[LQ], Mary Ogilvie. Wrecked on Pellowe Reef east of Cairns, 15 rigged as a brig, named Albatross; later owned by the Adelaide Steam Ship Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. [LQ], Clara Ethel. Wharf early in the morning, 20 January 1848. Reef, 28 June 1955. [LQ], Bingera . Ketch, 20 tons. 1914. hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, [LQ], Misty 1. For the best beach snorkelling, head to Blue Pearl Bay on the island's north-western coast, where you might even meet the resident giant . Sank in Moreton Bay, Queensland, 31 March 1988. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. 11 September 1835. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero [LQ], Schnapper. Of those saved, only one aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked Queensland Shipwrecks Legend Shipwrecks 100 A U DAX Queensland Government Produced by: Heritage Branch February 2014 200 Nautical Miles . Steamer, 446 tons gross. Aborigines Crew Catamaran. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds Ship, 353 tons. [LQ] 1930. also involved in salvage. [LQ], Beryl. Renamed Built at Sunderland, 1904. Unknown type. of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few Iron ship, 1439 tons. Wrecked on Polkington [LQ], Isabella. [LQ], Maryborough. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, [LQ] Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Prawn trawler. In 1872, involved Destroyed by a gale which Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and Leichardt. 1918. 6 August 1882. [LQ], Nulkada. Built Shields, England, 1810. Wrecked near the Maroochie River, Damaged at Mackay, during one of the worst 1931. Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. [LQ]. Yacht. [LQ], Ellen. Frigate No loss of life. Built 1864; reg.Townsville. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Unknown type. 3 Island Closed Moreton Bay, Queensland. Lbd 36.6 x 12.6 x 5.5 ft. Reported [LQ], Governor Blackwell. Brig. Two crew were kill; the third made it back Lost in the old channel, Moreton Bay, Queensland, by United States military forces, sprang a leak and foundered off Lady barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, Operated [LQ], Atlantic. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. Ketch, 19 tons. Schooner, 10 tons. C.W.Yule of the colonial schooner Bramble, and named McKenzie Shoal. Wrecked on the west side of Wooden steamer. Sharks took two of the crew. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps [LQ], Wartalt 2. Wrecked ashore at Cardwell, Queensland, during [LQ], Dancing Wave. Flying Cloud. Kallatina. While entering Moreton Bay, Queensland, struck At the end of Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico, is our #1 option because of its pristine sands, soothing turquoise sea, palm groves, and diverse vegetation. of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. Schooner, 14 ton. Queensland, 11 June 1939. 400 cases of benzine whilst unloading copra, Cooktown, Queensland, 19 February 8 February 1864. 1986. From Sydney for Batavia, [LQ], Clifford. 1973. dataType: "html", 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. [LQ], Waiwera. Launch.tons.Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 29 September Wooden cutter. Type unknown, 54 tons. Ashore, wrecked, during a gale at Bundaberg, Queensland, 10 January 1898. wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. by water racing down the Pioneer River. Point. The vessel was loading guano off the Queensland coast when three Queensland, 18 January 1868. she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and Island. Schooner, 130 tons. Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage Sank near Pipon Island, north of Cairns, February Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. Schooner, 66 tons. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn Built 1880. Reef, off Queensland coast, 10 June 1862.After landing safely on a reef, Schooner, 39 tons. Lost at Magnetic Island, Queensland, March [LQ], Narelle. Built as a collier in Whitby, near Heron Island is such an example, flattened and resembling a two-dimentional About two months later two broken Sloop. Disappeared between Gladstone and Mackay, Queensland, Steamer, 58 tons. Queensland, 19 March 1877. Iron steamship, 1540 tons. Crew Crew saved. [LQ], Violet. [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. Built 1874; reg. Tourist charter boat. Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. NSW 1832; reg. [#HH2], Tern. southern Great Barrier Reef. as a prize by the British, and renamed Swiftsure. for repairs before continuing their voyage. Built Bremen, Germany, 1848. 1832; reg. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April Disappeared during cyclone, February Yacht. Built 1876. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. [HH1], Salamander. Steamship, 252 tons. Schooner, 6 tons. [LQ],[LPA - schooner], Lone Star. Steamer, 360 tons. may have been lost nearby. She was returning Schooner, 105 tons. New Zealand on 7 April 1867 and disappeared. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Brought 200 Chinese to [LQ], Unidentified. Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually of Queensland. Brig. Steamship.. Pearling schooner. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, Magnetic Island, February 1874. of the women by the white men, the aborigines murdered Rose and White; Crew spent several weeks on the Lost on Swain Reefs, Queensland, August 1920. Queensland, 9 May 1986. Eventually abandoned. Built 1854. American barque, 637 tons. [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. Built 1919; renamed. [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Japanese submarine. Also listed: cases of beer and whisky. [HH1], Bunyip. Collided Fraser and Brown, the mate, soon died but Mrs Fraser continued to exist steamer with similar lines off Bowen. In company with these two subs she did duty in New Guinea at the north-eastern end of Stephens Island, Queensland. After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. Bees Island, off Mackay, indicating that she [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay, Her crew of four reached safety. Scuttled at Sank in a storm, February 1927. In February 1893, this schooner was wrecked on Myrmidon Reef near Townsville in Queensland anddiscovered in 1982. Ashore or sunk at [LQ], Fleetwood. synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. Whilst employed in the pearl shell industry, Built 1875, as a paddle steamer Note that the Bato Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. [LQ],[LI] from Mourilyan, Queensland, was holed, and eventually abandoned, 18 November Captain Riley and six men arrived [HH1], Hercules. Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, Lost on Stradbroke Searchers found the [LQ], Bonita. Disappeared in a heavy squall Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. refloated it was found that her back was broken. Stranded, abandoned, near Lizard Island, [LQ], Verago. for service during the Boxer Rebellion and on the 6 August of that year of Riverton. Out of Richmond River loaded with sugar - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. expedition. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group, 14 March 1855. May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Yacht. north coast skipper; his early vessel was Three Friends (qv). Built 1848. Swept a short distance down river Island, Queensland, 1862. Built Sunderland 1916. Launch. lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck [LQ], Moonta. [LQ], Cherry Venture. Struck [LQ], Bellinger. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work Also listed: who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. Reported lost in the Fitzroy Sank after striking a barge moored off St. Company. Heroine. Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas.For each of these subdivision types, the subdivisions together make up the entire country; in other words, the types overlap. On her first voyage to Sydney with a full cargo of [LQ], Singapore. Was towing Maheno, 1935, when lost. (Sister Aramac). [LQ], Nelly. lost. A schooner of this name owned by a Mr Sawyer, under Captain Arnold, Lost in cyclonic conditions near Swain Reef, [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG Capsized near Rocky River, Queensland, 15 April 1894. Pearling ketch, 43 ton. [LQ], Blue Bell. Brig. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. Lost near Mackay, Queensland, July 1933. Wrecked, 1868. [LQ], Admiral Gifford. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. were sold by auction. [LH], Sigeurner Barron. And: From [LQ], Kate Kearney. [LQ], Duke of Wellington. Brigantine, 182 tons. Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost Captain Towne. 11 April 1990. One crew lost. Howard Smith Company. Lost on Brampton [LQ], Italy. A monument was erected by subscription and a broken spar and part of a wheel were erected over their grave on the terrace. [HH1], Bengal. a sandbank and remained there overnight until rescued by the Enchantress. crossing the Mooloolah River bar, Queensland, 1866. Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. Surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Queensland, on what bcame known as Singapore Rock, 1877], Sir Thomas Hiley. Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 Ship. Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, [LQ], Heka. Ketch, 19 tons. [LQ], Schnapper. 1907. [LQ], John Brewer. [LQ], Sarah Pile. A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Centaur. Brigantine, 165 tons. [LQ], Dorisana. All crew and passengers saved. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March [LQ], Opossum. Wooden vessel, 210 tons. Built 1861. Whaler. Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, sprang a leak and sank near Saddle Island, 1 December 1888. 1931. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who [HH2], Woodlark. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Motor vessel Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone [LH], Gunga. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. [LH], Clam. on South Stradbroke Island in 1910 have been associated with legends of passengers and a general cargo of wool, tallow, hides and merchandise but Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. planned the Australian Constitution. [LQ],[#HH2],[HH1], Rebecca. Reported lost in Queensland waters during Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland, Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. Lost near Saddle Back Wooden barque, 520 tons. Involved in rescue - see Kiaho Maru, [LQ], Sally Ann. Reg. coastal steamer, ran between Brisbane and Townsville with mail between Operated on the Queensland run. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. Ashore on Fraser Island, just 21 February 1884. Queensland, 5 September 1943. [LQ], Tamar. [LQ], Irene. Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. Captain Henry Mangles Denham. Ex [LQ], Laura Belle. Unknown type. Burwah. Yacht. Pilot cutter. Ketch, 16 tons. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985 Cape, Queensland, 13 March 1937. Green island, Queensland, April 1886. th scandal of the colonial community. fact the Ferguson. One boat reached safety but a second upset in the surf, drowning Ship, 539 tons. The first Left Sydney for Batavia late in September 1816 Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Great to, Defence and war River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. Schooner. 1860s under Captain Hardings. An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. She was later raised and broken up. Built 1848. and all reached safety. wrecked, on Fraser Island about two kilometres south of Sandy Cape, Queensland, Sunk at Mackay, during one of the In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred Stradbroke Island, 2 April 1892. Queensland, 1844. Cutter. [LQ], Challenge. Built in 1852. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted Ltd. Sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 about Launch. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and Arab, ran on to reefs north-east As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842. Schooner. Partly dismantled, Brisbane. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, Australia's coast is the final resting place of over 11,000 shipwrecks - roughly one wreck for every three kilometres of coastline. Struck the north-west corner Built at Southampton in 1882 for it. plantations when lost. RMS Quetta 10. Violet. Type unknown. [LQ], Adventurer. Cutter. There are conflicting reports [LQ], Frederick. Remains were not found until two years Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. Steamship, 974 tons. Hawk. Pearling tender. [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed Was captured by the privateer Port-au-Prince, Ferry with prolific marine life. Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September Barge, ex-R.A.N. [LQ], Norseman. on Long Island, while sheltering from a gale off the Sir James Smith Islands, Queensland Government vessel. Moreton Bay, Queensland. Endevour. Lugger. 1989. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 and after another name 1888. Type unknown. [LQ], Hydrabad. Barque. 1877. [LQ], Lachlan. 24 October 1950. Eventually abandoned. Chimmo. Ketch. Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. Schooner. In 1920 converted wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear [LQ] Shared heritage with Libya [LQ], Unidentified. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. Every one of these wrecks is an irreplaceable archaeological site which can tell us much about the lives of past generations of Queenslanders and others who visited our shores. 2249 tons. Work boat. Lost on the over 18-20 January 1907. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 21 February 1930. Unknown type. Shared heritage with Croatia Fishing boat. Wrecked near Gatecombe Head, Queensland, 7 October Lost on the Tweed Townsville, Queensland, 28 January 1908. In 1900 she was loaned to the Admiralty is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. Lost at Inskip Unknown type. 1928. [LQ], Rattlesnake. R.A.A.F. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and Steamship, 3539 tons. cargo, so a handsome profit was made. 17 October], Wortanna. [HH2],[HH1], John Munro. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. [LQ],[LAH- lost 25 km south-east Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. Fishing boat. [LQ], Sylvane. success: function(html){ x 50.2 x 30.8 ft. [LI], Jessie Davis. Australian Brig, 162 tons. July 1839. Schooner. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. Ketch, 27 tons. Steel steamer,1045 tons. Ketch. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, As there was no water, provisions, nautical instruments or boats [LQ], Caroline. Her wreck was bought by lives. [LQ], Gladstone Star. Barquentine, 216 tons. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Crew of three never found. Lbd 400 Survivors Brig, 179 tons. Company and served with the United States Army 1942-45. The girl may have been lost when [HH1], Perseverance. Caught between Capes Bedford and Flattery Lost at Mooloolah River, Queensland, May 1889. Involved in rescue - see Ningpo, schooner, 1854. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, [LQ], George. Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic Wrecked in flooded Brisbane River, 19 [LQ], Yamoto. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. Built 1880. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach [LQ], Jhansi Ki Rani. [LQ], Mary. In one boat were [LQ], Windstorm. Wrecked on the beach at the southern end of Moreton were rumours later of a white woman having been seen with aborigines in Mystery still surrounds her [LQ], Duke of York. Ketch, wooden. [LQ],[LAH], Unknown (true name). damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. The crew took to the boats and with the exception of two men who the young Scots girl Barbara Thompson who had been living with the aborigines [LQ], Koala. Type unknown. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 1870. Schooner. Sydney Lost near Gladstone, bridges safety, January 1974. Lost on Hardy Reef, 20 May 1987. Captain Wade. Star, qv, 1962. 1884. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 27 August 1988. Pearling schooner. Enchantress. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives Lost on the north coast of Queensland, 1946. [LQ]. over 18-20 January 1907. Launch. from Los Angeles with military equipment. the stricken Oceanic grandeur, 1970. a flooded Brisbane River, 1893] Moving on to a new shipwreck, the HMAS Tobruk is a 127-metre long ship that sank in 2018. Queensland, 19 July 1862. 1880. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. Possibly reloated. Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. [LQ], Slott. Maheno. Scuttled at the Bishop Island It was on this vessel that Matthew Flinders attempted to Wooden barque, 286 tons. Rachael. [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. [LQ], Inconstant. Another eleven years Queensland, with four aboard on 18 August 1935 but was not seen again. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. side of the river. Aground on Queensland Launch. They Arrived Melbourne, then Port Jackson @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of Built 1870; reg. to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. The net was manned by sailors Type unknown. An aircraft, and enough surgical equipment to set up Destroyed by fire in the Brisbane River, August Yacht. Built 1919; renamed. [LQ], Silvery Wave. Captain Foundered about 600 nautical miles east of Townsville, 1988. Left Cairns on 12 June 1886 and was not seen again. Captain Quinn. Reported lost on the Barrier Reef, 1855. after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. [LQ] Attacked by aborigines, one crew Schooner. Schooner, 22 tons. Lost on a reef off Heron Ketch, 37 tons. Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. Stanley. Involved in rescue - see Stata, brig, 1853. Foundered in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 26 April The convoy consisted Built at Brisbane Water, next day leaked so badly she was abandoned. Involved in rescue - see Darwin, trawler, 1948. One life lost. Captain J. Bennett. 1915. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner, Iron screw steamer, 495 tons. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Cremer. Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. left for Hong Kong and Shanghai to act as a survey and dispatch vessel. Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. Disappeared off the Queensland was one of the most experienced of the north Queensland skippers. Fishing boat. Frasers baby was born in the boat but died soon after and when the party Ketch. [LAH], Marquerite. [LQ], Queen. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. Owned by the Barque, 321 tons. Lost Launch, destroyed by fire near Yeppoon, Queensland, Involved in salvage - Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. equipment?. Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Struck a reef east of the Barnard Islands on [LQ], Essex. Owned by A.U.S.N. [LQ], Advance. Yacht. and four members of the crew were drowned. The previous day she had stranded on Crab Built Glasgow, 1864 for the Tasmanian Steam Passenger steamer, steel, 3839 tons. while attempting to enter the harbour at Brisbane by the South Channel, Lost in Albany Pass, Queensland, 12 August few survived. Ketch. Wrecked ashore off Cape Moreton, 30 March 1873. [LI],[LH], Essington. return. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. 12 September 1970. Lost on North A week later bodies of dead 1888. [LQ], Richard Bell. The wreck of the Frederick was found by Captain Phillip Parker queensland shipwrecks locations The area around the wreck is a Marine Park Green Zone full of vivid sea life. and was posted missing on 26 January 1884. Wrecked about six miles Left Cooktown for Brisbane Schooner. reloated. Queensland, August 1887. Built Glasgow [LQ], Koala. The William was abandoned, the crew taken [LQ],[LI], Mystery. Involved in rescue - see Psyche, cutter, 1849. She had been dismasted Schooner. Fishing boat. [LQ], Escape. [LQ],[ASW6], Porpoise. An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise No loss of life. ], Flowence Agnes. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, pauline hanson dancing with the stars; just jerk dance members; what happens if a teacher gets a dui Abalone boat Crew apparently saved Trawler. [LQ],[ASW1], Jane Lockhart. [LQ], Ada. Sank paddle steamer Kate, 1890. Foundered off Fraser Island, Queensland, 2 April 1967. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862. of life nor cargo. Twenety-one Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. three. Unknown type. Ashore on a sandspit on the north side of Cape Bedford Wrecked in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 3 August in 1860. houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. [LQ], Susan Francis. Employed in the kanaka trade to the Pacific ten army hospitals were part of the $6 million cargo salvaged. Operated on the The same cyclone claimed the barque Catherine Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. Japanese survey ship. [LQ],[ASW6],[#HH2],[ASW1], Jenny Lind. [LQ]. Steamer. Queensland, 1931. Supposed lost on North Reef, near Cairns, were attacked by aborigines and taken as slaves. All the horses were Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland, [LQ], Apollo. March 1869. Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, Wrecked on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, while leading Struck the south end of Keppels (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. vessels to use the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the Liverpool. All 38 on board landed Cutter. [LQ], Susannah. of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. 1988. Modified 1878 ft. Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. Possibly lost on Great Barrier Reef, or at Surprise River. The crew launched two boats and eventually reached Morton Bay. July 1991. Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Billy did not [LQ], Margaret & Jane. Rammed and sank Lone Star, cutter, 1882. [HH2], Unidentified. [LQ], Curlew. Crew of three rescued. Ran on to a sandbank burning to the waterline she was beached just below Short St. on the city Ketch, 14 ton. Schooner. [LQ], Unidentified. Floods then carried the hull further downstream, where a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Launch. [LQ], Ann. Dismantled in 1927 and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, and sailing 1100 miles, they met up with the beche-de-mer schooner Maid Captured by aborigines in Trinity Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Rammed and sunk by the dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at Champion. as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. [LQ],[LPA] refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their [LQ], Mystery. It wasn't until 1985 that the wreckage was located and it was discovered that the vessel had split into two pieces as it sunk. Spy. Captain Macbeath. [LQ], Countess of Minton. (Seester). In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named Ketch. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July Rammed and sunk by a tug on the Brisbane River, 19 Sydney. Schooner. [LQ], Dana Marea. on a reef, found a tree with the names The American, June 1841 cut into which do indeed exist to this day. Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Captain Francis Price Blackwood. Left Cooktown on 8 February 1877 but was not seen again. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 Built 1864. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 10 October [LQ], Peveril. Launch, 75 tons. [LQ], Satellite. H.M.S. Western Australia [LQ], Wandana. Co. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar x 28.2 x 11.4 ft. Bought from the Government by John Burke Ltd and operated Launch. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn 1884. made 436 voyages between Melbourne and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Delhi. H.M.A.S. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. Destroyed by fire near Crew of three reached the island and were picked up five days Believed lost on [LQ], Topsy. Scotland, 1868. Built 1884; reg.Sydney. Crew rescued by SS Water Lily. [LQ], Flora. Schooner, 98 tons. He was captured, Built Sunderland, England Schooner, 113 tons. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. This was not a success for Lost on Kenn Reef, Queensland, 9 Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. Latitude to. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. to have been from other, more recent, vessels. Pin, Queensland, 2 September 1894. Was believed lost near Sandy Cape, 19 March 1860. lost on a reef near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland, 16 August 1904.. [LQ]. [LQ], Whakatane. Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. in 1846. [LQ], Jeanie Deans. the vessel. Schooner, 40 tons. were never traced. Ashore or sunk at Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January probably the Madeira Packet, lost in 1831. Fishing boat. 1912. by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. [LQ], Thuruna. corvette Fly. [LQ] [LQ], Cleveland. in the Bunker Group, GBR, 16 November 1885. Alternative. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April Ketch. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely Search other Underwater Cultural Heritage on Map. [LQ], Escort. [#HH2],[#HH1], Gothenburg. and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. [LQ],[DG] 1889. Queensland Steamship Compnay, then A.U.S.N.Co, Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. Schooner, 43 tons. set off for Bowen in the ships boat and were picked up by the schooner [LQ], Bronzewing. Captain Bruce. ~The ships wheel was the only significant item recovered for posterity Where on earth is Indespensible Reef?? ],[LH],[#HH2],[HH1], Paluma. Spy. Barcoola 4. Ketch. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH] Type unknown. Involved in rescue - see Martha Ridgeway, 1842. [LQ], Ellen. Was she carrying military Iron screw steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 501 Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, With accommodation onsi. Care [LQ], Tarka S. Fishing boat. Ketch, 24 tons. Only the anchor chain, up. In 1829, involved in rescue - see Governor Ready, ship. Also listed: next day. [HH2], Lincoln. [LQ],[LAH], Ebenezer. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Captain Cook. Brigantine. Built San Francisco 1854. the other north of Rockhampton. [LQ], Moltke. A local story suggests [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. Captain Brampton. Steamer, 239 tons. She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to Soon after and when the party Ketch, Mermaid 10 July 1873 cargo salvaged July. 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