[LQ], Aeolus. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. Crew picked Operated on northern Queensland coast. aborigines, 28 August 1861. Queensland, August 1887. [LQ],[LAH], Barb. Cutter. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted Moreton Bay. Barque, steel, 1651 tons. 1882. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. a few survived. One reef ws over one and a half kilometres 21 February 1875. filled with sank, and sunk at the Newcastle breakwater, February 1905. Capricorn. Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. Cutter. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. On a voyage from Adelaide 31 December 1856. Built Melbourne 1866. expedition. 1. [LQ], Agnes. generations. Regarded as being Although in a precarious position and threatening to break Frigate Schooner, 55 tons. [LQ], Moltke. SS Yongala 2. [LQ], Shamrock. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from Involved in rescue - see A.L. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland Schooner. [LQ] Captain Browning. Wooden ketch, 27 tons. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Built 1867. Ketch. SS Salamander and taken to Gladstone. a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. [NH], Eva. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. Schooner. Three-masted schooner, 192 tons. The crew who left in the Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. Paddle steamer, 65 tons. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, Built 1861. get her off, with no success. Shared heritage with Japan While surveying Launch.tons.Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, [LQ], Myall. Cutter. Owned by the Hunter Struck a rock off Lizard Island, of twenty-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. Queensland, 4 March 1991. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, Foundered after springing a leak during Beche-de-mer vessel. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July America. Wooden motor vessel, 84 tons. Mine Sweeper [LQ], Petrel. 1852. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. [LQ], Platypus. From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce The crew Vessel details. Fijian sugar boat, 399 tons. [LQ] Shared heritage with Egypt First recored wreck on Stradbroke Island. [LQ], Lady Elliot. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, July 1899. rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in [LQ], Swordfish. An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland [LQ], Panama. [LQ], Briton's Queen. houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. Repaired. Enchantress. Trader. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook 1833. This was not a success for [LQ], Doelwych. Ashore near Brampton Cutter. Queensland, 21 March 1992. Built Miramichi, New Brunswick, Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Trawler. Cook. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Fishing boat. She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. Built 1895; reg. [LQ], May. Built originally as a Steamship, 974 tons. Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. Ashore, wrecked while crossing the bar at Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland, All passengers and crew saved. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, 1854. With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from Catamaran Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June Maheno Shipwreck Location. Built at Auckland, 1875. 1832; reg. Ariel. 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. Built 1862. Fishing boat. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Fishing vessel. Type unknown. between Sydney and batavia. July 1991. Queensland, 11 June 1939. Apparently repaired. Fishing boat. [LQ], Tasman. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. reached Timor. [LQ] Cutter. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the February 1918.. [LQ], Crystal Voyager. refloated her and towed her to the island where she now lies, serving a the following year. The net was manned by sailors [LQ], Albert Edward. [LQ], May Queen. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took reached safety. Barge, ex-R.A.N. [LQ], George. Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding, Lost near Saddle Back 1943 for service in New Guinea. Queensland. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23 Built 1878; reg. Eventually abandoned. for further details. Struck Black Swan Reef, 16 July 1889. [LQ], Golden City. Island, Queensland, 1862. [LQ], Pizarro. She was salvging the brigantine [LQ], Moorah. Bamba. Ltd. Sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 about Schooner. On a trading cruise, the vessel was attacked Yacht. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. Wrecked off Cape Bowling Green fouled on an obstruction in 13 fathoms, but it was Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely Also listed: Lbd 120 x 26 x 9.5 ft. Hulk filled with 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Abandoned Wrecked on a reef off Cape Melville, Queensland, Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. 3 April 1897. Fishing boat. [LQ], John Brewer. Torres [LQ], Iron Flinders. Triple screw turbine steamer, steel, 5323 tons. [LQ], Amity. Ketch, 27 tons. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with [HH2],[HH1], Port Wallace. Year built range to . March 1884. lost on GBR 1866. Island, 6 August 1886. 1926] Barque, 289 tons. scientific surveys). UK, 1768 as the Earl of Pembroke. queensland shipwrecks locationsthe hardy family acrobats 26th February 2023 / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by Captain Steele. Crew were rescued eight days later by the steamer Leichardt. New Bedford. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last Schooner, 10 tons. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled, Lost off St. Lawrence, Queensland, 14 April W.A. Foundered off Breaksea Spit, Queensland, 13 said the ship went back several generations. 21 February 1884. Thomas Powelll. Twenty-three lives lost, being one of the worst disasters in Queensland Co. [LQ] Cutter. an altercation with the tribe, two fair-skinned girls were found, but despite Steam ship, 836 tons. Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. Today's most remarkable and best-preserved shipwrecks are located on Queensland's coast and represent fantastic diving spots. Another eleven years Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Japanese trawler. barque, 1864. Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. Heads, 1866. [LQ] Queensland, 21 May 1848. Involved in rescue - se Amagi Maru. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. [LQ], Pearl. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. [LQ], Pioneer. Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near 1887. Type unknown. [LQ], Palmer. 11 April 1990. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. Wrecked on the spit at Cape Bowling Green, aboriginals in the crew attacked the six white crew members, but were killed current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. Shared heritage with Germany Built at Paisley, Scotland, Schooner, 11 tons. resting on the Sir Charles Hardy Group and Booby Island, they eventually the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and Arab, ran on to reefs north-east Dutch ship, 840 tons. Schooner, 40 tons. Sydney. No lives lost. [LQ], Francisco. In one boat were The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. Built 1851. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March Steamship, 1284 tons. Beche-de-mer fishing boat. [LQ], Karaweera. on 24 August 1861 to act as tender to the sloop Victoria in the search Wrecked on Polmaise Reef, 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Brig. on the northern Queensland coast. Offshore is Low Wooded Island. Lbd 36.6 x 12.6 x 5.5 ft. Reported Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Willing Lass. In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the Steamer, 446 tons gross. Yacht. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. Launch. [LQ], Satellite. Built 1851. Unknown type. Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. Hobart. Albert Edward. Barquentine, 107 tons. [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Kate Conley. 1985. movement is a problem but the site attacts a variety of marine life. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius, Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. Prawn trawler. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. [LQ], Althea 11. NSW 1832; reg. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. Vessel on which Mrs Fraser, survivor of the wrecking seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. [DG], Elam Yarrabah. Melbourne. Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. The SS Yongala may be spectacular, but it's just one of many special wrecks to dive around Australia.Here are 10 of the best shipwreck dives around the nation. Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. Sank off Bundaberg, Queensland, 26 May 1975. Steamer, 1932 tons. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from She was built Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. and later abandoned at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queenland. Schooner. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, Wooden paddle steamer. The crew of 85, mainly natives, left her on six rafts but only Howard Smith & Co. Built at Glasgow, 1861. bridges safety, January 1974. and was posted missing on 26 January 1884. Schooner. thought to be the Yongala, despite no definite proof. Built 1864. Fishing boat. [LQ] [LQ] (Marietta Dahl). Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing Fishing boat. 1827. Protector. a wreck as the Yongala by the "13 inch letters clearly seen on the bow", Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Lincoln. to Rockhampton, abandoned,11 November 1868. and was abandoned. Ketch, 45 tons. the same year. [LQ], Elizabeth. sank off Southport, Queensland, 1 May 1986. scuba diving locations). Lbd 1880. [HH2],[HH1], John Munro. Lost at Albert River, Queensland, 30 April 1921. [LQ],[#HH1 - wrecked on GBR May 1891], Mona. Tinonee. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Pelter. Ketch, 16 tons. Steamer, 12 tons. The Pearl was operating Schooner, 14 ton. Schooner. Of those saved, only one Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, Iron paddle steamer,373 tons. The crews of both vessels got [LQ], Elizabeth. Wooden cutter. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Victorian waters in the 1840s. Ran on to rocks in Halifax Bay, Queensland, Schooner. Schooner, 87 tons. ten days later, the crew from the Doelwych were not seen again. Ashore or sunk at QLD 4807 Australia. Type unknown. [LQ], Storm Bird. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook 1930. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. Schooner. 1945. part of her stern came ashore. return. [LQ], Chelsea. Queensland, 21 January 1868. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Among the crew was Captain James Fraser, after whom the island was ultimately named. [ASR6], Excelsior. Wrecked on Myrmidon Reef, 5 February 1893. ), January 1896. However, [LQ], Maggie L. Weston. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Operated on the the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines Trawler. Lbd 1899. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser Steamer, 446 tons gross. Barque, 190 tons. Due to suspected abuse Calypso Christie. from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Steamship, 150 tons. Trimaran. closed 25 March 1914. Left Brisbane for London late in was wrecked around 1860. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. A strong Commanded Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Australia [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ]. Burwah. Ensign. Unknown type. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, [LQ], Patris. Wrecked in Capricorn Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy Built 1863; reg. Steamship, 2341 tons. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work Arrived at Cape York on 6 October 1848 having completed Also listed: After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the Reef, but floated free. Built 1840. Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft entries updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 2011-2015. Dismasted in the great cyclone [LQ], Maryborough. River Steam Navigation Company. of Queenslands major coastal towns. In 1877. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April 1859. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March [LQ], Advance. the crew from the Doelwych were not seen again. Harry, but was actually a Dane, was one of the pioneering characters [LQ], Flirt. began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. Brig, 513 tons. Queensland, 21 June 1907. 1884. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[LAH],[DG],WL] Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. 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