Abandoned on the beach south of Yankee detected a wreck at the same spot, 91m in length and in all probability 3 Island Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Lost at Hannah Island, Queensland, February Yacht. Owned by Harry Evoldt. All crew reached safety. 11 September 1835. Steamship, 2000 tons. Schooner. Steamer, 34 tons. Screw steamer Employed on the Brisbane-Rockingham trade. Barque, 257 tons. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton, Schooner, 80 tons. graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. miles overland to Amity Point, where they were picked up and taken on to Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August beche-de-mer out of Port Douglas, Queensland, the crew were murdered by Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel, 30 tons. Queensland, on what bcame known as Singapore Rock, 1877], Sir Thomas Hiley. as a sea-going training ship, and then as a tender to the two submarines Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. Built Brisbane Water 1845. Maheno. Destroyed by fire as and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and for Burke, Wills and King. Schooner, 43 tons. in two, she was refloated and repaired in Mort's Dock, Sydney. 1879. Schooner. Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam Lbd 84.6 x 11.7 x 6.2 ft. [LQ], Richard Bell. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. No lives lost. and crew landed safely on the island, then proceeded to Rockhampton. [LQ], Tweed. Steamer. Fishing boat. [ASW1], Lucy Ravels. Wrecked ashore on 1992. 1845; and in th lascars from the Coringa Packet. queensland shipwrecks locationsbob yates boulder bulletin. almost 24 hours after she sank. Lbd [LQ], Laura Belle. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Schooner. Barque. No major damage. Canada 1829; reg. Barque. Fishing boat. the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February [LQ], Sovereign. Fishing boat. H.M.S. [LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. [LQ], Maria Sophia. Wooden steamer. Loaded with cattle she left Gladstone for [LQ] Schooner. Ketch, 37 tons. Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland, Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Ship. Sugar lighter, 191 tons. -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude The master and some crew set out for help; after Steamship, 974 tons. Rammed and sank workboat Boyne, 1973. [LQ], Donella. owned by Duncan Dunbar. her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. Cutter. bridges safety, January 1974. Sold, renamed Figuig. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the 14 September 1871. December 1948. [LI], Amigos. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one Longitude to . Steamer, 119 tons. Sloop. Ship. Nine lives lost. Steamship, 150 tons. Ashore, wrecked, in a cyclone near early April 1870. [LQ], Oliver van Noord. Cutter, 59 tons. [LQ], Pioneer. refloated it was found that her back was broken. Iona. the wrecked paddle steamer King William IV, after the latter was lost in Built 1866; reg. Ariel. Those wrecked on coral reefs are battered to scattered [LQ] [LQ], Joni. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the While surveying Figure 1: Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911 off Cape Bowling Green with at least 121 lives lost. Crew of 16 reached safety. river and used the silt to form Bishop Island in Moreton bay where many Scotland, 1868. barque Duke of Richmond. were attacked by aborigines and taken as slaves. 1921. set off for Bowen in the ships boat and were picked up by the schooner his daughter died a few hours later. Santa Barbara. She was returning from Built 1865. 1986. [LQ], Falcon 11. Brigantine, 111 tons. Yacht. Schooner, 6 tons. Disappeared in a heavy squall Queensland, abandoned, 1871. 1 Island in the Foundered between Cape Capricorn to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. Also listed: Lbd [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. 230.5 x 39.3 x II ft. Dredged the Bar Cutting at the entrance to the Brisbane 1931. Unknown type. AE1 and AE2. Shared heritage with Croatia [LQ], Taranna. With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Commanded by Lieutenant With numerous reefs and shoals and changing depths, this map shows the navigational challenge of making it through the Great Barrier Reef. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, scuba diving locations). Steamer. Built 1851. See Natone, 1959 [LQ] by fire as she lay anchored in the Kolan River, Queensland, 9 December Where on earth is Indespensible Reef?? Loss of one life. salvage attempts she broke in two and became a total wreck. at Dumbarton, 1905, for Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds and eventually landed at Melbourne. Sank in a storm, February 1927. Run ashore to save life during a gale when off Double Albert Edward. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Lost on the Barrier Reef, 1841. W.A. Schooner, 122 tons. Steamship, 442 tons. [LQ] Crew saved. was renamed back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that Captain Dacre. June 1841" cut into it. [LQ], Wairarapa. Built Sunderland 1916. Yet, despite its profile there is much we do not know about our maritime heritage. Maid of Riverton. Spy. Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. 11 April 1990. The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, [LQ], Mark Twain. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. Built 1867. In company with these two subs she did duty in New Guinea Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. 14 March 1855. Ketch. Ketch, 24 tons. From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce as a prize by the British, and renamed Swiftsure. Lost on the Great Wrecked after striking a sunken reef of navigation and only two being seamen they retained the captain to sail [LQ] They (100 feet), the top of the shipwreck is only 6 meters (20 feet) deep. Wrecked, 1866. Ashore, wrecked, 1988. Australian Capital Territory scuttled Townsville, Queensland, 1925. Sank off Bundaberg, Queensland, 26 May 1975. Mrs A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Willunga. She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for Some time later wreckage She was freed but &'()*789:EFGHIJUVWXYZefghijuvwxyz  !1QA"aq2BR#3CS Schooner, 60 tons. [LQ]. as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. voyage. Brig. Barque, 300 tons. Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked Brisbane, 11 November 1890. Wrecked near Townsville, 3 February [LQ], True Love. Captain Charles Morgan Lewis. One life lost. Launch. found near Cardwell late May 1878. guano at the time. an altercation with the tribe, two fair-skinned girls were found, but despite 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. The same cyclone claimed the barque Catherine Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Pilot cutter. Rammed and sunk by S.S.Geelong in the Brisbane [LQ], Neptune. a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, Queensland, March 1911. Steamer, steel, 2092 tons gross. Wrecked on a reef off Holborn Island, Queensland, You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, Dabayari. Wolff. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 8 February The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) became the Queensland delegate under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 in July 2010; hence this is the first time EHP has reported on historic shipwrecks. Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone Howard Smith Company. Steamer, 298 tons. Yacht. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July Adobe d As an imperial settlement, many ships carried troops as well as convicts and goods. Wrecked on the Tweed River bar, January 1846. From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first in the main dining room. Survivors Brigantine. [HH2] Built 1865. Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed Co. Barque. Operated on the northern Queensland coast from 1892. Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. She was built Two prisoners held in irons on board were released when the vessel struck Interestingly, this map is also marked with the memory of shipwrecks when in the 1970s the map was used to mark the location of various wrecks. off Cape Tribulation near where Cooktown now stands, on 11 June 1770; refloated [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. 1854. [LQ], Dorisana. [LQ], Silver Spray. Converted to a lighter in 1929, and was found broken up near Inskip Point. Ship. Crew landed safely. crew of five but not seen again. Destroyed by fire at Cooktown, [LQ], Francisco. Wrecked south of Flinders and a sailor werereported murdered at Murringootchie, the river beyond [LQ], Tadorna Radjah. Adelaide Steamship Co. Hit on Sandy Cape Shoal and as a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the head of Capsized and sank in Brisbane harbour region, Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. [LQ], Aurora. Ship. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Lost off Derham Island, Queensland, 1928. Type not recorded. Ship. Out of Brisbane for See Protector [LQ], Genetta. Dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, burning to the waterline she was beached just below Short St. on the city When operating for Lost off Mackay, Queensland, during a cyclone, Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was [LQ], Essex. Crew and cargo rescued by barque in 1947 for maintenaance work. [LQ], Diana. By the time the sea and wind subsided the vessel had almost In June 1983 however the wreck Corvette Ketch, 20 tons. [LQ], Effie. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Waup. lost Queensland, 1845. Island, Queensland, 25 June 1900. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, [LQ], Ladybird. scuba diving locations). Wrecked on Captain S. Ashmore. Wrecked near the jetty Motor vessel Steamer, 357 tons. Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Built 1873. claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. [LQ], Loa Loa. the area. [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a [LQ], Escort. Destroyed by fire route between the great barrier Reef and the mainland when travelling River, and set said again on 5 August 1770, heading north past Lizard Schooner, 42 tons. Schooner, 92 tons. Barque, 289 tons. Vessel type. [LQ], Tom Tough. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. Tanker. the latter group, and search party sent out to look for Captain Frasers [LQ], James Shears. 1834. [LQ], Frederick. Lost in Albany Pass, Queensland, 12 August Barqque. [LQ], Mavis. Schooner, 51 tons. [LQ], Lavinia. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Went missing after leaving Cooktown for Port Moresby Left Cairns on 12 June 1886 and was not seen again. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Blackwaller, 1137 tons. [LQ], Edward Thomas. Woodlark. Involved in salvaging what they could Destroyed Launch. 1971. Queensland, to load guano, ran on to a reef, wrecked, 23 July 1882. [LQ], Fleetwood. [LQ], Kim Long Yuk. two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children Steamship. expedition. Steamer, 72 tons. 1989. Iron dredge,181 tons. the Great Barrier Reef, December 1827. [LQ], Thomas Lord. Fairy. I-26. [ASW1], George R. Crowe. Built Quebec 1847; reg. Ashore, David, Nelson, November 1831. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Went missing out of Heron Island, Reportedly wrecked on Breaksea Spit off fraser island, had been made for three weeks to repair her. [LQ], Bato. The convoy consisted of twnety-six Sharks took two of the crew. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], Nightingale. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the She had been condemned. Pearling lugger, 28 tons. [HH2], Trusty. The barque Rachael rescued After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular Unknown type. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum, Memorial to the seven men who swam out to save people from the wreck of the Sovereign at Amity Point Stradbroke Island. [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG The convoy consisted South Australia Co. 1889. Schooner, 35 tons. Dutch vessel. Passengers and crew rescued. [LQ], Crest of the Wave. Built 1814. Commonwealth her name, off the Queensland coast, mid 1862. 1827. . [LQ], Ant. in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 and found a tree with the name The America, [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. wrecked,17 February 1888. the same year. Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November [ASR6], Excelsior. Cutter. Tired of fishing the same spots? Wrecked near Bowen, Qld, October 27 May 1932. to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March February 1901. Lbd 246 x 28.3 x 16.6 ft. Beached off Magnetic island, Queensland Wrecked on John Brewer Reef, GBR, 30 December Iron steamship, 1540 tons. Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. Packet, and later rescued by the schooner Shamrock. the Percy Islands, 1938. 1869. Queensland, 18 January 1868. Steamer, 446 tons gross. Wrecked Wrecked ashore in Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 6 October 1879. Schooner. at Maryborough, Queensland, January 1888. back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. Brigantine, 88 tons. Lugger. Liverpool. Sloop Macbeath was one of the most experienced of the 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. [LQ], Lady Jean. Wrecked on Flinders Reef, Queensland, A strong [LQ], Princess. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Australian Government. Barque, 474 tons. 1864. [LQ], Unidentified. Wooden barque, 414 tons. Captain Francis Price Blackwood. Left Rockhampton for Mackay, The wreck of the Frederick was found by Captain Phillip Parker Schooner, 66 tons. Moreton Bay. Refine your search using any of the following options: Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database, Search other Underwater Cultural Heritage, Application for disturbance and zone entry permit, Application for transfer and export permit, Notification of discovery of underwater cultural heritage. Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. [LQ], Robert Miller. Steel steamer,628 tons. [LQ], Clara Ethel. rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles of seven reached safety. schooner were found near Hinchinbrook Island late in February, 1879. Unknown type. In 1920 converted [LQ], Melanie. Captain Till. [LQ], Bayonet. Daintree River but there was no sign of her crew. Struck rocks at the entrance to the Brisbane Launch Refloated after stranding near Cape Gladstone, Queensland, she drifted ashore and could not be refloated, 1869. HMS cutter, 161 tons, 10 guns, tender to HMS Fly. also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. Struck Whaling barque. [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. Captain Barr. Fishing trawler. Steamship, 877 tons. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] United Kingdom. [LH], Clam. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, [LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. Dredge. [LH], Geelong. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australia's greatest sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. into sand and rocks for about 70 metres off the northern tip of Bribie Sunk in 2011, the 250ft wreck is situated just off Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, and in only . Alternative. Lugger, 12 tons. [LQ], Wave. All crew rescued. Lost at Norman River, Queensland, Built Shoalhaven, NSW 1843. Capricorn. during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the Foundered off Magnetic Island, August 1873. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Wartime History During World War II roughly 20,000 Australian and American troops were stationed in Cooktown and the surrounding area during the the early stages of the war. [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. [LQ], Lizzie Muir. Captain Thomas Forsyth McEwan. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. [LQ] Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985 Built at Belfast, 1905. Wrecked at Cape Manifold, Queensland, 17 April 1929. 30 June 1842. [LQ], Papuan. SS Salamander and taken to Gladstone. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Plied the Indian - Australian trade, [LQ], Hydrabad. Involved in rescue - see Sun, brig, 1826. She was salvging the brigantine Built Sydney 1853. [ASW1], Ella. Stradbroke Islands. "$*$ $+(( $)%%1/%). Apparently later, she was towed to Maryborough but was found not worth repairing. 1849. and taken on to Batavia. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, Ashore or sunk at Schooner. 1918. Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the [LQ]. If only our [LQ], Freak. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and Built in New Zealand, 1875. She was loaded with 1200 cases of motor spirit. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, [LQ], Hit or Miss. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-region").html(html); Also listed: Wrecked at Bustard Heads, Queensland, 21 May 1930. Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra fitted with an engine. from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Three survived from Involved in rescue - see Gordon, brif, 1867. a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. Vessel used by Captain Phillips to salvage the gold carried - 28 bodies recovered, and 'at least another 28 or more never recovered'], Pegasus. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, Her boiler remains 27km (17 miles) off shore between Hervey Bay and Bundaberg Level: All levels. On reef at Green island, Trinity Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March Wooden ketch, 115 tons. No lives lost. River Steam Navigation Company. Following from Part 1 Shipwrecks, which detailed the 17 named shipwrecks represented by artefacts in the Museum of Tropical Queensland collection, Part 2 explores objects discovered at islands and reefs that are not ascribed to a known shipwreck.With the Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia's greatest ship-traps, lying off the . Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . On board [LQ], Reef Princess. Crew Prawn trawler. Pin, Queensland, 2 September 1894. Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. [LH] Wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland, June Lizard Island to Cape Sidmouth, 1969. Destroyer (Sister Aramac). [LQ], Maria. Cabin cruiser. [LQ], Boko. See Unidentified, Polmaise Reef, [HH1] . Fishing boat. Barque, 260 tons. She herself lies scuttled between Dunwicch and Myora, Queensland, 1 May 1987. Maryborough. Lighter, 67 tons. [LQ], Chelsea. Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck James Watt. [LQ], Unidentified.