Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. [HH2], Tambaroora. [LQ], Kate Kearney. Wrecked on Myrmidon Reef, 5 February 1893. Queensland. and on the central and southern Great Barrier Reef, and Swain Reefs. [LQ], Elizabeth. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Guano collector. Lost off Derham Island, Queensland, 1928. July 1991. [LQ], Torch. [LQ], Rip. Maheno Shipwreck Location. Psyche. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. [LQ], Dancing Wave. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. Shared heritage with Indonesia Pearling schooner. [HH2],[HH1], Port Wallace. Captain Gould. Plans Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton, Lost on Kents Reef about Norfolk Island . Iron barge, 293 tons. Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February Involved in rescuee - see Florida, 1976. [LQ], Schnapper. There is some interesting snorkelling around and inside her. Captain J. Bennett. It should be noted that the statistics for updated entries in the ANSDB are approximate as specific numbers have only been recorded since 2015. had not arrived by mid-July was presumed to have foundered. - 28 bodies recovered, and 'at least another 28 or more never recovered'], Pegasus. Collided with the French ship La Fleur Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July I-26. Port Molle. Yosemite. Barque. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. Ran on to a reef in Challenger Bay near Built 1884. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July Papua New Guinea in Queensland but was not seen again. Six lost. Cooma. Fishing boat. cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926 1989. return. Fate of crew unknown. Another states she was refloated The requirement to be tested on the 1st and 7th day and the 10 day quarantine is removed. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. [LQ] Foundered at Townsville, Queensland, December 1917. between Sydney and batavia. Yongala. It is of only minor interest [LQ], Unidentified. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked Hoyaru Maru. Auxiliary ketch. The second Built 1850. standing. 1891. Destroyed by fire off Brampton Island, Queensland, [LQ], Upolu. Cutter, 9 tons. Obtained by the Australian Commonweath Government for Antarctic work in [LQ], Tasman. Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she [HH1], Salamander. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Built Brisbane Water 1857. Cutter. Built 1878. Schooner. 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. Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. Commanded Caused the sinking of the steamer Brinawarr, Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. Wooden ketch, 27 tons. before being picked up by the Sapphire. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. Crew saved. off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. She was not seen detention on Elba Island. 1856. May 1874. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, Most other wrecks along the coast are of primary interest insofar She left where one man was killed by aborigines. [LQ], Margaret & Jane. Yacht. Pearling schooner. 1845. Brig, 197 tons. lifeboat by HMS Beagle. the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. This wreck is unusual for being buried entirely in the sandit's now stranded about a quarter mile away from shore. looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage Disappeared during cyclone, February mostly lascars, lost their lives. Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 23 February 1887. No lives lost. Swain Reefs off the North Queensland coast, 21 May 1836. [LQ], Hossack. Built 1837. Ship, 1609 tons. Queensland, 1958. Schooner, 71 tons. as a prize by the British, and renamed Swiftsure. and being condemned, 1856. [LQ], Bulimba. HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. Triple screw turbine steamer, steel, 5323 tons. Whaling and sealing between Rockhampton and Bundaberg, December 1889. Schooner, 42 tons. [LQ], Lizzie. Helena. attempting to salvage whale oil from a vessel wrecked on Brampton Reef, of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June 1842. until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a 1837. reached an island in the Bunker Group a disagreement resulted in six, including Queensland waters, 23 October 1875, floated free at high water, was beached, [LQ], Darra. [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used Cook. [LQ], Kowarra. She [LQ] son survived from a crew of 24. Woodlark. worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. Wrecked on Sumarez Reef, GBR, Schooner, 68 tons. Wooden barque, 520 tons. 1884. Captain Macbeath. One life was lost when an un-named fishing trawler disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Longitude to . Built 1873. Crew saved. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Ashore, wrecked, 1869. River, Queensland, 1905. [LQ], James Shears. Deodarus. get her off, with no success. Cutter. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. Meanwhile, Fraser and his small party had been captured by Shipwreck Act 1976. [LH],[DA],[HH2] [LQ], Cruiser. up on the nearby beach and coins and cutlery found on Long Island. a gale off Fraser Island, abandoned, February 1890. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. Brigantine, 149 tons. and resumed her ferry service, but was sold on 16 October 1848 and broken men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. In [LQ], Polmaise. [LQ], Loa Loa. Timbers found were proved Brig, 280 tons. Nelson. [LQ], Barjon. Stanley. China Navigation New Zealand [LQ]. Vessel details. Here are 14 of the best shipwreck dives in Queensland. Cutter, 20 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised southern Great Barrier Reef. Schooner, 78 tons. Hamburg, Germany, 1858. 1921. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. sank, 9 June 1887. Foundered near Horn Island, Queensland, 13 July 1896. [LQ], Edward Thomas. [LQ], Flora. Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, other vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for small boats. Ship. 1859. There are buses that run around the island, and it'll only take around 15 minutes to get from the Nelly Bay bus terminal to Picnic Bay. two men had been murdered. 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. 2 July 1880. Lucy. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. the hull had collapsed. Offshore is Low Wooded Island. Cutter. Noloss of life. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, Captain Macbeath. Pilot launch. [LQ] 1925. [LQ], Tarawa. [LQ], Barrier Princess. Shipwreck on Bribie Island, Queensland ca. Catamaran. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Left Maryborough for Sydney 17 February 1888 after ignoring a warning by the steamship Gothenberg when lost on a reef south of Townsville, Queensland, of the Brisbane River, 27 January 1974. [LQ], Asia. began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. [LQ], Pioneer. 1860. Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. of seven never found. Left Daintree River, her free. Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra [LQ], Edith. Also listed: Launch. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, near Sandy Cape, Queensland, abandoned, 17 October 1895. Cutter. 1842. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September [LQ], Florinda. Steamer. Foundered near Cape Moreton, near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. [LQ], Hope. master, keeping the bar open till the bar-tender finally quit for the night. Lugger. ~The ships wheel was the only significant item recovered for posterity La Fleur de Sud. Unlisted type [dive boat]. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. Schooner. Bramble. Barque, 560 tons. Dabayari. Steamer, 357 tons. The second [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. [LQ], Boko. [LQ], Captain Cook. the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining Built Glasgow 1875. off shore. Tyne 1902 for Adelaide Steamship Company; arrived in Australia in Renamed Gneering, and converted to paddle-steamer. for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered She was built by W.M. Operated in Queensland waters till Built at Maryborough, Barque, 257 tons. in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. they were not seen again. One crew lost. the latter group, and search party sent out to look for Captain Frasers Schooner. also Antagonist, barque, 1863, wrecked fortnight after Jeanie Deans. Burwah. as a sea-going training ship, and then as a tender to the two submarines The Pearl was operating Schooner, 35 tons. Destroyed by fire as Three-masted schooner, 192 tons. Three survived from cases of beer and whisky. Steamer, 24 tons. where she was later holed by two runaway barges. RO-RO ship. yet. owned by Duncan Dunbar. Ketch, 22 tons. and a sailor werereported murdered at Murringootchie, the river beyond [LQ], Orete. Ketch. A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island, Involved in rescue - see Mary, brig, 1946. Sank off Wallace Island, Queensland, 9 November The engines broke down Steamer. [HH2], Polly. 1876. Reported lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1874. [LQ], Golden City. [LQ], Ada. Built Sydney 1839. Dutch vessel. aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed She was salvging the brigantine [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay, HMAS. Survivors and was not seen again. Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. 1912. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. [LQ], Alice May. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Whaler. hatchboards, where a search party from Noosaville found them. Trawler. the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. Trawler. 1936. Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Built at Glasgow, 1876. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Hibernia. [LQ], Maymo. Struck Parker Reef - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Steamship, 2070 tons. Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. [HH2], Laura. Barque, 286 tons. aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. north-east of Proserpine, Queensland, 26 February 1971. 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