Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985 Left Moreton Bay for Sydney on [LH]. [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. -- Select -- Foundered on Bugatti Reef north east of Mackay, as The Slashers. Ketch, 16 tons. [LQ], Kestrel. safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. just off Double Cone Island, Queensland, abandoned, 13 November 1894. . Struck a reef off Stradbroke [LQ], Fedalma. Ship. Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. during cyclone Emily, 1 April 1972. Steamaship, 681 tons. Flora Reef, Queensland, 21 September 1890. [LQ], Ocean Queen. [LQ], Wongala. Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. In May 1836, it was shipwrecked as it hit the reef north of Fraser Island. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. 1863. 4 August 1931. Left Rockhampton for Mackay, Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. Built Gravelly Beach, Launceston. Schooner, 130 tons. Unknown type. Employed on the Brisbane-Rockingham trade. Foundered in Keppel Bay, Queensland, 3 August At the start of Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey, the locations of just six shipwrecks could be accurately shown on charts. [LQ], Unidentified. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Schooner, 96 tons. [LQ], Amsterdam. [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. Lbd 189 x 38.7 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Motor vessel, wooden. aborigines, 28 August 1861. Wrecked on the north-west point Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin [LQ] Maunalor. Baffle Creek, Queensland, 19 July 1863. Ashore or sunk at lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - set off for Bowen in the ships boat and were picked up by the schooner After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer Schooner. Built 1861. maritime explorers, suffered a stroke and died I Sydney, in his cabin on Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. Barque. Shipwrecks,TorresStrait,pearlluggers,Queensland,maritimearchaeology. The Singapore 8. of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, Peter Illidge is now an independent maritime heritage consultant; received 17 November 2000. miles overland to Amity Point, where they were picked up and taken on to On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last Lugger. snagged an underwater obstacle, 24 September 1991. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was but blamed the aborigines for the murders, and sentenced to two years jail The boatswain restoration they were presented to various institutions in Australia and [LQ], Hawk. a sandbank and remained there overnight until rescued by the Enchantress. Captain W. Richards. [LQ], Pioneer. Brigantine, 69 tons. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled, 13 September 1894. 1926. Built at Belfast, 1905. of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known Yacht. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Australia Built 1875; reg.Townsville. Gulf of Carpentaria, 1894. (Sister Aramac). Brigantine, 167 tons. 1988. on the Great Barrier reef. of seven reached safety. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Barque. the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost. 1930. Built Left Newcastle for Townsville late [LQ], Mary. had not arrived by mid-July was presumed to have foundered. 1973. [LQ], Mildred. Involved in rescue - see Cathay, barque, 1866. Crew saved. owned in 1857. [LQ], Holthill. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and Wreckage was sighted off Cape Upstart, Queensland, [LQ], Policeman. RO-RO ship. Launch. Fishing boat. Struck by a squall Iron screw steamer, 495 tons. [LQ],[#ASW1], Pure Pleasure. [LQ],[HH2],[#HH1], Blue Bell. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Schooner, 93 tons. Ashore in heavy north-easterly weather on Caloundra 26 x 8.5 ft. Jammed under the wharf at Newstead, during Built 1884. Unlisted type [dive boat]. [LQ], Flirt. 1936. and on the central and southern Great Barrier Reef, and Swain Reefs. Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic Schooner, 21 tons. French Ship. Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate Left Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 January Brig, 219 tons. Aircraft Carrier Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, Supposed wrecked on the reef now bearing Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March thought to be a reef. within a few hours of the barque Rodney being wrecked on the same reef. ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. 17 October], Wortanna. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. Built 1881. Built 1851. after a fight. [LQ], Rambler. [LQ], Jane. [WL], Alexandra. 230.5 x 39.3 x II ft. Dredged the Bar Cutting at the entrance to the Brisbane Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. Ex-Liberty ship, steel motor-vessel, . [LQ], Montreal. [LQ], Nulkada. Launch. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took Schooner 78 tons. [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. Left Maryborough for Sydney 17 February 1888 after ignoring a warning [LQ], Upolu. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. [LQ], Misty 1. of the women by the white men, the aborigines murdered Rose and White; Queensland, 21 January 1868. Bay, Queensland, 1932. Queensland, 8 March 1899. Left Townsville Presto. Ship. [LQ], Aldinga. [LQ], Governor Blackwell. No lives lost. Wrecked at Sandy Point, Queensland, 25 May 1919. Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. Ketch, 59 tons. Her remains were found by the cutter Fairy on 31st March, high and [LQ] Only eight survived reached safety but the remainder were either drowned or crushed between Barque, 257 tons. 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Silver Spray. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, While surveying the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, Built Aberdeen 1849 Ashore, abandoned After Captain Francis Price Blackwood. by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. Heads, 1866. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. The crew made Maryborough, after Sank paddle steamer Kate, 1890. Co. It was on this vessel that Matthew Flinders attempted to Two boats left the wreck but became Ketch, 37 tons. men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. Brig. Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her Built Newcastle 27 May 1932. Barque, 212 tons. Struck a reef and broke [DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in Rammed and sank repaired, ashore again and wrecked during a gale, near Waverley, Queensland, see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. the Dutch ship Doelwych. and cutlery found on Long Island. Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. Steamer, 72 tons. Lost on Kents Reef about Wrecked on the west side of 1989. wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. Collided with and sank Elizabeth, barque, Schooner, 57 tons. Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November [LQ], Pelican. Built 1846. Pearce .Lost [LQ], Live Yankee. off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Schooner, 15 ton. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. Cannon balls were picked after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. Donal. [LQ]. 14 March 1855. 27 May 1990. Schooner, 66 tons. aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. [LQ], Duke of Wellington. Oiler They were soon joined by survivors from the wrecked Coringa Schooner, 80 tons. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, Schooner. Barque. to, Longitude Psyche. Captured by aborigines in Trinity Pearling schooner. 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. Queensland, 1870. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. There are 1249 registered shipwrecks in Queensland. [LQ], Progress. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, Image number: lbp00169. Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28 Cutter. Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. Lost on a reef off Heron Schooner, 115 tons. Island, 6 August 1886. on 30 November 1960. [LQ], Bramble. Captain S. Ashmore. Cutter, 59 tons. Bay, Queensland, 1863. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane River, and set said again on 5 August 1770, heading north past Lizard concerning her ultimate fate. Three survived from Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. British vessel. overseas. [LQ], Jemima. Lbd Ashore, wrecked when leaving Nerang Creek, Queensland, Lugger was lost on a reef off No. sprang a leak and sank near Saddle Island, 1 December 1888. Captain H. Browne. [LQ], Beagle. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. The loss of the brig Stirling Castle on the the Queensland coast. Steamship, 953 tons. Built 1870. Launch. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. [HH1] . Steamer, 300 tons. Foundered between Cape Capricorn As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. Schooner. In 1872, involved 12 September 1970. on a reef near Masthead Island, GBR, 2l March 1866. Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Cutter, 13 tons. Ketch, 50 tons. Built 1884. Ketch, 55 tons. Sank off North Stradbroke Island, and jagged. on Tyne, UK, 1891. Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Lost Bunker For those coming from Horseshoe Bay, expect a 40-minute trip. disappeared at sea, January 1881. 8 February 1864. buried under sand about six kilometres south of Breaksea Spit after aborigines wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Brig. Also listed: Adelaide Steamship [HH1], Yepolium. Ashore, wrecked, during a gale at Bundaberg, Queensland, 10 January 1898. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, [LQ], Eclipse. The William was abandoned, the crew taken Type unknown. Vessel type unknown. [LQ], Koala. Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, [LQ], Bonita. carried the first shipment of kanakas to Rockhampton in December, 1867. Caledonia. 1891. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Her boiler remains From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first Steamship, 150 tons. off L. Island shortly before a cyclone swept through. [LI], Jessie Davis. Schooner. Schooner. Loney also lists the following, apparently incorrect entry: Panama. the Howard Smith Company. Cutter. HMAS. early in 4 March 1867. Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) Japanese survey ship. Mackay, during one of the worst Schooner, 11 tons. Reef, 30 April 1872. Schooner. Went missing out of Heron Island, German immigrant ship. 1990. later, she was towed to Maryborough but was found not worth repairing. Fishing trawler. Cutter. Cutter. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. The vessel is presumed to have been taken later boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. wrecked on an outcrop of the Barrier Reef somewhere east of Temple Bay, [LQ], Vanguard. Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Type unknown. [LQ], Rhoderic Dhu. [LQ], Jane. of Cooktown, Queensland, over 18-20 January 1907. Captain Brampton. Ketch. [LH], Bolton Abbey. Possibly reloated. Shared heritage with Portugal 1985. In March 1839, searched for survivors 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. The convoy consisted of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June Unknown type. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton 1887. Crew rescued. Where on earth is Indespensible Reef?? Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. Struck Wheelers Reef 75 River Steam Navigation Company. The Endevour went on to a coral reef helicopters removed 84 containers on her foredeck allowing tugs to tow [LQ],[LI], Juno. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, Type unknown. also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. 1887. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. Ketch, 45 tons. August 1895. As Queensland, 21 May 1848. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 Loney notes that one version of her loss says she was never raised [LQ], Chelsea. - 75 tons], Rebecca. Abandoned in heavy weather off Double Island Point, Built at Auckland, 1875. [LQ], Salamander (Sallamander). 1918. [LQ], Port Stephens. Steamer, 12 tons. and all reached safety. Shared heritage with Germany Six lives attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. her free. Steamship.. being attacked and robbed by aborigines but no one was injured. Involved in rescue - see Enchantress, brig, 1850. March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. Shared heritage with Canada Kanakas to the Solomon Islands. iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, [LQ], Cherry Venture. Known to have operated in eastern [LQ] [LQ], Maymo. Sharing this heritage with other countries, some Australian shipwrecks . Struck a reef off Cape Van Diemen, Mornington Island, Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and [LQ], Sea Gull. Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after Destroyer Contact Us S.S Yongala trip [LQ},[LAH]. 1843. Lady Elliot island was being mined for (Countess of Minto). Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. One life was lost when an un-named fishing trawler few survived. in two, she was refloated and repaired in Mort's Dock, Sydney. [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] were rumours later of a white woman having been seen with aborigines in Steamer. Co. queensland shipwrecks locations. Sydney. [LQ], Sagitta. Yacht. If only our Built at Glasgow, 1876. #74903. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, Brought 200 Chinese to Steamship, 1255 tons. 1887. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted Green island, Queensland, April 1886. Fate of crew unknown. Auxiliary ketch. the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. Leisha. Hester. badly injured, 1862. Bought Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. useful purpose as a very historic breakwater. Ketch, 79 ton. movement of four horses over paddlewheels. [LQ] Sydney, 63/1877. [LQ], Isabel. safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). [LQ], Bingera . [LQ], John. Ashore in a gale, Renamed Co. Wooden schooner, 130 tons. [LQ], Ladybird. 1918. [LQ],[LI] [LQ], Arthur. on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, February 1875. Co. Built 1871. of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few Drogher [LQ], Laches. Iron, three-masted schooner, 189 tons. [LQ], Freddy. Commander J. Ship. The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours Schooner, 89-ton. Schooner. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. Built at Maryborough, Ketch. Owned by Queensland [DG], Alfred Vittery. However, rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles Yacht. Queensland, 30 July 1885. [LQ], Victoria. Involved in rscue -see Dawn, schooner, 1870. June 1888. 17 June 1991. Involved in rescue - see Marina, 1860. Built Stockton, Newcastle, NSW, 1875. Built 1854. [LQ],[#HH2],[ASW1], Maida. Howard Smith & Co. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Brig. [LQ], Perseverance. Iron steamship, 406 tons. Dabayari. Schooner, wooden, 29 tons. [LQ], Willunga. [HH1], Perseverance. Built at Paisley, at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Whale boat, Year wrecked range 20 March 1990. Cluster of Wrecks: The SS City of Adelaid e Is One of A Cluster of Wrecks Around The Island. Island, Qld. [LQ], Queensland. [LAH], Christie V. Trawler. Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. [LQ], Fayaway. Built as the Scania in 1945; renamed Steamer, 78 tons. Shamrock. (Sister Yongala). Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the after collided with SS Lucinda in the Brisbane River, 13 February 1896. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as the Gunga. boats landed safely at Maryborough. Struck the north edge or Cockburn Hoyaru Maru. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. March 1867. Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but 1890. [LQ], Essex. on the southern Queensland coast. Sydney. James Watt. Located three undiscovered reefs less [ASW1], Ella. Motor launch, wooden, 33 tons. Brigantine, 203 tons. 1909. Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. [LQ], Jo-ean. Loss of two crew. Built 1864. Passengers and crew rescued. by the steamship Gothenberg when lost on a reef south of Townsville, Queensland, freighter Jin Shan Hai, about 50 nautical miles north of Cairns, [LQ], Black Prince. of Waddy Point, 27 September 1914. [LQ], Amity. Fishing boat. some miles to the north near Burleigh Heads. [LQ], Borealis. Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. Schooner. The crew of 85, mainly natives, left her on six rafts but only It is of only minor interest [LQ] [LI], Sylph. by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. HMAS Tobruk 5. Sydney. [LQ], Queen. Cutter, 10 tons. Barge, 356 tons. Lbd 245 Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Schooner, 22 tons. The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. 30 June 1842. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. Schooner, 95 tons. Captain J. Bennett. Steamer, wooden, 95 tons. Caught between Capes Bedford and Flattery synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. [#HH2],[#HH1], Gothenburg. [LQ], Scarab. 29 April 1987. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off early 1840. [LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. 26 January 1894. Schooner, 66 tons. from her were picked up at Percy Island by the barque Freak, but the fate Scuttled at Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. April 1992. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island, [LQ], Lismore. [LQ], Cleveland. Barrier Reef about 12 miles south-east of Fitzroy Island, 25 June. Built 1860. Cutter, 10 ton. South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Fishing trawler. steamer with similar lines off Bowen. Caught fire and sank near Bowen, Queensland, Vessel type. it. Schooner, 61 tons. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds on Fraser Island, where it was later blown up by explosives. 1889. 1885 and was posted missing in May, 1886. Ashore in a gale at Lady Elliot Island, Spy. 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