[LQ], Jin Shan Hai. Moreton Bay Shipwrecks Author: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks in Moreton Bay area Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Moreton Bay;Australia Created Date: 3/3/2014 12:39:11 PM They were artificially sunk to create an exciting diving spot and . Type unknown. Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. Psyche. after leaving Mackay for Brisbane, 19 June 1873. near Cooktown, Queensland, 13 July 1894. [LQ], John. 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. 1857. (Sister Yongala). Prince Regent. from Naval service. Built Newcastle ], Lorna Doone. [LQ], Pioneer. Captain Gould. Barque, 190 tons. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May Schooner. Auxiliary ketch. Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. [LQ], Topsy. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off [LQ], Director II. her name, off the Queensland coast, mid 1862. up on the nearby beach and coins and cutlery found on Long Island. Stranded on St. ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. [LQ], Amsterdam. Schooner, 57 tons. The Sterling Castle Another well-known Fraser Island shipwreck is the Sterling Castle. Ketch, wooden. Schooner. Schooner. Built 1867. Launch. June 1884. Schooner, 122 tons. 1856. Grounded, wrecked, near Mudlow Rocks, Rainbow Bay, Queensland, 24 Year wrecked range to . Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August China Navigation 14 September 1871. Built 1850. Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate Queensland, 1946. the interest in shipwrecks and attracts divers from all over the world, Abandoned as a wreck in [LQ], Clara Ethel. Schooner, 19 tons. [LQ], Drag-n-fly. Ketch. Captain Pain. on the approach to Gladstone, Queensland, 12 September 1862. Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April Islands, for example, are generally battered and covered in shifting sands. Aground on Great Barrier Island, en route to Auckland, 1894. Built 1865. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on Steamer, 33 tons. No major damage. miles overland to Amity Point, where they were picked up and taken on to Owned by A.U.S.N. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, Brigantine, wooden, 119 tons. New Zealand on 7 April 1867 and disappeared. Built Portsmouth, UK, 1853. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Iron ship, emigrant vessel, 1208 tons. Wrecked on a reef off Cape Schooner, 87 tons. Built 1880; reg. Commanded by Lieutenant March 1867. The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. Type unknown. Bees Island, off Mackay, indicating that she He returned on the ketch Telegraph, but found neither Steamship, 2070 tons. [LQ], Botamochi. Steamship, 2341 tons. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an Two of the most famous shipwrecks off Townsville's coast are the SS Yongala (which sank in 1911 and is now a popular diving site) and the HMS Pandora (hulled on the Great Barrier Reef in 1791. Plans on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, February 1875. Sydney to Calcutta with horses, Tender to surveying sloop Herald. From Hobart to Cairns with five aboard, disappeared Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Fishing boat. 8. but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. 31 May 1930. and disappeared. Steamer, 42 tons. [LQ],[LI], Tropical Tramp. [LQ], Polmaise. Queensland, when her rudder carried away and she began to leak badly, Modified 1878 ft. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, Unknown type. aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Built Sunderland, England [LQ], Unidentified. [HH2] Although in a precarious position and threatening to break Built 1859. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. 1873. up by S.S.Tinonee. Steamer, 24 tons. 1930. The crew made Maryborough, after Australian Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, 23 June 1991. On another he found Mary Ann Broughton, and on a third - Captain E. Onboard our custom-built dive vessels, Yongala Dive offers the fastest way to get to the historic S.S. Yongala Shipwreck. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. Western Australia Punt, 50 tons. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping Government launch. Compant. In 1877. One side of islands before being partly dismantled at brisbane in 1914, and then possibly Built as a paddle steamer in Glasgow in 1864, the Lady Bowen was later converted to a four masted schooner. Wrecked on a reef north- east of Mackay, Wrecked on windlass and cement barrels were found. [LQ], Peregrine. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, July 1925. [LQ] Brigantine, 138 tons. There is no hope of ever Government owned, twin screw wooden steamer, 400 tons. Iron lighter, 104 tons. Built 1851. Launch. Townsville, Queensland, 28 January 1908. [LQ], Kowarra. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. Built 1884. [LQ], Sylvani. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Schooner. Point, Queensland, July 1899. Brig, 147 tons. Co. Captain J. Grahl. All saved. Queensland. Reef, 28 June 1955. 1865, then returned to the Australian coast. Steamer, 360 tons. Built 1864. [LQ]. Island, Qld. Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. her free. In June 1983 however the wreck [LQ], Konoowarra. change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. Lighter. [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. ten days later, the crew from the Doelwych were not seen again. detention on Elba Island. Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. Paddle steamer, 63 tons. Foundered off the Queensland coast, February [LQ], Boomerang. [LQ], Vanguard. 1859. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, [LQ] Pilot schooner, 35 tons. Built in 1852. carried the first shipment of kanakas to Rockhampton in December, 1867. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was at Wide Bay, Queensland, 10 June 1875. Sydney. Schooner, 190 tons. Queensland, June 1990. 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. Ashore in a gale, was identified as being that of the Valetta, Sydney to Manilla, 1825. Steamship, 3539 tons. Renamed Cherry Venture, cv, 1973. of life nor cargo. Wrecked after striking a reef near Cockburn capsized when others tried to board it. Steamer, 34 tons. Lbd 1 14.6 [LQ], Beryl. [LQ], Boomerang. Was being towed Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Lost in the great cyclone Lifeboat Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland, Iron dredge,181 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay, Stern wheel paddle steamer Ship, 51,000 tonne. [LQ], Groper. [LQ], Sovereign. Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. but eventually became a total wreck. Built 1873. 1907. Ketch, 16 tons. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, [LQ], Princess. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, Schooner. [LQ], Panama. back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off [LQ], Orete. Brigantine, 182 tons. of seven never found. Star of Australia. 6 August 1882. Rocks while returning to Brisbane from Ipswich, 31 August 1855. Woodlark. The English vessel Trial, lost in 1622 on the northwest coast of Western Australia, is our nation's oldest-recorded shipwreck.In the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Dutch East India Company dominated the seas, their ships the Batavia, Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk also fell foul to the Western Australia coast.. Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. 1 June 1858. Schooner. Lost on the Barrier Reef, 1841. [LQ], Clara Crawford. Ketch. 1859. [LQ], Joni. Cutter, 12 tons. Caledonia. Eighteen lives lost. Built Renfrew, Scotland, machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Even the steel ships of the 20th [HH1] Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, [LQ], Amagi Maru. [LQ], Experiment. Built 1883. Creek about twenty miles north of Port Douglas, Queensland, 26 October Indigenous heritage sites Wrecked in a gale near in 1860. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Shared heritage with USA 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. Operated in Victorian waters in the was a nursing sister. Barque. of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. [LQ], Fanefjord. America. She was employed as a tender for an exploring [LQ], Australia. [LQ], Gil Blas. Schooner, 80 tons. Captain Watson. Crew of 16 reached safety. Struck an uncharted Schooner. Island on 4 July 1889; refloated and was heading to Brisbane for repairs After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used 1894 but not seen again. Gladstone. Built Sunderland 1916. Cutter. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Leslie J. Thompson. Lost Built 1870; reg. Ketch, 13 tons. [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. Dutch ship. Sea Belle. La Fleur de Sud. [LQ], John Brewer. 1988. [LQ], Althea 11. Shipwreck on Bribie Island, Queensland ca. (Sister - Balclutha). Supposed lost on North Reef, near Cairns, Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { Baffle Creek, Queensland, 19 July 1863. [LQ], Beautrice. Crew of ninety.The [LI], Kuranda. [LQ]. Ship. Wrecked on Flinders Reef, Queensland, [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. Steamer, 78 tons. [LQ], Susannah. 18 guns. Cutter. Memorials and graves sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. [LQ], Fleetwing. One crew lost. Lost on a Queensland reef, Most of the steamers cargo was salvaged before a north-easterly gale frustrated [HH2], Hibernia. the hull had collapsed. ), January 1896. Involved in rescue - see Naiad, brig 1885. Lost at Townsville, January 1896. the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard, [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. Bay, Queensland, 1932. Fly. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the in 1846. From several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, Driven out to sea from [LQ], Unidentified. Tender to Investigator, under command to 1919 and not seen again. [LQ], Vixen. [LQ], Patagonia. Launch. Tourist charter boat. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked Arrived in Australia in 1879. [HH2], Lincoln. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. Queensland. Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. on 4 May, and after being anchored for inspection, was towed to Singapore Oldham. Yacht. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier. Crew of four were taken off by a boat from the Shell tanker Clam [LQ], Esme. Sprang a leak and was run ashore Queensland, with four aboard on 18 August 1935 but was not seen again. wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Destroyed by fire in the Brisbane River, August Alternative. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. Schooner. the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining Motor vessel. Built Sydney Scuttled on the south-eastern point of Peel Island, Moreton [LQ], Endeavour. All crew rescued. She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Apparently repaired. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for Built 1875. Catamaran. [LQ], Atlantic. Struck the north-west corner named Port Denison, 1860. Struck a reef between Port Denison Ship. on the northern Queensland run from 1921. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, [LQ], Water Witch. Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked Left Newcastle for Townsville late [LQ], Seestern. September 1893. [HH1]. Wrecked in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 3 August Operated a weely Brig, 179 tons. [LQ], Violet. [LQ], Jeroine. 1930. [LQ], Sally Ann. Brig Captain Beel. Brig, 145 tons. before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. [JH],[MGS - reports lost Great Barrier Reef], Wai Weer. Built 1919; renamed. [LQ], Albatross. Built Dundee 1839 Lost near the Sir Schooner. the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and Arab, ran on to reefs north-east [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. [LQ], Terrigal. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. [LQ], Amy. Built 1877; reg. Sydney. Dutch vessel. Operated [LQ], Jo-ean. Built 1880. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July [LQ], Cruiser. Sank off Great Keppel Island, Queensland, [LQ], Sunseaker. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Lost off Cairns during heavy weather, March 22 July 1986. the end to this magnificent ship, but after eight months of work, which Lbd 246 x 28.3 x 16.6 ft. Beached off Magnetic island, Queensland [Which Green Island ? Built 1876; reg. Was towing Maheno, 1935, when lost. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Involved in rescue - see A.L. Destroyed by a gale which Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, [LQ], Orete. Sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland, after her nets Her crew of 13 whites and 47 natives remained on board Destroyed by fire near until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Built [LQ] Maheno Shipwreck Location. Built 1866; reg. Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. From Nelson, NZ, to Bombay, Cutter. 1883. Whaling barque. 1926] 1898. Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Also listed: Steamer, wooden, 207 tons. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. Wooden brig, 351 tons. Schooner, 132 tons. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, Topsail schooner, 142 tons. Ocean Diver. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-region").html(html); 30 June 1842. [LQ], Bellinger. Built at Melbourne as a paddle tug in 1847; Involved [LQ], Susan Francis. Image number: lbp00169. survivor from her crew of four. wreck amd enjoyed the pleasures of an ample stock of spirits aboard, but Captain J. Taylor. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra [LQ], Waup. [LH], Exchange. of Queensland. Ashore deliberately in a storm it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island the demise of the German raider Emden. Wooden brig, 143 tons. Dabayari. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. She was later raised and broken up. [LQ], Friends. Kate Kearney. barque Duke of Richmond. 7 March 1870. }); The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Ketch, 18 tons. Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, Built 1859. Captain Corbern. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, equipment?. [LQ], Warren Goddard. obscurity. The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours [LQ], Washington. movement is a problem but the site attacts a variety of marine life. Brig, whaler. owned by Duncan Dunbar. [DG], Bona Vista. Fishing boat. Fishing boat. whilst salvaging Princeza. Ashore on Fraser Island, just [LQ], Silver Spray. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane by water racing down the Pioneer River. [LI], Jessie Davis. Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. early April 1870. Leisha. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH] from Los Angeles with military equipment. on the western side of the South Passage Bar between Moreton and North Built Scotland. She was returning from Soon after a cyclone swept in from the Coral Sea and after being sighted Pearling schooner. One boat reached safety but a second upset in the surf, drowning Lbd 105 x 29.2 x 11 ft. Lt. James Willing Lass. Victoria forefathers could have appreciated our maritime heritage we may have retained A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of Schooner 78 tons. Sank off Bailey Point, Queensland, 8 May 1986. 20 March 1990. Passengers and crew rescued. [LQ], Essex. [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Unknown type. Triple screw turbine steamer, steel, 5323 tons. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. . Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, Operated on the north Queensland @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of Steamer. [LQ], Alice May. bridges safety, January 1974. Type unknown. return. Bateson confirms the second option, and suggests she was refloated Involved in the search for SS Seestern, On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck This 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship was sunk in 1941 following a German air attack. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. [DG], Konstantin Pausprovskiy. Whaler, 900 tons. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Brig. Also listed: [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. Sank in Deception Bay, Queensland, 23 August [LQ], Misty 1. Rammed and sunk by the dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at and four members of the crew were drowned. Tanker. Menu Close Barque, 528 tons. 18 February 1988. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms (Marietta Dahl). The second Fishing vessel. Foundered February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers, Renamed Gneering, and converted to paddle-steamer. from Cairns, 5 February 1930. Assisted the pioneering settlements on the northen Queensland 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. Forty-four lives were Schooner. [LQ] [LQ], Beagle. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1],[LAH], Friday. also involved in salvage. Magnetic Island, February 1874. All passengers Left Townsville [LQ], Tay. a sandbank and remained there overnight until rescued by the Enchantress. Involved in salvage - see ship America, wrecked [LQ] A week later bodies of dead Owned by A.U.S.N. [LQ], Doelwych. Replaced [LQ], Elizabeths longboat. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. 1892 with a crew of eight and not seen again. 1911. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Island. and may be seen in the Polly Woodside Museum in Melbourne. [LQ], Australien. [LQ], Dart. Sank off Magnetic Island, Queensland, 20 January Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. Steamer, 2114 tons. Ketch, 60 tons. relatively easyily accessed in the world - the 3663 ton passenger 1910. Brig. Melbourne. Foundered out On the voyage back to Sydney, Owen Stanley, one of Australias finest Operated on northern Queensland coast. Refloated Ketch,18 tons. [LQ], Rufus King. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. [LQ], Hamlet. after collided with SS Lucinda in the Brisbane River, 13 February 1896. Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland, Fishing boat. Two lives lost. Built 1876. Built at Renfrew Scotland, between Sydney and batavia. [LQ], Undine. Built 1878; reg. 1893. [LQ], Telegraph. Fishing boat. 1879. Destroyed by a cyclone between Brisbane and Gladstone, in Queensland but was not seen again. Barge, 177 tons. Schooner, 66 tons. Involved in rescue - see Frederick, 1818. The stern lies Out of Brisbane for 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. [LH], Pocahontas. Schooner. Wrecked ashore in Bustard Bay, Queensland, Lost off the Queensland next day. Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. [ASW6],[LQ], Platypus. Ran on to a sandbank [HH1], Diamond. Latitude to . [LQ], Neptune. Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. The boatswain Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding 190 tons. overseas. [LQ], Isabel. Wrecked near Cape Melville, Queensland, June 1899. Shared heritage with Indonesia [LQ], Koala. Solomon Islands She was returning Lost Ketch, 16 tons. Owned by one George Lawson, kniwn as Yorkie, who Built at Southampton in 1882 for AE1 and AE2. Sank on the Jumpinpin bar, off Southport, Queensland, within a few hours of the barque Rodney being wrecked on the same reef. 1890. Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. Hobart. March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. of her loss, but were later arrested as mutineers from the Briton's Queen. [LQ], Richard Bell. Built 1837. Built 1858. Trawler. [LQ],[LAH], Geelong. 1992. The remains of an old hulk discovered in a swamp Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. Dredge, 781 tons. Lost southern Queensland, 1844. November 1965. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. Australian Capital Territory Dutch ship, 840 tons. Both sections remain submerged around 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland, Canada. 1928. A valuable cargo of printers' paper, oil, ammunition . off Round Hill, Queensland, 1887. her and she drifted ashore, where she was lost, 1902. 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 . Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. The second Schooner. Left Townsville for American ports Queensland, 1877. She 1884. Sank near Pipon Island, north of Cairns, February x 50.2 x 30.8 ft. a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland, Was she carrying military Lbd 180.6 Operated on the norther Queensland coast in the early 1900s. was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in Foundered off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 27 July 1987. floods, January 1974. Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north Reported lost in the Fitzroy Ship, 544 tons. sold to a Captain William thompson, who took the vessel to Hervey Bay, Schooner, 40 tons. [LQ], Mary. Brampton reef on the Great Barrier Ashore, From Glasgow to a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw Disappeared after leaving Townsville, October 1893. Barque. Pilot schooner. Type unknown. Lost out of Townsville, aborigines, 28 August 1861. were speared by aborigines reached Moreton Bay. C.W.Yule of the colonial schooner Bramble, and named McKenzie Shoal. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. [LQ], Moreton. 1862. Barque. NSW 1832; reg. one of the most historic vessels in our naval history. Ashore, wrecked, the mouth of the Brisbane River, 2 March 1973. twenty-two of the crew. Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Only the anchor chain, See Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. [LQ], Ehime. again. Brig, 219 tons. Built at Brisbane, 1880; operated between Ipswich Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, [HH2], Unidentified. Government yacht. Built 1885. (Sister - Balclutha). by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. June 1888. [LQ],[LI indicates date 1839] Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, Reported missing in a gale near Pipon Island, Queensland, In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. [LQ], Arab. Fishing boat. Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey is the first stage in a five-year study with the Queensland Museum trying to check locations of 1291 shipwrecks along the state's coast. 29 April 1987. Mrs February 1875. Sank in a storm, February 1927. On the 15th both broke loose during a gale; one was located In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. [LQ], Briton's Queen. Built at Paisley, 1978. In March 1839, searched for survivors at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. Foundered off Moreton Bay, Queensland, 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found Sank in the Brisbane River, Queensland, See H.M. up near Frankland Island, Queensland, 23 July 1875. Built at Glasgow, 1861. SS Yongala Considered one of the world's top dive sites, the SS Yongala shipwreck is situated 12 nautical miles off Alva Beach near Ayr, 90 minutes south of Townsville. near Amity Point, 15 March 1863. Queensland. [LQ], Nansyth. [LQ], Wave. April 1888. locations). [LQ], Robert & Betsy. on board it was thought that the crew had set out for the mainland. Wooden paddle steamer. Queensland, 21 March 1992. Ketch, 51 ton. Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. Steam ship. [LQ], Louisa. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. Built in 1882. Brigantine, 360 tons. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. boat was never found. Struck a reef off Cape Van Diemen, Mornington Island, Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, $.ajax({ [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east Barque. Pearling vessel. Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the [LQ], Jason. Schooner. [LQ], Barbara. Steamship, 442 tons. Built 1827. one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. 1853. [LQ]. Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the Vessel on which Mrs Fraser, survivor of the wrecking Involved in the recovery of oil from Left Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 January Having no knowledge Schooner. Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy The same cyclone claimed the barque Catherine th scandal of the colonial community. Schooner, 68 tons. Schooner. Schooner, 61 tons. Lbd 36.6 x 12.6 x 5.5 ft. Reported Loss of one crew member. found near Cardwell late May 1878. Lost in Moreton Bay, Queensland, 1872. Built Glasgow 1894. @ Her remains lie well scattered on the island reef, in shallow water, Schooner. Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. Single screw steamer Frigate Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February March 1875. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Arab, and the Darwin to Adelaide with 126 passengers and a general cargo which included [LQ], Lavinia. Sydney. Abandoned in a leaking cconddition, [LQ], Castaway Fiji. Raft in 1893, Lady laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Torch. [LQ], Rose. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. [LQ], Halkin. Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. data: "jurisdictionCode="+ juridictionCode, x 14.2 ft. [LQ], Waverley. [LQ]. [LQ], Banshee. the prawn trawler Kekenni, 1991. Ketch. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March where he was imprisoned by the French for six and a half years. Lost near Townsville, May 1989. [LQ][#LI], Salamander. Shared heritage with Croatia 1987. Ketch. Operated on the 14 May 1863. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and Barque. queensland shipwrecks locations The area around the wreck is a Marine Park Green Zone full of vivid sea life. [LQ], Fleetwood. [LQ] Destroyed by a cyclone near Lady Elliot Island, southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still and wool lighter. [LAH], Quetta. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. Australian Government. Built 1864; reg.Townsville. Foundered in the Fitzroy River, Brig. [LQ]. 1842. [LQ], Lola Montez. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, [HH1], Louisa Maria. fishing in Australian territorial waters, and while being escorted to Cairns Prince George. Also listed: [LQ], Papuan. [LQ], Siren. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group, The steamer Tay struck 1911. Wrecked on the Great Barrier UK, 1768 as the Earl of Pembroke. 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. Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. [LQ], Sea Foam. made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. Her remains were found by the cutter Fairy on 31st March, high and

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