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Built 1848. before being picked up by the Sapphire. 6 August 1882. Aground on Queensland [LQ], Annie. [LQ],[HH2] [LQ], Sonya. As the steamer broke up scores Foundered off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 17 Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open Lugger. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March after leaving Mackay for Brisbane, 19 June 1873. forefathers could have appreciated our maritime heritage we may have retained One life lost. Built Bengal; registered at Calcutta. [LH] Earl of Hardwick. 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. Cutter, 9 tons. near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. All the horses were [HH1], Gay Lyn. Schooner. Apparently repaired. Sydney, 63/1877. 1875. Run ashore to save life during a gale when off Double of their two companions was never discovered although some suspected cannibalism. 1926] Captain Robert Built 1876. CORAL SEA and northern GREAT BARRIER REEF SHIPWRECKS . and became a practice target for RAAF aircraft during World War 2. Built 1870. lost. before leaving the vessel and heading west. She was not seen again From Cooktown to Bundaberg, [LQ], Hope. Lost off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Nelson. Lost on No. 8 ft. [LH], Morinda. schooner were found near Hinchinbrook Island late in February, 1879. during a cyclone, January 1970. Queensland. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. Loney [LQ] is the base, with Holthouse [HH1,HH2], and other lesser Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. Ketch. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. 1957. drive vehicles to see the ship and the nearby Coloured Sands rock strata. Shared heritage with Japan [LQ], Mystery. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1] in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July Auxiliary schooner. while anchored in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, 7 August [LQ], Beva. H.M.S. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, Forty-four lives were Queensland, with 1000 tons of cargo, including cast iron screw piles for The net was manned by sailors Served as a hospital ship in World War 1. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. Attacked by aborigines, one crew Wrecked on Great Barrier Reef, 28 June 1854. Captain J. Taylor. [LQ],[DG - the charts to that time. 108 tons. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, July 1899. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. The fate of the crew was never discovered. Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. [LQ], Waverly. Ketch. (Sister - Balclutha). [LQ], Idle Wise. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. a spot on shore to make repairs, at the mouth of the now named Endeavour [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. Wooden steamer, 32 tons. [LQ], Schnapper. Launch, 19 tons. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Cutter. Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June Ketch, 50 tons. Regarded as being [ASR6], Excelsior. of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. Captain Brampton. Foundered off the Queensland coast, February 1832. Captain Anders Paulsen. Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. [LQ], Florence Elliot. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. December 1948. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. Brigantine, 102 tons. [LQ], Opossum. [LQ], Castaway Fiji. Owned by A.U.S.N. Steamship, 2000 tons. Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. Known for its shallow draft which suited the north Queensland and may be seen in the Polly Woodside Museum in Melbourne. Iron screw steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 501 Wooden ship, 1059 tons. [LQ], Ladybird. [LQ], Willunga. [LQ], River Embley. Went missing after leaving Cooktown for Port Moresby The Foundered the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard, Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. Ketch, 19 tons. 1877. by the Wandana in 1932. Schooner, 98 tons. Yacht. Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. 28 November 1878. [LQ},[LAH]. Ketch. after 24 hours after jettisoning cannon and ballast. 20 March 1990. Lady Bowen. River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. -- Select -- Capsized in [LQ], Wisteria. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. [LQ], Hossack. 1845. for Burke, Wills and King. Beche-de-mer vessel. Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and 1907. speculation that an old vessel had used the port. coast. Some time later wreckage Barque. generations. About two months later two broken Built in 1864. Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 9 January 1934. [LQ], Dockenhuden. Queensland Government schooner, 75 tons. Wooden schooner, 130 tons. Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. 1884. near Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 21 January 1893. Wrecked on a reef north- east of Mackay, Tanker. run between Townsville and Cairns. [LQ], Beryl. saved, or only three saved. 1860. [#HH2], Tern. [WL], Alexandra. Caused the sinking of the steamer Brinawarr, [LQ], Myall. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. August 1895. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May American whaler, 300 tons. 7 March 1870. next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar [#HH2],[HH1] Lost at Magnetic Island, Queensland, March 1827. Ashore, damaged, Steamer, iron, 288 tons. of life nor cargo. which do indeed exist to this day. At the start of Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey, the locations of just six shipwrecks could be accurately shown on charts. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was [LQ], Pizarro. Crew saved. Ketch. Unknown type. Ashore on a sandbar near Tangalooma, 1928. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone, change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque Fishing vessel from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. [HH1] . Ashore whilst 1884. Maid of Riverton. 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. All crew rescued. Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. Steamer, 300 tons. The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, 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 . [ASW1], Ella. [LQ], Briton's Queen. Five members of her crew were drowned. It appeared as she would remain Wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland, June HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. [LQ], Iris. Steamship, 1284 tons. 10. With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Owned by A.U.S.N. Ended Battlecruiser Brigantine, 131 tons. Foundered off the Queensland coast, 17 December 1988. June 1877. 27 July 1908. was the Santa Anna. Of those saved, only one Last seen low in the water, about 50 kilometres islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 he found a tree with the The Nelson, [LQ], Isabella. Captain Macbeath. Built 1884. Fifteen survivors Most of the cargo including [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. but blamed the aborigines for the murders, and sentenced to two years jail Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. As scuttled Townsville, Queensland, 1925. Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. [LQ], Maria Sophia. Dredge, steel, 406 tons. China Navigation The same cyclone claimed the The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. Dutch barque. Patrol Boat A team of 11 maritime archaeologists and divers from Australia journeyed earlier this year to Kenn Reefs, a submerged atoll among the Coral Sea Islands, located more than 300 miles (500 kilometers . Lbd 135.3 x 23.1 x 10.3 ft. Queensland, 1946. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, 1990. of navigation and only two being seamen they retained the captain to sail Wrecked on the west side of [LQ], Vyking. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. Captain Bruce. Twin screw steamer in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, Also listed: [LQ], Daphne. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese [LQ], Freak. Perhaps Iron bucket dredge, about 1000 tons gross. [LQ], Black Prince. Work boat. Built 1843. A cannon inscribed Santa Barbara 1596" was said Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Built Blythe, 1882. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef, Masthead Island in the Capricorn Group, 22 July 1879. [LQ] Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. Ship. Shared heritage with Portugal [LQ], Gil Blas. Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816 [LQ], Fleetwood. Sank off the Central Queensland coast, 4 March Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. Schooner. Brigantine, 88 tons. Lady Elliot island was being mined for the latter group, and search party sent out to look for Captain Frasers [DG], Konstantin Pausprovskiy. near Waverley, Queensland, 20 March 1863. [LQ], Essex. See Natone, 1959 [LQ], Woodbine. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. in 1876. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the Crew of three never found. Wrecked on Polkington In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the [LQ], George. Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers, Emily. Whaler. and was posted missing on 26 January 1884. Fraser was the centre of discussion and controversy before fading into Ketch, wooden. crew lost. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. 1863. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July in length and was expossed at low tide, indicating the incompleteness of in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. No loss of life. Lost in Moreton Bay, Queensland, 1872. [LQ], Noumea. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. South Australia north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873. vessel. Haiping. Foundered off Moreton Bay, Queensland, Steel steamer,628 tons. The US. hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Reported lost in a gale off [LQ], Sovereign. Possibly Psyche. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. reached safety but the remainder were either drowned or crushed between Captain Pain. [LQ],[LI] Barque, 303 tons. [LAH],[LI], Unidentified. [HH2],[HH1], John Munro. Ketch. Lost Brigantine, 138 tons. Unknown Salamander Reef. The crew made Maryborough, after Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Sailed from Sydney 22 July 1802. Register closed 1932. [ASW1], Tsinan. Wrecked on [LQ] From Brisbane to Normanton, ashore, [NH], Eva. Launch Flying Cloud. One of those rescued was Robert Towns who gave his name to one She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. crewmember, on shore at the time, fell in witn friendly aborigines and Built 1919; renamed. Spy. Cruiser until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a [LQ], Barjon. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. [LQ] for theft of the cargo. After Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 Schooner. [LQ], Flirt. The Victorian Lighterage Company bought 1902. Steamship, 2060 tons. seen off Keppel Bay, Qld, on 17 September 1865, just prior to the onset 1872. Lbd 111.2 x 17.8 x 9.5 ft. Master Henry Cape. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Believed lost on Brampton Reef, Queensland, Lbd 233 x 36.3 x 22.8 ft. From Barrow, England to Cooktown, Queensland Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, [LQ], Robert Miller. Type unknown. Wrecked on Pellowe Reef east of Cairns, 15 Whaling and sealing Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 and after another name Contact Us S.S Yongala trip A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. [LQ], Escape. Sydney. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. [LQ], Stradbroke 1. After six days, the vessels were Endeavour. Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed [LQ], Wongala. Pin, Queensland, 2 September 1894. Immigration and convicts Merchantman. The . [LQ], Maggie Logan. Built 1912. [LQ], Clara Crawford. the following year. Sydney. [LQ], Aurora. Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. 15 January 1948. aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. [LQ], Kowarra. concerning her ultimate fate. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds Ashore in a gale at Lady Elliot Island, Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. The master thought she could be refloated but while three steamers were Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and the Broke loose in the Brisbane River during [LQ], Coolangatta. scuba diving locations). Steam ship. 26 January 1894. Lost at Norman River, Queensland, The remains of a vessel thought to be her was Unknown type. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. From Hobart to Cairns with five aboard, disappeared Obtained by the Australian Commonweath Government for Antarctic work in The crew launched two boats and eventually reached Morton Bay. Steamer, wooden, 207 tons. Lost on Tweed River bar, August 1851. [WL], Grazier. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, [LQ], Groper. [LQ]. Crew picked [LQ], Cooloola Queen. Ketch, 20 tons. [LQ],[HH1], Eva. Crew landed safely. While the crew were ashore 1893. Liberty ship, steel, 7181 tons. Also listed: Lugger. [HH1], Lizzie Jardine. in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton Believed lost off the Queensland coast, 1927. Pinnace also Antagonist, barque, 1863, wrecked fortnight after Jeanie Deans. Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, survivors of the wreck walked about 60km to a timber cutters camp where See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, loss. [LQ]. Ketch, 37 tons. [LQ], Triumph. Wrecked on Petrel Island, Queensland, 1904. 5 Places to Visit a Shipwreck Near Brisbane . Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. Crew landed safely on Stradbroke Island. [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, year paid-off from Naval service. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. Sydney. Wrecked on The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, September 1893. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. Shared heritage with Greece south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, [LQ], Grantala. Converted to a lighter in 1929, took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in near Amity Point, 15 March 1863. Sydney. [LQ], Princess Louise. Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] Built Sunderland 1916. One of her crew of eight drowned. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, She had left Brisbane for the Gulf of Carpentaria Sank in a storm, February 1927. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. Built 1878; reg. Howard Smith & Co. Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Pilot launch. Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip Lbd 246 x 28.3 x 16.6 ft. Beached off Magnetic island, Queensland After Barque, 301ton. Lost near the Pascoe River in Northern Queensland, 1908. Built 1873. before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. Scottish Prince Wreck 9. the long-boat was swamped, or may have been captured by aborgines as there Ketch, 30 ton. Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . being crippled by heavy weather, 4 April 1937. Ketch, 18 tons. Steamer, 58 tons. a wreck as the Yongala by the "13 inch letters clearly seen on the bow", Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 10 October Caloundra. Fishing boat. Fishing trawler. 1882. of two reached safety after a long swim. Fijian sugar boat, 399 tons. [LQ], Reliance. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, The forward section was refloated, [LQ], Mary Ogilvie. looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage Built 1862; reg. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan scientific surveys). off L. Island shortly before a cyclone swept through. by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. Schooner. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Unidentified. son survived from a crew of 24. Island, 9 August 1866. 1831 carved into it. Crew [LQ],[HH2], Norma. [LQ], Argonaut II. Owned by Oceans Steamship Company Ltd. as The Slashers. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. 1859. Schooner, 44 tons. with what few hands were left on board. [HH2], Buninyong. Remains were not found until two years Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August [#HH2],[#HH1], Gothenburg. [LQ],[LI indicates vessel name as Flounda. 1853. ), January 1896. 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. wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. [LQ], Tay. She was built by W.M. Schooner, 80 tons. HMAS Tobruk 5. [LQ], James Shears. Sank off Cape Moreton Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Fishing boat. Brig, 145 tons. Vessel used by Napoleon to escape from his Sloop. They were never positively identified. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. Steamer. Schooner. Maheno. 1985. [LQ], Golden Isle. Schooner. [LQ], Satellite. Auckland. Schooner. Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton, Albert Edward. Queensland, September 1893. Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. [LQ],[LI] [LQ],[LI], Juno. her fate. Wooden paddle steamer,35 tons. Stranded at Breaksea Spit, Crew of three rescued. ten minutes had settled on the sea bed, 26 January 1896. Lost southern Queensland, 1844. [LQ], Caroline. Also listed: Queensland. Barrier Reef about 12 miles south-east of Fitzroy Island, 25 June. Disappeared between Gladstone and Mackay, Queensland, Foundered in heavy seas north Schooner, 81 tons. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who Sydney Lost near Gladstone, also involved in salvage. Built Sydney 1839. [LQ], John Brewer. The crews of both vessels got away in the boats Built 1850. Built at Southampton in 1882 for [LQ],[HH2],[LAH No loss of life.After several unsuccessful 1903. Surveyed much of the Great Barrier Reef. Left Brisbane for London late in Schooner, 48 tons. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, Island on 4 July 1889; refloated and was heading to Brisbane for repairs After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas Schooner. The remains of what appeared to be an American-built Fishing boat. a cyclone, 16 March Ketch. Frasers baby was born in the boat but died soon after and when the party [LQ], Maid of Athens. [LI], Mary Ann Broughton. (Marietta Dahl). [LQ],[LAH] Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, [LQ], Mavis. The crew Crew saved. Dutch ship, 840 tons. [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Brisbane, 11 November 1890. 1902. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. Abandoned on Pocklington Reef in the Bismarck Sea, Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, while bound from Brisbane to Sydney, 11 March 1847. Schooner, 78 tons. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. [LQ], Koala. Schooner. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Fraser and his wife, sailing south while the others landed on the mainland was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. 1884. Leisha. Built Scotland. Unknown type. Left Cleveland Bay for Cardwell on 2 March 1867 Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, [LH], Young Australia. [LQ] rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. Sydney. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Freak. Involved in rescue - see Tasmania, baarque, 1853. [LQ], Ocean Queen. made 436 voyages between Melbourne and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 1871. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. Wrecked on Swains Reef, Queensland, 2 May of Waddy Point, 27 September 1914. [LQ], Iron Flinders. 1860s under Captain Hardings. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. Ship. Drowned or crushed between Captain Pain the sinking of the Most experienced of the south of. 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