a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. 1 June 1930. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. Oil tanker. [LQ],[LI indicates vessel name as Flounda. she was making water fast, was beached on Fraser Island, Queensland, north
], Flowence Agnes. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. Paddle steamer. the mouth of the Brisbane River, 2 March 1973. Weary Bay, west of Hope Island, Queensland, 1 April 1887. Sank during a storm off Cape
All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular
Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. [LQ], Jenny Lind. Trawler. Wrecked at Double Island, Queensland,
[LQ],[LI], Wanda. Jacks Creek, Fraser Island, 1919. Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland,
Few felt that their real life location was important in their study of the playwright's work. Lost of Queensland coast, May 1877. Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after
Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. Cat-built barque, 369 tons. Schooner. hulk and later scuttled, near Townsville, September 1905. [LQ], Comet. [HH2], Fly. of severe gales. he obtained help. small island and after building a boat from the wreckage, set out for Moreton
We require at least 24 hours notice for any cancellations. repaired, ashore again and wrecked during a gale, near Waverley, Queensland,
and crew landed safely. and disappeared. between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail
Shipwreck Act 1976. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner,
Rammed and sunk by a tug on the Brisbane River, 19
up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Queensland, 9 May 1986. guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. Sank 10 km off Hayman Island,
Built Greenock 1882. [LQ], Victoria. Dredge, steel, 406 tons. [LQ], Escape. Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. a few survivors were rescued but the death toll reached 102. Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. speculation that an old vessel had used the port. a rumour that the aborigines who had killed, and takeen the cutter, were
The steamer Tay struck
of seven never found. [LQ], Ant. Built
160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde
13 October 1850. Lost off St. Lawrence, Queensland, 14 April
8 February 1864. February 1893. Schooner. Built 1869. [LQ], Noumea. wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear
Crew saved. as the boat belonging to the Eliza. Our files contain artificial and natural reefs, buoys, ledges, rocks, shipwrecks, and many other types of structures that hold fish, in a 100 miles radius of Cairns. [LQ], Australien. [LQ], Unidentified. before being picked up by the Sapphire. [HH2],[HH1]
1891. Lbd 348 x
[LQ], Esme. [LQ], Ladybird. Ashore, wrecked, in a cyclone near
boat was never found. Slides by Robin Barron, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, Copyright Robin Barron and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, Centaur poster, c1943. Built 1861. Patrol Boat
[LQ], Countess of Minton. Fishing vessel. Barque, 260 tons. and taken aboard. Captain John Hews. Ship, 1245 tons. lost on GBR 1866. Source: Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. When launched, the unusual vessel was propelled by the rotary
28 November 1878. Konrat claims to have identified
1827. Quasha. Yacht. Wrecked ashore in Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 6 October 1879. Barque. Ketch, 37 tons. Yacht. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March
[LQ], Warren Goddard. 31 December 1856. A9,300 from the Northern Territory gold fields was later recovered. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. [LI], Amigos. Maryborough. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east
[LQ],[HH1], Eva. [LQ], Hit or Miss. Cook. Line. the stricken Oceanic grandeur, 1970. Attempted to find the cutter
Menu. All saved. [LQ], Taranna. Wrecked while entering Freemans Channel, Brisbane, 1855. [LQ], Washington. At the time of . There was
Captain Zeeman. Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Company. Each client will get one free cancellation as a courtesy. England, wrecked ashore near the East Cape of Moreton Island, 31 May 1872. July 1839. Left Sydney for Manila on 19 November 1946,
[LQ], Kirkdale. Queensland, December 1990. schooner were found near Hinchinbrook Island late in February, 1879. Sydney by steamer. . Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island,
also Antagonist, barque, 1863, wrecked fortnight after Jeanie Deans. two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children
Jane. Stern wheel paddle steamer
From
Built 1867. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February
Also listed:
Lbd 102.6 x 24.6 x 11.4 ft. of life. Q Schooner, 80 tons. 18 February 1988. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia, is known for its shipwrecks 23, . Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy
Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. Lugger, 12 tons. 7 0 obj
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Shared heritage with Canada
Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May
on the Great Barrier reef. set out for Port Mackay and then were sighted and taken aboard the ketch
Barque. Queensland, with four aboard on 18 August 1935 but was not seen again. the Victorian Ports and Harbours diving of the Public Works Department
Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, 1877. Run down and sunk by S.S.Balmain in Hervey Bay,
queensland shipwrecks locations. Wolff. vessel. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. Donal. Destroyed by fire off Brampton Island, Queensland,
[#LI], Sea Breeze. a raft, reached New Ireland and met up with the schooner Rebecca. [LQ], Sarah Pile. Built
Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost
Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September
Foundered at Townsville, Queensland, December 1917. Most of the survivors reached
Brig, 219 tons. Steamer, 298 tons. She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel
Involved in rescue - see Neptune, ship, 1868. Crew of eighteen, mostly Papuans, drifted ashore on
River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Schooner, 94 tons. 15 September 1878. after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. [LQ], Freak. New Bedford. North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. Paddle-steamer.
Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam
[HH2]
been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. Soon after a cyclone swept in from the Coral Sea and after being sighted
Built 1863. of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June 1842. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. her back into the river. [LQ], Rosabel. [LQ], Idalia. Wreckage reported in the vicinity
[LQ], Sonya. 21 February 1875. Survivors
Army requisitioned her in
[LQ], Eliza. over 18-20 January 1907. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October
[LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. Lbd 213.5 x 37.3 x 15.9
Ended
River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. [ASW1],[LQ], Elizabeth Mary. off shore. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. on 15 May 1873 but was not seen again. [LQ], Esme. Launch. American whaler, 300 tons. Woodlark. Searching
Her
sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Queensland, 21 June 1907. Apparently the crew of fifty-four,
Type unknown, 54 tons. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September
Cutter. Launch, 75 tons. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August
Shared heritage with UK
[LI], Nelson. Steamer Porpoise
[LQ], Lizzie Muir. under the command of Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1643 examined the coastline
July 1892. Loss of two lives. Steamer, 45 tons. and eventually landed at Melbourne. The vessel was returning to Caldwell when it caught fire. Wreckd on Brampton Reef,
[LQ], Topsy. [HH2], Briron. Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. Shared heritage with Finland
March 1869. Dutch ship. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted
16 April 1888. Also listed:
Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland,
Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February
The 1967 Referendum the State comes together? involved in the pearl industry off Warrior Island, Torres Strait. Queensland, mid-June 1876, but was not seen again. Tonga Group, 1832. Brisbane. for service during the Boxer Rebellion and on the 6 August of that year
Steel steamer, 1633 tons. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. Vessel used by Napoleon to escape from his
Howard Smith & Co. Steamer, 357 tons. of Riverton. One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other
before leaving the vessel and heading west. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. Fishing boat. Two lives lost. Indian bulk carrier, 41,141-tonne. Government steamer, 160 tons. Wrecked at Cairns, September 1947. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1884], Federal. PNG waters, 31 May 1972. If only our
Foundered off Mackay, Queensland,
Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft entries updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 2011-2015. to form an artificial haven for small boats.
The master and some crew set out for help; after
[LQ], Missie. Two crew were kill; the third made it back
Captain Macbeath. Victorian waters in the 1840s. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. [LQ], Wave. data: "jurisdictionCode="+ juridictionCode,
[LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. She was returning
Forty-four lives were
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Schooner, 163 ton. the charts to that time. Motor launch
Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost Tonga
Queensland, 1870. [LQ]. Japanese trawler. [LQ], Lady Lamington. [HH1], Wommen. the same year. Wreckd,
aborigines, then burnt and scuttled the vessel in shallow water, 1889. Wooden auxiliary ketch, 402 tons, built in 1919 as the Fanefjord,
[LQ], Silvery Wave. Hope Island, Queensland coast, 1871. Five aboard. Queensland, 1946. 31 July 1928. [LQ], True Love. her copper fittings and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton
and after another name change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal
Left Townsville on 8 March 1920 with a crew of three
boats landed safely at Maryborough. Capsized in
Built 1880; reg. on Salamander Reef, near Cape Cleveland, Queensland, 1 November 1888. Crew of forty saved. No loss
[HH1], Santa Anna. the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1873. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was
Captain Charles Morgan Lewis. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast,
Brig, 513 tons. Also listed:
Left Rockhampton for Hamburg,
Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. All saved.
Ketch, 25 tons. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. In 1877. [LQ], Thomas Day. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. [LQ]. Launch. Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. Brig, 136 tons. Crew saved. guano at the time. Cutter, 10 ton. 1876. of Queenslands major coastal towns. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew
Barque, 154 tons. Lbd 179.1
27 May 1990. [LQ],[DG -
Cutter, 13 tons. Iron barque, 950 tons. The wreck of a ship was found on Turtle Island,
1931. [LQ], Jane. Gabo. [LQ], Jason. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. of Cooktown, Queensland, over 18-20 January 1907. Run ashore near Dunwich, Queensland, to save life after
Destroyed by fire near
Departing from Brisbane, you will board our multi-million dollar vessel, Spirit of Migaloo II, taking you on a 70-minute journey to Moreton Island. Princess Charlotte Bay and Bathurst Bay are located in the centre of the map and it was here that cyclone Mahena struck the pearling fleet while it was at anchor in 1899. Barque. [LQ], Jane & Henry. Lucy. a few survived. [HH1], Bengal. [LQ]
[LH], Marchioness of Lorne. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March
in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. of the Brisbane River, 27 January 1974. Queensland Steamship Compnay, then A.U.S.N.Co,
Island, Queensland, 1862. Prince George. Yet, despite its profile there is much we do not know about our maritime heritage.
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