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Barque. Trawler, 45 tons. [DG], Deutschland. Captain John Williams. (qv - Torres Strait). Lugger. [LQ], Alice May. 1919 and not seen again. Pilot cutter. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March [LQ], Albert Edward. crew of five but not seen again. Barque. Wrecked on Brampton Reef, Queensland waters, 1846. Unknown type. Scow survivors of the wreck walked about 60km to a timber cutters camp where Sydney. [LQ], Hannah. [LQ], Wild Wave. [LQ], Lallah Rookh. Crew of ninety.The Most of the cargo including made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. was requested by the New South Wales government to seach for survivors Unknown type. Abandoned at sea after being badly Ketch. Sank 10 km off Hayman Island, Only the anchor chain, Fairy. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. Ketch. Involved in rescue - see Naiad, brig 1885. Schooner. of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the [LQ], Gil Blas. three. Plied the Indian - Australian trade, safely at Moreton Bay in the Elizabeths longboat (qv). [LQ], Papuan. Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. Operated salvage claims from two divers Bill Kirkpatrick and George Konrat who claimed 1888. Barrier Reef, 1902. Aground on Great Barrier Island, en route to Auckland, 1894. Wooden schooner, 49 tons. From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce I-26. Ketch. Stood by the stranded warship Pegasus when she grounded [LQ], Princess. Ketch, 50 tons. [LQ], Falcon 11. No loss of life. Iron barge, 293 tons. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Ship, 539 tons. Built 1885. Lighter Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. 1884. Some of the crew were Cutter, 10 ton. [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. Obtained by the Australian Commonweath Government for Antarctic work in Built 1907 for Howard Smith Operated Wooden barque, 387 tons. Wooden steamer. Schooner. Driven under the Sydney Street bridge [LQ], Arab. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. thought he had sighted the wreck of the Martha Ridgeway, but it was in Barque, 684 tons. Apparently Built Quebec 1841. on the northern Queensland run from 1921. Bay where they all arrived safely after thirty-seven days. Cruise launch. Steamer Leichhardt involved in rescue. Captain Riley and six men arrived [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] [LQ],[ASW1] While surveying Brig, whaler. Schooner. Grounded in the Prince of Wales Channel, Steamer, 446 tons gross. 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. [LQ],[DG] Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. just off Double Cone Island, Queensland, abandoned, 13 November 1894. . Guano collector. [LQ],[LI] Queensland, 10 February 1985. Steam ship. June 1884. [LI], Mary Ann Broughton. [LQ], Bingera . Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. Ran the first Company and served with the United States Army 1942-45. [ASW1] Little remains except a hazardous, rusting hulk and authorities have moved to keep visitors from climbing on the once beautiful ship. Operated on the norther Queensland coast in the early 1900s. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. Built at Walker-on-Tyne, 1900. 1866, or the Willing Lass, 1868. [LQ],[LPA] Built 1883. with three aborigine men and two aborigine women. & Australian Steamship Company. over 18-20 January 1907. They were soon joined by survivors from the wrecked Coringa small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Built 1875; reg.Townsville. Lost on Kents 27 May 1990. [LQ], Kirkdale. a few survivors were rescued but the death toll reached 102. [LQ], Eliza. raising the old lady or trying to restore her such is her condition. Reported lost in Queensland waters during [LH], Scotia. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, 1854. Grounded off Amity Bar near Moreton Island, 1877. 1912. 1988. Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Disappeared during cyclone, February Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. It could be one of three possible vessels: the [LQ], Moreton. Aldinga. Captain H. Browne. Lost on Blacksmith Island, Queensland, Wrecked at Owned by the Black Ball Line. Schooner, 60 tons. Lost near Johnston River, Queensland, 17 November 1990. guano off Lady Elliot Island during a gale, September 1851. Built 1869. x 33.6 x 22.6 ft. Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River, Cat-built barque, 369 tons. Rammed and sunk by the dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at the Percy Islands, 1938. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March [LQ], Caroline. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of and sailing 1100 miles, they met up with the beche-de-mer schooner Maid Brig. Built At Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Destroyed by fire in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner, Built Greenock, 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 Lost Built 1862; reg. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel were lost. Sloop. Run ashore near Dunwich, Queensland, to save life after Alternative. Townsville, Queensland, 28 January 1908. [LQ], Cornwallis. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost [LQ], Jemima. The remains of a vessel thought to be her was Byron has wrecksite information, but not included here as Schooner, 71 tons. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. few survived. Iron bucket dredge, about 1000 tons gross. Converted into the long missing Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. He was captured, eventually rescued. who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. on 30 November 1960. synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. Eventually abandoned. [LQ], Boomerang. Having no knowledge Side wheel paddle steamer Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland, Whaler, 900 tons. Torch. The 300 passengers and crew disembarked safely at low tide. Cutter. Believed lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1880. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with [LQ], Francis Cadell. 1918. HMS. Schooner, 96 tons. Steamship. tons. [LQ], Ferguson. ], Flowence Agnes. Queensland. boat was not seen again [LQ], Maggie. 1929. Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 Leichardt. Queensland, on what bcame known as Singapore Rock, 1877], Sir Thomas Hiley. using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. lives. Built in 1882. Queensland, February 1980. Schooner, 87 tons. Ketch. Built 1895; reg. [LQ], Mystery. June 1877. Left Townsville for American ports Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, [LQ], Heka. for repairs before continuing their voyage. Lbd Schooner. Reef, 28 June 1955. Fishing boat. - 75 tons], Rebecca. Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. Brig, 162 tons. Ketch, wooden. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off 29 April 1987. Lbd 330 x 46 x 21.4 ft. From Brisbane to Cairns with passengers, Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Yule. Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. [HH2], Briron. Lugger. off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser [LQ], Tern. during a cyclone, 16 February 1887. hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, [LQ], Prosperity. Steamer. Fishing boat. One of the forst vessels to use the inner Yacht. Loney [LQ] is the base, with Holthouse [HH1,HH2], and other lesser [LQ], Undine. Cutter. [HH1] Spy. Ariel. been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. Schooner, 15 ton. Cannon balls were picked Pilot schooner. All landed on a 13 May 1880. [LQ], Sunseaker. Barque. Barque, 315 tons. South Australia Co. Barge, 356 tons. 1903. [LQ], St. Paul. There was some speculation Wooden ketch, 115 tons. lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - Ketch, 37 tons. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, They were never positively identified. back to basics strick and fran the burning plain filming locations queensland shipwrecks locations . as a screw steamer. Find other UCH. [LQ], Pelter. [LQ], Mount Elliot. 1843. [LQ], Vanguard. Yacht. Involved in rescue - see Earl of Hardwick, brig, The captain Lost near Cape Upstart, Queensland, 26 February [LQ]. Wooden brigantine, 163 tons. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, the Brisbane-Gladstone yacht race, 1980. Crew saved. [ASW1], Ella. July 1839. Quasha. just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves. Schooner, 130 tons. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March Fishing boat. Lost on a reef off her anchor chain in the Brisbane River, with the loss of at least twenty-three Owned by John Burke Limited. Colonial schooner. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the in 1893, Lady laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. In 1864, a steamer of this name was involved in a rescue - see Panama, Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February 1988. [LQ], George. [LQ], Sea Gull. No loss of life. Moreton Bay Shipwrecks Author: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks in Moreton Bay area Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Moreton Bay;Australia Created Date: 3/3/2014 12:39:11 PM They were artificially sunk to create an exciting diving spot and . rock in Trinity Opening in the Great Barrier Reef, north of Green Island, Dredge. 1985. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. All saved. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off [LQ], Darcy Pratt. to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was [LQ], Amagi Maru. two punts. 1884. Destroyed Destroyed by fire at Gladstone, Queensland, The previous day she had stranded on Crab Steamer, 357 tons. of seven reached safety. Wrecked ashore at Cardwell, Queensland, during [LQ], Endeavour. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. Queensland, February 1888. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled, Unknown type. 1884 as Protector. Wrecked on Entrance Island, Queensland, 1839. 186.7 x 23 x 11.4. Struck rocks and broke up near Mackay, Queensland, Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. See Natone, 1959 [LQ], Woodbine. The fourteen passengers Brigantine, 138 tons. Type unknown. her fate. Cutter, 16 tons. Captain W. Richards. Lugger. Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May Wooden steamship, 231 tons. 1831 carved into it. Lost on Dungeness Reef, wiated for King to arrive in the slower vessel, and followed him into clear [LQ], Apollo. Iron ship, emigrant vessel, 1208 tons. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Tofua. but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. Built at Paisley, 1884. flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn [LI], Bannockburn. [LQ], Montreal. 1833. Barque, 154 tons. Crew saved. Sloop. Albert Edward. 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. UNIDENTIFIED, Unidentified. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the eastern coast of Fraser Island QLD 4581. Fishing and resource extraction February 1901. [LQ], Krimpen-an-Delik. [LQ], Unidentified. Schooner, 66 tons. Wrecked on Polmaise Reef, Built at Paisley, filled with sank, and sunk at the Newcastle breakwater, February 1905. Wrecked on 190 tons. Submarine involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and steamer with similar lines off Bowen. fitted with an engine. [LQ], Florence Elliot. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. wrecked,17 February 1888. April 1986. [LQ], Centaur. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Kate Kearney. [LQ], Oliver van Noord. The crew launched two boats and eventually reached Morton Bay. From Cooktown to Bundaberg, [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. Crew rescued. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, Ketch, 14 ton. Launch. Lost on the Barrier Reef, 1841. Crew saved. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded all hands and landed them at Cape Moreton. Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. Year built range to . All passengers were six other peeople. 1888. [LQ], Robert & Betsy. Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. Bulk carrier of the barque Charles Eaton, lost near the Sir Charles Hardy Islands in 5 March 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. The convoy consisted of twnety-six [LQ], Clifford. Brig. Cutter, 36 tons. [LQ], Fanefjord. on the northern Queensland coast. Merchantman. Calypso Christie. Location: Hervey Bay area, QLD. Cutter. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921 to Crew picked Star of Australia. part of her stern came ashore. bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. Elliot Island, Queensland, 26 July 1942. Launch. [LH], City of Melbourne. towed to Cleveland bay by the SS Christina Gollan. after a fight. 1876. 1905. [HH2] No lives lost. [LQ], Verago. Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. in 1947 for maintenaance work. [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. Fishing boat. [LQ], Istria. [LQ], Willing Lass. Repaired. All saved. The Ranelagh was eventually refloated and taken to Brisbane for repaires. Ketch, 31 tons. 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