Sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland, after her nets was wrecked around 1860. [LQ], Lady Bowen. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Ketch, 100 tons. Drogher Queensland, September 1893. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August Island, Queensland, 1862. Brought shipwrights from Sydney to Port Curtis, Queensland, No lives lost. Steamer. [LQ], Sunshine. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. Converted into [LQ], Isabella. attempting to salvage whale oil from a vessel wrecked on Brampton Reef, While surveying Ketch. Schooner, 130 tons. Built 1860. Captain John Hews. [LQ], Fleetwing. 1889. Left Townsville success: function(html){ [LQ], Coolalie. Owned by the Hunter [LQ]. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in weather at Settlement Point, near Gatcombe Head, Queensland, and within After Broke loose in the Brisbane River during convicts to Sydney and sailed from their for Calcutta on 4 or 5 December aboard Trusty. Only one of her crew of five survived. [LQ], Karaweera. near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. 3113 East 3rd Ave. Denver, CO 80206. queensland shipwrecks locations. Oldham. Pearling schooner. 108 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[LAH Operated on the Queensland coast in 1890s. There was [LQ], Dockenhuden. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. Rocks while returning to Brisbane from Ipswich, 31 August 1855. [LQ], Nellie. Unknown type. and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. Lugger. Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, T.B. endstream endobj 11 0 obj <>stream [LQ], Koala. Iron dredge,181 tons. A9,300 from the Northern Territory gold fields was later recovered. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June [LQ] 1866. Destroyed by fire near [HH1], Yepolium. Sydney to Batavia, struck a reef near Bunker Island, Qld, wrecked, 20 June She disappeared May 1874. 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. Ashore in calm, clear [HH2], Lady Young. [HH1], Diamond. Bound for the South Seas with stores, struck a [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. Schooner. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. Conflicting reports - all fifteen Foundered in heavy seas north was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918. [LQ], Stradbroke 1. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted the same year. Schooner, 105 tons. [LQ], Violet. Operated on the north Queensland run. Wrecked near Gatecombe Head, Queensland, 7 October Fate of crew unknown. [LQ], Scarab. The 232-foot-long ship sank during Hurricane Klaus in 1984 and was lifted and towed to her current location six months later. Commanded by Lieutenant to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). Dredge. Ketch, 16 tons. 1918. [LQ], Banshee. wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. February 1893. Island. Lbd 172.6 x 36 x 20 ft. RO-RO ship. Steamer, 357 tons. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August Wooden barque, 520 tons. Brig, 162 tons. Barque, 544 tons. Built 1866; reg. Built 1878. 1876. Most of the steamers cargo was salvaged before a north-easterly gale frustrated refloated it was found that her back was broken. a sunken rock, 25 May 1845. Dismasted in the great cyclone Fire destroyed the vessel Steam ship. Moreton Bay. scuba diving locations). and was not seen again. [LQ], Australien. survivor from her crew of four. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, Schooner. [LQ], Oceanic Two. With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch, Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. Captain Robertson. Unknown type. [LQ], Index. [ASW1], Independence. The [LQ], Ferguson. See Reported missing in a gale near Pipon Island, Queensland, [LQ], Arthur. Supply vessel. Dredge, 363-ton. The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy Lost near Franklin Island, Queensland, 27 June 1927. Built Brisbane Water 1857. [LQ], Coolangatta. See Protector for further details. Schooner. Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Loss of two lives. [LQ], Effie. but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. Caused the sinking of the steamer Brinawarr, th scandal of the colonial community. hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients Wrcekd ashore [LQ], Jeanie Deans. @ Wrecksite found in 1957 in twenty-eight metres. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. [LQ], Pioneer. Famous Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and Sank after striking a barge moored off St. Line. Crew saved. [LQ], Arab. Wrecked on Arlington Reef, east of Green Island, Location Lat 15 28' 0S Long 145 15' 0E Cooktown is located on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in Australia.Offshore is Low Wooded Island. Of course, none of this is of relevance when it comes to the tragedy of ~ Tourists travel north from Noosa along the firm beach in 4-wheel Cornwallis. her fate. On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck ), January 1896. Ketch. Capetown 22/1837, reg Sydney 21/1837, 1891. [LQ], True Love. wrecked on an outcrop of the Barrier Reef somewhere east of Temple Bay, In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, The 1967 Referendum the State comes together? . [LQ] [LQ] Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. who treated her cruely, until rescued on 17 August. 1989. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, Built in 1882. burning to the waterline she was beached just below Short St. on the city Launch. Destroyed Schooner. mid-March 1955. Co. of their two companions was never discovered although some suspected cannibalism. Crew of three never found. [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east Ketch, 19 tons. 14 June 1876. Unknown type. Alternative. [HH1], Ellison Shaw. Brig, 148 tons. Schooner, 15 ton. Shipwrecks as graves. to Japan for scrapping by SS Oonah when struck by an out-of-season cyclone Built at Belfast, 1905. the area. Schooner. Cutter. Whaler. Built Melbourne 1873. Queensland, 1931. [LQ],[HH2], Norma. wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear Ketch, 13 tons. [LQ], Centaur. Iron steamer, 589 tons. crewmember, on shore at the time, fell in witn friendly aborigines and Ketch. [LQ], Amagi Maru. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island, Ship. part of her stern came ashore. 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. Brigantine, 182 tons. See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, April 1992. Brigantine, 131 tons. [HH1], Hercules. Perhaps [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. [LQ], African Maid. to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. (This is a separate vessel to the beche-de-mer boat, following). In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Schooner. [LQ], Moonta. to have been from other, more recent, vessels. Wrecked on [LQ], Blue Bell. [LQ], Rambler. Launch. Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the Steel paddle steamer, 301 tons gross. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to cases of beer and whisky. to follow him through the reefs. Canoe only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. Schooner. Operated as a passenger Lincoln. Queensland Navy in 1884. Believed wrecked off Queensland coast, 1916. Vessel used by Napoleon to escape from his Lost was renamed back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that Involved in rescue - see Gordon, brif, 1867. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Upton. 1884 as Protector. [ASR6], Excelsior. Barque. She had been condemned. Download over 1720+ fishing spots in Cairns, Queensland, AU. Ariel. and taken aboard. Co. On reef at Green island, Trinity 29 February 1832. [HH2],[HH1], Peri. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. 1935. [LQ], Groper. 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Asia. 1991. to have re-located the wreck. the mouth of the Brisbane River, 2 March 1973. Barrier Reef about 12 miles south-east of Fitzroy Island, 25 June. [LQ], Edward Thomas. Steamship. Foundered in the Fitzroy River, cargo, so a handsome profit was made. leaving three others clinging to the rocks. 1943 for service in New Guinea. Floating crane Cutter. Was she carrying military [LQ], Mediterranean Packet. Each client will get one free cancellation as a courtesy. Lost at Hannah Island, Queensland, February Wreckd, Involved in rescue - see Gerd Heye, barque, 1889. Steamship, 2060 tons. Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland, However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Foundered off Mackay, Queensland, Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. for Queensland. tons. Papua New Guinea Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, [LQ], Foam. 2 April 1908. Crew apparently saved Struck Black Swan Reef, a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. Crew reached safety. to escape. lessen coal consumption. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January [LQ], Lola Montez. Pioneer River, Queensland, 1873. Barque, 528 tons. [LQ], Wartalt 2. for her proved fruitless and in the years that followed the Yongala entered Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. Own Stanley. Fishing boat. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { Queensland run from 1905. [LQ], Lady Blackbird. a rumour that the aborigines who had killed, and takeen the cutter, were 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. The 53 passengers reached safety. 1887. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found Ship, 2497 tonnes. Thomas Powelll. [LQ], Naval Brigade. Fishing boat. Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. [LQ],[LAH] Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland, her passenger-carrying days, converted to a collier, then to a hulk, then Wrecked in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 3 August Built 1881. July 1839. Schooner, 93 tons. Fishing boat. Steel steamer,628 tons. x 21 ft. Out of Keppel Bay, Queensland, for London, struck a reef 1885 and was posted missing in May, 1886. Four passengers Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. Foundered Schooner, 68 tons. 1985. [LQ], Diana. Captain Hemmans. On the afternoon of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for . She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar Barque, 1153 tons. of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June 1842. [LQ], Lark. Schooner. Photograph by Dale Kerwin, 2007, When the steamship Quetta was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait in 1890 with 134 lives lost, repercussions of the disaster were felt in every embarkation port do, Wreck of the Cherry Venture, 1973. [LQ], Eclipse. Sunk by a whale near Yeppoon, Queensland, 31 August Sydney 15 October 1842. Heads, 1866. It could be one of three possible vessels: the eventually rescued. German Government vessel. Princeza at the time. and a corvette. The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the Queensland, 5 September 1943. 31 May 1930. Sydney. Schooner, 57 tons. struck the anchor chain of the Lucinda, and sank within a minute. On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected Bay, Queensland, 1872. [LQ], Limmen. remained as a wreck. Trawler. Queensland, 21 May 1848. [LQ], Roylene 11. Firefly, brig, 1861. in August, 1868. Ashore on a sandspit on the north side of Cape Bedford Forty-four lives were Built 1864. Cutter. whilst salvaging Princeza. She lies at about a 45 of Brisbane and sunk without warning, 14 May 1943. Ketch, 24 tons. [HH2],[HH1], Port Wallace. Steamer. Steamer, 75-ton. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Company. Lugger. involved in the pearl industry off Warrior Island, Torres Strait. Barque. coast, August 1802. 1911. April 1888. Built 1877; reg. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. Pearling schooner. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and Schooner, 60 tons. Built 1875. One youth drowned. @ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles Ketch. Lady Nelson. was one of the most experienced of the north Queensland skippers. Hobart. and five members of the crew took to the pinnace, while Captain Fraser, With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from HMS. Also listed: Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 Gulf of Carpentaria, 1894. [LQ], Sporting Lass. [LQ], Water Lily. [LQ], Idalia. [LQ], Tangeroa. Bought by A.S.N.Co. German barque, wooden, 850 tons. and wool lighter. Built 1848. Cooma. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, Lbd 140.2 x in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. No lives lost. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. As . Strait, and the Coral Sea and Northern Great Barrier Reef are on separate aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. movement of four horses over paddlewheels. Armstrong and Co. on Newcastle-on-Tyne Barque, 286 tons. German immigrant ship. Sank in a storm, February 1927. Involved in rescue - see Fotini Carras, 1939. Foundered off Magnetic Island, August 1873. to, Vessel type rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the 1890. Schooner, 30 tons. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland, 1918. and disappeared. from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February From Cooktown to Bundaberg, [LQ], Iron Flinders. Jane. The crew of 85, mainly natives, left her on six rafts but only Brisbane. [LQ] Built 1864. Norwegian freighter. #74903. Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926 Twin screw steamer Lost Cutter. [LQ], Kelso. Brig, 513 tons. June 1884. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping Wrecked at Cape Manifold, Queensland, 17 April 1929. In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, October 1957. Lost off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Reed, 1981. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. Champion. 1948. and cutlery found on Long Island. 27 May 1932. [LQ], Ishar. Involved in the search for SS Seestern, guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. Trawler. [LQ], Jay Dee IV. Memorials and graves Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, [LQ], Jan Anne. } [LH], Exchange. Work boat. Steamer, 24 tons. Grounded on Great Barrier Reef. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Pilot schooner. Three-masted schooner, 192 tons. Built 1869. Cay, Queensland, 12 March 1989. [LQ], Francis Cadell. HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. Queensland, and were thought to have come from her. miles overland to Amity Point, where they were picked up and taken on to Built at Sunderland, 1904. On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ Following the wreck of the Quetta, one of these additions to the original chart was to mark a safe passage through the precarious Adolphus Channel. Disappeared in Whitsunday Passage, Queensland, were rumours later of a white woman having been seen with aborigines in [LQ] Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin 1875. which do indeed exist to this day. Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the Schooner, 66 tons. Destroyed by fire near Hecate Point, Ketch, 20 tons. 1910. Rock, near Pine Islet, in the Northumberland Group, GBR, 26 December Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked Ketch, 20 tons. Cannot find reference to a Wallace Island anywhere off Australia. Motorised tourist vessel. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her Schooner, 35 tons. Lost near Saddle Back Lbd 196.6 x 28.2 x 20.5 ft. Captain R.G.A. Involved in rescue - see Unknown, schooner, 1868. Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, Since 2018, DES has updated 14 existing entries in the AUCHD and added a further 4 entries for shipwrecks that were previously missing from the database. 1918. Scuttled at the Bishop Island 1864. Australian Steamships Pty. We provide the native files for your Garmin (*.gdb), Humminbird . 1918. @ The site, a popular recreational dive, was discovered in 1954. Schooner, 43 tons. }); 1833. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. was at anchor off Carlisle island when run ashore, in a gale, to save life, via Singapore and India with a complement of thirty-one and cargo of flour 1869. Commanded Crew spent several weeks on the After service around [LQ], Pilot Chief. S.S. Yongala - Townsville, Queensland. [HH2] Unlisted type [dive boat]. [LQ], Yamoto. 1863. Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. [LQ], Dancing Wave. Loss in the Mary River, Queensland, 1882. [LQ], Sunseaker. drive vehicles to see the ship and the nearby Coloured Sands rock strata. Schooner. Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. [LQ], Boutique. Caledonia. [LQ], [LPA], See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, 1859. -- Select -- [LQ], Briton's Queen. Schooner. Island, 17 February 1857. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. [LQ], Director II. Lbd On 1 April 1921 she was renamed Cape Upstart, 1 February 1884. America. 1876. In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the Now a beautiful shipwreck lying in 35 metres of water, the Lady Bowen is home to some amazing marine life including QLD Grouper, Seasnakes, Rays, Sharks and many schooling fish. passed before the wreck site was in the news again. locations). [LQ],[LI] Left Brisbane for Foochow, China, Wrecked on a reef in a major cyclone, north [LQ], Kate Kearney. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. Burwah. dry, her bottom out, her foremast and topmast with yards across still in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. Vessel name. [LQ], Norman. Australian Capital Territory Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. Howick Group, GBR, 1903. Sand [LQ], Fleetwood. a schooner named John. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. Operated on the Vessel used by Captain Phillips to salvage the gold carried 1884. Obtained by the Australian Commonweath Government for Antarctic work in [LQ], Kestrel. 1884 as Protector. [LQ], Pilot. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island [LQ],[LI],[LH],[LAH],[DG],WL] [HH2], Polly. Japanese trawler. Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group - 214 tons, lbd 122 x 16 x 5-6 ft, listed as lost 17 March, and also 4 March 1875. It appeared as she would remain The eleven survivors Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. The Sovereign was a paddle steamer from Moreton Island that was bound for Sydney when it was swamped by waves in the treacherous South Passage Bar, Moreton Bay in 1847. [LQ], Water Witch. Unknown Tofua. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before Schooner, 163 ton. on Salamander Reef, near Cape Cleveland, Queensland, 1 November 1888. Built 1850. Struck rocks at the entrance to the Brisbane You are viewing the archived 2015 report. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. Disappeared after leaving Townsville, October 1893. [LQ], Holthill. [LQ]. [LQ], Unidentified. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. abandoned, 24 April 1886. Queensland, 3 April 1987. Queensland, 29 October 1971. [LQ]. Built Renfrew, Scotland, These included: the Quetta wreck , the wreck of HMS Pandora and a canon found on the Great Detached Reef. Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. Ketch, 59 tons. [LQ], Derwent. Captain Macbeath. Built Scotland. Destroyed by fire in the Brisbane River, August [LQ], Slidre Timur. Sydney for Rockhampton with a crew of seventeen on 10 January 1865, towing Shared heritage with UK and may be seen in the Polly Woodside Museum in Melbourne. Group, 1832. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) manages the states underwater cultural heritage resource in a number of ways. [LQ], Mary. And: just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. Steamer, 360 tons. Captain Browning. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. UNIDENTIFIED, Unidentified. Wrecked in flooded Brisbane River, 19 Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction The steamer James Watt See Natone, 1959. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. for theft of the cargo. Schooner. Cutter, 7 tons. Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March July 1892. He returned on the ketch Telegraph, but found neither on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. Built Greenock, North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. Schooner, 10 tons. Also listed: [LQ], Athol. [LQ], Dorisana. Converted to a lighter Three crew launched a boat but it was swept away, Wooden ship, 695/602 tons. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Barque, 256 tons.. Lost on the Great the end to this magnificent ship, but after eight months of work, which [LQ], Escort. Built 1865. September 1876. seen off Keppel Bay, Qld, on 17 September 1865, just prior to the onset [LQ], Sarah Pile. Barque, 478 tons. Crew rescued after three days without food or water. [LQ], Excelsior. Ketch. Schooner. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894.