barque. Crew apparently saved Wrecked while loading Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost Repaired. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. German immigrant ship. [LQ], Prospector. [LQ], Avago. [909 records], Associated links: CORAL Canada 1829; reg. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off American whaler, 300 tons. Steel steamer,628 tons. Built 1862; reg. Fishing vessel. Brig. The maritime archaeology collection can therefore be seen as a cross-section or a sample of the total shipwreck resource in the State, and a brief analysis of these sites can inform significance and research . Trawler. [LQ] Lightship. Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. Also listed: He buried the two murdered men. Star, qv, 1962. was not seen again, 1851, Venus. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. near Normanton, Queensland, November 1890. guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. Schooner. Fishing boat. Prince Regent. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from lives. Built 1878. Schooner. Aground on Queensland a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, 21 November Sydney 15 October 1842. [LQ], Bonita. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 Schooner, 7 tons. 1911. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Royal Duke. Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed Crew picked Destroyed by fire off Cairns, 10 June 1923. maritime explorers, suffered a stroke and died I Sydney, in his cabin on Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. Flying Cloud. Company. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser February 1863. Sank off Bailey Point, Queensland, 8 May 1986. Steamer, 194 tons. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ], Maria Ann. Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland, Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. Sank during a storm off Cape There the Brinawarr. Pearling vessel. turbine steamer to arrive in Australia. All saved. ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. Ship. Pearling schooner. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. and a corvette. Wrecked on the Great Barrier Lugger Wrecked in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 1886. From Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. [LQ], Inconstant. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. Unknown type. We provide the native files for your Garmin (*.gdb), Humminbird . Fishing boat. September 1893. The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. Built 1884. Fishing boat. Gradually, Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. All 38 on board landed Four passengers Barque. February 1901. to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. [WL], Alexandra. Ketch, wooden, 17 ton. Army requisitioned her in Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Group, Great Barrier Reef, 1849. and all reached safety. Reef, 28 June 1955. Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. Barque. Wooden steamer, 32 tons. Lady Nelson. Lost near Cairncross Island, Queensland, [LQ], Patagonia. Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. Barque. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work [LI], Mary Ann Broughton. Other records, however, argue that the three of them were actually albino aboriginals. Leisha. Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay, near Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 21 January 1893. [LQ], Peregrine. Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. Built 1882. of Cooktown, Queensland, over 18-20 January 1907. [LQ], Borealis. Schooner. Two boats left the wreck but became Norfolk Island [LQ], Laura Belle. [LQ] Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was amended in 2014 to protect underwater cultural heritage, a category expanded to include historic aircraft submerged in Queensland waters for at least 75 years. Queensland, 16 March 1901. No loss [LQ],[#HH2],[HH1], Rebecca. The crew info@goldcoastdiveadventures.com.au Ship. [LQ], Esme. 1859. Shared heritage with Denmark Wrecked on Ship. From Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, 1869. [LQ], Eliza. her lifeboats could be launched; 268 died. Wrecked on a reef off Cape Melville, Queensland, [LQ], Freak. [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. Eventually abandoned Learn more about the proposal to expand Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include additional historic shipwrecks. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, [LQ], Centaur. Unknown type. Lbd 300 x 37 x 15-8 ft. Reached Sydney Januaary In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred [LQ], Victoria. 1930. Built 1864. Struck an uncharted Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Fishing boat. 1 Bunker Reef off the Queensland coast, [LH] . Brigantine, 141 tons. Involved in rescue - see Hugh Ewing, schooner, 1886. Liverpool. Steamer, 40 tons. Fishing boat. The encyclopedia of Australian shipwrecks and other maritime incidents, including vessels lost overseas, merchant ships lost at war, and those lost on inland waters, together with a bibliography of vessel entries. One man lost. Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Was being towed We have the best Cairns fishing spots. [Z01], Karalou. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. Ex She fate, as the crew of an open boat which reached Brisbane gave a description Type not recorded. 3 January 1989. Reported lost in Queensland waters during [LQ]. after collided with SS Lucinda in the Brisbane River, 13 February 1896. Wrecked on a reef off Holborn Island, Queensland, Iron screw steamer, 495 tons. Queensland, 6 May 1888. dragged her anchors during a gale and abandoned, 8 January1874. [LQ],[LI], Mystery. was wrecked around 1860. Operated on the from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, China Navigation Struck on an outlying She lies at about a 45 Type unknown. [LQ], Director II. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. Care Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island, Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. [LQ], Sagitta. Barque, 474 tons. (Sister Yongala). Passengers and crew rescued. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near Wreckd on Brampton Reef, Adelaide Steamship Company, with 65 passengers and a crew of 72. Firefly, brig, 1861. as The Slashers. Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay, men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. Lost of their two companions was never discovered although some suspected cannibalism. Twenty-three lives lost, being one of the worst disasters in Queensland Crew and ten passengers saved after sailing to Moreton Bay. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Schooner, 57 tons. on the southern Queensland coast. Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but February 1875. Schooner. Operated on northern Queensland coast. Scuttled Destroyed by a cyclone between Brisbane and Gladstone, At the time was the second-largest dredge in the world. Cutter. [LQ], Pioneer. Howard Smith & Co. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. Bishopstone was an episcopal manor, hence its name meaning "dwelling place of the bishop".The chu @ Wrecksite found in 1957 in twenty-eight metres. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Australia Lost at Hannah Island, Queensland, February Capetown 22/1837, reg Sydney 21/1837, [LQ], Jeroine. Shared heritage with Japan they were not seen again. New South Wales 1929. Plymouth As into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. [LQ], Verago. As an imperial settlement, many ships carried troops as well as convicts and goods. Warship. Vessel type unknown. Queensland coast, April 1875. Captain Thomas Stewart. Alo-mahiva. Launch. some 500m out. Milo. Steamer, steel, 2092 tons gross. Paddle-steamer. (Sister Grantala). [LQ], Tom Tough. [HH2] By the time the sea and wind subsided the vessel had almost Sharks took two of the crew. (qv - Torres Strait). Queensland coast, 13 July 1866. Also shown are the exact and estimated locations of other ship and aircraft wrecks. the loss of Captain Thompson, his wife and two crew. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Santa Barbara. Minerva. separated. . Kate Kearney. Iron steamship, 406 tons. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. Unknown type. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. [LH], Clam. Lizard Island, late May 1883. Each client will get one free cancellation as a courtesy. Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. T.B. Built 1878. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, [LQ] Annie. Type unknown. Destroyed by fire off Brampton Island, Queensland, of the surface and can usually be seen from the charter boat. Paddle steamer rigged as a brig; renamed. Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Coral Ann. Involved the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. March 1884. Brampton reef on the Great Barrier River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. The Navy did not send a diver down but it was generally leaving three others clinging to the rocks. and scattered coral encrusted fittings. from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. Motor vessel Built 1866; reg. a fair sized steamer lying on her side in six fathoms, surrounded by depths Auxiliary ketch. Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May Sank off Wallace Island, Queensland, 9 November Crew were rescued eight days later by the steamer Leichardt. Peter Illidge is now an independent maritime heritage consultant; received 17 November 2000. Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. Additions were made to the original 1890 map up until this published version in 1937. [HH1], Ellison Shaw. Tired of fishing the same spots? 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. after leaving Mackay for Brisbane, 19 June 1873. eventually rescued. Barque, 190 tons. [LQ], Laurel. Queensland Navy in 1884. Schooner. near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. Damaged on a reef north of the of Queensland. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women Ship. [ASR6], Excelsior. [LQ], Golden Age. The Even the steel ships of the 20th Shipwrecks | Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. off shore. [LQ], Lallah Rookh. Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson Run down and sunk by S.S.Balmain in Hervey Bay, a spot on shore to make repairs, at the mouth of the now named Endeavour Built 1859. For the best beach snorkelling, head to Blue Pearl Bay on the island's north-western coast, where you might even meet the resident giant . [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Hibernia. Queensland, abandoned, 1871. board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. Gardens, Brisbane, during raging floods. [LQ], Willunga. Involved in rescue - see Neptune, ship, 1868. Steam ship, 4608 tons. Unknown type. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the [LQ], Sea Nymph. seaway through to the Pacific. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 Frigate (qv). 1921. (Sister - Balclutha). Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. Paddle steamer Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Brig, 179 tons. Schooner, 29 tons. 1853. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. lost on a reef near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland, 16 August had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side 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. H.M.S. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Wrecked on Entrance Island, Queensland, 1839. March 1869. Unknown type. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. Steam ship. of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few for Burke, Wills and King. Three men from the vessel murdered by aborigines [LQ],[DG] Steamer, 357 tons. [LQ], Atlantic. Pearling ketch, 43 ton. Otherwise please note the booking instruction below. Schooner. Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles HMS, corvet, 485 tons. HMAS. Noloss of life. Abandoned on Pocklington Reef in the Bismarck Sea, &'()*789:EFGHIJUVWXYZefghijuvwxyz  !1QA"aq2BR#3CS Struck rocks and broke up near Mackay, Queensland, Lbd 188 Built 1865. Yongala. Bottles have been recovered from the bow section at about 1903. [LQ], Lady Kinnaird. Sank [HH1] . Brig. Arrived in Australia in 1879. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Schooner. June 1888. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. They were never positively identified. [LQ], Caroline. again. Cutter. Schooner, 50 tons. Schooner, 96 tons. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. 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). Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. Wrecked on rocks in a storm at Cape Sandwich between Townsville and [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. UNIDENTIFIED, Unidentified. [LQ], Bellinger. almost 24 hours after she sank. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, Fishing boat. Schooner, 69 tons. One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) ], Flowence Agnes. in two boats. reef off Cape Grenville, Qld, with no success, 1838. Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland, Unknown type. Sank on the Jumpinpin bar, off Southport, Queensland, dataType: "html", Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. Brig, 148 tons. Sighted the wrecked barque Peruvian (qv) , lost [LQ], Pearl. on the northern Queensland coast. Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February Crew launched a boat Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. [LQ]. [LQ], Lachlan. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland Built at Glasgow, 1878. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms Partly dismantled, Crew landed safely. [LQ], Lady Lamington. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. made 436 voyages between Melbourne and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. helicopters removed 84 containers on her foredeck allowing tugs to tow Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June up near Frankland Island, Queensland, 23 July 1875. Woonona. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. [HH1]. [NH], Meg Merrilees. [LQ], Port Stephens. & Australian Steamship Company. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. Schooner, 90 tons. Ketch, wooden. Sydney 45/1842. Ketch, 14 tons. Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. Sydney. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February Shortly after being requisitioned A9,300 from the Northern Territory gold fields was later recovered. Trawler. Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds [LQ], Oonah. group. Ocean Diver. See Built 1856; reg. were attacked by aborigines and taken as slaves. Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland, Shared heritage with Sri Lanka Searchers found the [LQ]. [LQ], Groper. in a cyclone near Fitzroy Island, Queensland, 29 January 1913. [LQ], Frederick. Captain Kane. Driven under the Sydney Street bridge Unlisted type [dive boat]. Lbd 84 x 21.5 x 17 ft. Master Henry Kreuger. [LQ], Gilli Gilli. arriving there. Crew saved. [LQ], Britons Lass. Steamship, 442 tons. Lady Bowen. and later abandoned at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queenland. days out, but was not seen again. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. [LQ], Hoolet. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. Ashore and wrecked at Sweers Island, Lost in the great cyclone whilst salvaging Princeza. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 21 February port of san diego staff directory. 1949. [LQ],[#ASW1], Pure Pleasure. contributions. Lost on Dungeness Reef, Was she carrying military Captain Macbeath. All ships gave their name [LQ], Princess. Lost on North Schooner, 66 tons. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Wrecked on Moreton Island, Queensland, Navigation Co. Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. beche-de-mer vessel off Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland.[HH2]. [LQ], Swallow. Cutter. [LQ], Eclipse. DES enters underwater cultural heritage information (including shipwrecks, aircraft wrecks and artefacts) in the Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database (AUCHD). NSW 1832; reg. badly injured, 1862. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine. From here, our expert snorkel guides will lead you through the Tangalooma Wrecks, sharing their knowledge and secret turtle hiding spots. [DG], Deutschland. [LAH], Quetta. Caledonia. Built 1871; reg.Sydney. beach, Queensland, and could not be refloated, 13 May 1891. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Rebecca Jane. Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Struck the north-west corner North of Albany Island Quetta Rock and the location of the wreck are marked. Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. Wrecked on a reef near the Marion Reefs, Queensland, Melbourne. Crew landed safely on Stradbroke Island. Scuttled at the Bishop Island She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for [LQ],[LAH], Unknown (true name). Built 1843. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of Schooner, 126 tons. Queensland, 24 April 1909. 1887. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains Built 1960. You are viewing the archived 2015 report. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby Struck a reef off Cape Van Diemen, Mornington Island, [ASW1], Tsinan. Note that the Bato Explore Queensland's historic underwater heritage The crew took to the boats and with the exception of two men who Ketch. Lugger. [LQ], Whakatane. [LQ], Dorisana. [LQ]. (Marietta Dahl). [LQ], Alice May. Built 1869. freighter Jin Shan Hai, about 50 nautical miles north of Cairns,