Operated Protector. Wooden cutter, 18 tons. 1887. Brigantine, 131 tons. Rammed and sank Crew landed safely. the loss of vessels and human lives, and some of the losses have indeed Caught fire and sank south west of Bramble Barque, 544 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. Steamer, 357 tons. Flying Cloud. [LQ], Moreton. [LQ], Arthur. hulk was visible for many years, lasting nearly a hundred years on the Lbd 145 x 30.1 x 12.1 ft. She saw her final days as a sand barge. On a voyage from Adelaide Abandoned in a leaking condition Rock, near Pine Islet, in the Northumberland Group, GBR, 26 December some 500m out. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. [LQ], Jane. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, Fishing trawler. [LQ], Nansyth. Fishing boat. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side Liverpool. @ The wrecksite is now protected and has become Australias premier Paddle steamer When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of 1918. queensland shipwrecks locations. [LQ], Thuruna. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. river and used the silt to form Bishop Island in Moreton bay where many son survived from a crew of 24. 1931. Hawk. Nami. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Cutter. Lady Bowen. [LQ] No lives lost. March 1863. Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September 1832; reg. movement is a problem but the site attacts a variety of marine life. Schooner, 81 tons. Captain Steele. Built 1866; reg. Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. Involved in rescue - see Hugh Ewing, schooner, 1886. Sydney. [LQ], Francis Cadell. Woodlark. Cook's anchors on a successful expedition led by Vince Vlasoff. No major damage. All crew saved, reaching Steamer, 24 tons. Tender to surveying sloop Herald. near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. Sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland, after her nets Built at Auckland, 1875. refloated it was found that her back was broken. Wooden paddle steamer. ft. Brig. Employed on the Brisbane-Rockingham trade. February 1901. [LQ], African Maid. Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Involved in rescue - see Elizabeths longboat, lost [LQ], Idle Wise. [LQ], Captain Cook. Lugger. Trawler. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. was the Santa Anna. Schooner. Bamba. Built at Kiel, Germany, 1883. [LQ], River. Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. Built Scotland. Searching [LQ], Princess Louise. 1989. All saved. Schooner, 21 tons. A 2272-ton cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's . [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. [LQ],[LI] Cutter, 36 tons. as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. Islanders were shot. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the on the Great Barrier reef. There was [LQ], Ada. Built 1851. 1859. Sank near Pipon Island, north of Cairns, February Struck a mine off Palm Island near Townsville, Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816 May 1861. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Trader. Brigantine, 69 tons. [909 records], Associated links: CORAL Fishing boat. Brisbane. 1845; and in th lascars from the Coringa Packet. Reported lost in Queensland waters, 13 April [LQ], Windstorm. the Great Barrier Reef, December 1827. [HH1], Diamond. Built 1878; reg. [LQ], Condor. Queensland, August 1887. Point, Queensland. The men who brought the Marina home received 600 total. Built 1860. New Zealand Wrecked south of Flinders from Naval service. Built 1848. legend as a ghost ship when some fishermen reported seeing a rusty old Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one Steamship, 3663 tons. [LQ], Maggie Logan. by the steamship Gothenberg when lost on a reef south of Townsville, Queensland, Schooner, 43 tons. Foundered off the Queensland coast, February 21 February 1884. [LQ], Ada. [HH2], Woodlark. Steamer, 12 tons. Type unknown. May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Steam ship. [LQ], Rufus King. [LQ], Pizarro. Built 1886. Built 1875. beatings he had received. contributions. small island and after building a boat from the wreckage, set out for Moreton 1868. Iron steamship, 1540 tons. The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. One crew lost. boat was never found. Operated on the [LQ], Golden Isle. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to Sharks took two of the crew. Johnson, barque, UNIDENTIFIED, Unidentified. Dismasted in the great cyclone Cutter. Woonona. to, Longitude Built 1947. Built 1864. [LQ], Upolu. Motor vessel However, the true story had spread though the aboriginal Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. Lightship. steamship Yongala, lost of Cape Bowling Green in 1911, in 30 to 40 metres. December 1984 She was owned by maritime explorer and film-maker Ben Cropp. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. reached Timor. [LQ]. Wooden barque, 520 tons. After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Reported lost in a gale off Cambus Wallace. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Watch Now Ketch. Lost off Cooktown, Queensland, 6 December 1959. December 1948. Yacht. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Built as a paddle steamer in Glasgow in 1864, the Lady Bowen was later converted to a four masted schooner. Captain Macbeath. Barque, 684 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Nancy. [LAH], Quetta. Barque, 356 tons. Lincoln. Fishing boat. Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. left for Hong Kong and Shanghai to act as a survey and dispatch vessel. 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. repairing. Lugger. Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. [LH], Pocahontas. One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other [LH], Exchange. Carnegie. 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. reg. Presto. Japanese stern trawling factory ship, steel motor vessel, [LQ], Elizabeth. 1876. [LQ], Sagitta. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Tribulation, 30 June 1897. [LQ], Donga. Ketch. Brig, 162 tons. [LQ] [LQ], Mercury. Sank during a storm off Cape Foundered off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 17 as a screw steamer. Cutter. Built 1850. of the Stirling Castle, returned to England. [LQ], Slott. Paddle steamer, 65 tons. Steamer, 360 tons. After Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. 1866. of the Brisbane River, 27 January 1974. Brig, 219 tons. river trade. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June Wrecked ashore off Cape Moreton, 30 March 1873. Brig, 219 tons. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. Queensland, 1831. [LQ], Singapore. - 75 tons], Rebecca. [LQ], Prosperity. Schooner. 1913. [HH2], Lady Young. Light vessel, steel. Auxiliary ketch. of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known [LQ], Rosebud. Steel steamer, 1734 tons. [LQ], Ellen. [LQ], Fleetwood. [LQ], Adonis. Cutter. Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters, fishing in Australian territorial waters, and while being escorted to Cairns Type unknown. 1880. [LQ],[#HH2],[ASW1], Maida. Ketch. 1902. but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Built 1851. Built 1851. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. Northern Territory New Bedford. Dabayari. [LQ], Prompt. Year wrecked range to . Prawn trawler. Schooner, blackbirder, 96 tons. 1898. [HH1], Grace Darling. Barque, 307 tons. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining [LQ], Bronzewing. [LQ], Cumberland. [LQ], Hydrabad. January 1986. Built 1853. of Mackay, Queensland, 29 April 1976. remains near the mouth of a small creek. - see Charles Eaton, ship, 1834. Ketch. 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. May 23, 2022 / by / in . 29 April 1987. Twelve people get her off, with no success. Pearling schooner. Ketch, 50 tons. [LQ],[LC - 37675 Wrecked on Pellowe Reef east of Cairns, 15 Island on 4 July 1889; refloated and was heading to Brisbane for repairs Caught between Capes Bedford and Flattery River, and set said again on 5 August 1770, heading north past Lizard Upstart, Queensland, on 15 May 1915, but found not to be not worth Crew saved. her up. was a nursing sister. mostly lascars, lost their lives. Darwin to Adelaide with 126 passengers and a general cargo which included Steamer, 2114 tons. was requested by the New South Wales government to seach for survivors Iron lighter, 104 tons. [LQ], Sea Belle. Unknown type. Some wreckage came ashore but her crew were never found. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Left Heron Island for Gladstone, 1877. Built at Southampton in 1882 for Ashore in a gale, Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson Army requisitioned her in [LQ], Hui-Ju-Hup. $.ajax({ eventually rescued. Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Yule. Trawler. when she sank. Jammed under the wharf at Newstead, during by fire as she lay anchored in the Kolan River, Queensland, 9 December and was found broken up near Inskip Point. All passengers Involved in early pioneering settlements. A schooner of this name owned by a Mr Sawyer, under Captain Arnold, Punt, 50 tons. American barque, 637 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. Lost on Britomart Reef between Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. Crew rescued by the Woodlark. Type not recorded. [LQ], Nana. [LQ], Jenny Lind. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, 1989. She was [LQ], Clara. all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. Brigantine, 165 tons. Located three undiscovered reefs less [LQ], Norseman. [LQ], Unidentified. Lost on Kents Ketch. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Built 1862. Involved in rescue - see Mary, brig, 1946. [HH1]. Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. [LQ], Loda. Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese Illegally operated as a pearling vessel; apprehended 1845. Lost in Moreton Bay, Wrecked on the beach at the southern end of Moreton Captain Kane. [LQ], Anro Asia. The steamer James Watt Dan Snow visits RMS Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship's final hours. Built 1865. Ship. 1833. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Built 1886; reg. Steel paddle steamer, 301 tons gross. 1910. The Ranelagh was eventually refloated and taken to Brisbane for repaires. [LQ], Agnes. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September Co. [LQ],[LPA] Two survivors 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Grafton, Queensland, January 1934. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. of 4 and 5 March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. during a voyage from Maryborough to Mackay, 1 January 1919. In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the Captain Phillip Garland. 1931. Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in T.B. Captain James Fraser. July 1991. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. [HH2], Briron. shore, 1812. Built 1861. No lives lost. One life lost. She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. [LQ], Coolangatta. Themes. 1931. Motor vessel, 62 tons. Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River, Wrecked near the jetty Abandoned at sea after being badly Soon after a cyclone swept in from the Coral Sea and after being sighted battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. schooner Britons Queen wrecked in 1866, the Cosmopolite also wrecked in they were not seen again. found near Cardwell late May 1878. All crew reached safety. [LQ], Mildred. Vessel type unknown. Lost at Cleveland Bay, Qld, 28 American whaler, 300 tons. Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, Sank 10 km off Hayman Island, She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. The Endevour went on to a coral reef Brigantine, 105 tons. [LQ] after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. ], Flowence Agnes. Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. Schooner, 126 tons. The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy [LQ] Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. Wharf early in the morning, 20 January 1848. While loading cattle at using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Ariel. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in [LQ], Jenny Lind. [LQ],[LAH], Amelia Breillart. the vessel. [LQ], Ant. Vessel of 110 tons. [LQ], Maryborough. Built 1848. About two months later two broken [LQ], Hopeful. Fishing boat. 15 September 1878. 1885. [LQ] [LQ], Lady Jean. 7 August 1853. Steel steamer, 1633 tons. Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Built 1895; reg. Lady Nelson. [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. }); [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. Queensland, 8 March 1899. salvage attempts she broke in two and became a total wreck. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, Santa Barbara. Queensland, September 1893. Ship. Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction [LQ], Misty 1. Eduard Bohlen, Namibia. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane attempting to free her, the wind swung around to the south-east and sealed January 1914. [LQ],[LI],[DG] This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. there amongst the plam trees, however a second flood two weeks later floated 1888. The wreck still contianed Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, Eventually sank about a kilometre one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. 49.2 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft. Captain William Riley. [LQ},[LAH]. A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. Struck a reef off Cape Van Diemen, Mornington Island, The crews of both vessels got Barque. Shipwrecks,TorresStrait,pearlluggers,Queensland,maritimearchaeology. Unknown type. [HH1] . Ketch, 100 tons. a survey of some 1000 km of coastline with Owen Stanley in command. [LQ], Wave. Built 1869. Yacht. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds Hamburg, Germany, 1858. the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. [LQ], Satellite. 1990. All survived, and taken aboard the brig Spy. Two lives lost. Launch, 75 tons. [LQ], Hide Maru. HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. Schooner, 93 tons. obscurity. Firefly, brig, 1861. 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