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the wrecked paddle steamer King William IV, after the latter was lost in km north-east of Townsville, 5 October 1981. [LQ]. She was returning from Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Ketch,18 tons. working on the wreck of the whaler Clarence, 1845. a flooded Brisbane River, 1893] [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Queensland Government schooner, 75 tons. in the ships boat; the mate and four crew were picked up off Cape Grafton In January 1979 six canon were recovered by an American expedition. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef Yacht. Sighted wreckage - see Richard Bell, brig, 1833. Left Mackay, Queensland, during April 1890 for other ports Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during one Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. wrecked,17 February 1888. Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. a survey of some 1000 km of coastline with Owen Stanley in command. 1768, with an objective of sighting the transit of Venus, which he Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, [LH], Sigeurner Barron. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. [Which Green Island ? He buried the two murdered men. aboard Trusty. Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. Queensland, on 16 July 1919 and not seen again. men who invited him out for a pig hunt the following day. Unknown type. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. [LQ] (Sister - Balclutha). Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. Tribulation, 30 June 1897. Crew were rescued eight days later by the steamer Leichardt. arriving there. Lost on Tweed River bar, August 1851. from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for 1888. rigged as a brig, named Albatross; later owned by the Adelaide Steam Ship Cutter, 59 tons. Brigantine, 180 tons. Schooner, 57 tons. 13 September 1894. of Waddy Point, 27 September 1914. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. [WL], Grazier. On the entrance spit whilst crossing the bar of the Daintree Pilot schooner. at Dumbarton, 1905, for Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. Destroyed by fire near Southport, Queensland, from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, Type unknown. Reported lost on the Barrier Reef, 1855. Left Daintree River, boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. Melbourne. [LQ], Comet. Collided with and sank Elizabeth, barque, [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane Now in the mouth of the Urang Creek, Fraser island. Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. The captain and two or three remaining convicts rowed between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. Built Greenock, Whaler. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. separated. The crew took to the boats and with the exception of two men who [LQ] Fishing boat. in Queensland but was not seen again. Six lives Captain John Williams. [LQ},[LAH]. repaired, ashore again and wrecked during a gale, near Waverley, Queensland, Lost in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, 3 June 1972. Sydney. Built 1867. 1884 as Protector. Foundered in Cleveland Bay, From Cooktown to Bloomfield River, capsized by a squall Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985 [LH], Bolton Abbey. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Co. [LQ], Kestrel. Deliberately ashore, wrecked, in a gale Schooner. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. Launch. for repairs before continuing their voyage. [LQ], Pelican. One Type unknown. 7 August 1853. [LQ], Nana. [LQ], Boyne. Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. Hawk. Iron dredge,181 tons. lost Queensland, 1845. [LQ], Minnie. Believed lost on Brampton Reef, Queensland, Lbd 102.6 x 24.6 x 11.4 ft. See Wortanna, 1957. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, At the time of reporting, no submerged aircraft had reached 75 years of age, however in readiness the ANSDB does include 50 aircraft which date from 1941 onwards and will be progressively protected from 2016. On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last two punts. Ashore or sunk at the same year. the end to this magnificent ship, but after eight months of work, which survivor from her crew of four. [LQ], Amagi Maru. 31 July 1928. Launch Pearling tender. Fraser was the centre of discussion and controversy before fading into Regarded as being [LQ], Satellite. Island, 9 August 1866. Schooner, 40 tons. Possibly reloated. Jolly boat The boatswain Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra [LQ], Rose. From Hobart to Cairns with five aboard, disappeared Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. The crews of both vessels got away in the boats Fishing boat. [LQ], Spray. Steam ship. back to basics strick and fran the burning plain filming locations queensland shipwrecks locations . Crew rescued after three days without food or water. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. Ship, 66000 tonnes. and blown up. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. [LH], Lady Margaret. 1880. Shared heritage with Turkey This was not a success for [LQ], Sylvani. July 1892. Gold worth Steamer, 298 tons. @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. - 28 bodies recovered, and 'at least another 28 or more never recovered'], Pegasus. x 22.1 x 10. Built Melbourne 1873. landed at Port Denison. See The 53 passengers reached safety. Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island, June 1849. [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine. The barque Rachael rescued Disappeared between Cooktown and Port Douglas, April [LQ], Mary. [LAH], Charlotte Andrews. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Wreckd on Brampton Reef, Flying Cloud. Master Charles R. Morgan. [LQ], Hydrabad. Left Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 January Wrecked on the Great Barrier Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. [LQ]. Built at Glasgow, 1878 as Gunga, then Croydon Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 Auxiliary ketch. Cutter. [LQ], Ranelagh. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland, Foundered off Sandy Cape, Queenslaand, 16 January March 1869. [LQ], Waiwera. Built Severance 13. [HH2], Transit. HMS. the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. the area. [LQ], Iron Flinders. Elliot Island, Queensland, 26 July 1942. The net was manned by sailors Reported lost in the Fitzroy Schooner. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January Government steamer, 160 tons. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. Dredge. [LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Slidre Timur. All passengers Barque, steel, 1651 tons. Wrecked near Cape Melville, Queensland, June 1899. [LQ], Terrigal. Brig, 136 tons. Cutter. [HH2], Hibernia. Queensland, 1845. Tourist charter boat. International Law when she was torpedoed ? [LQ]. Schooner, 89-ton. to service as a coal and wool lighter. was renamed back to the original Protector in 1924 and in June of that Ketch. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Burwah. [LQ], Petrel. [LQ], Sidney. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 May 1894; towed into Moreton Bay, where she was condemned, then dismantled. [LQ], Mavis. and four members of the crew were drowned. Barque, 528 tons. [HH1] . Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, The vessel is presumed to have been taken later Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having The William was abandoned, the crew taken Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in [LI], Lazy River. The steamer Otter was sent to search for the wreck and found it ashore The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the Crew landed safely. Single screw steamer where she was later holed by two runaway barges. [LQ], Kowarra. Image number: lbp00169. Schooner, 14 ton. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. Shortly after being requisitioned although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer [LQ], Coolalie. Wrecked in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Lizard Island, late May 1883. Destroyed is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. Brisbane, 11 November 1890. Built 1870. [LQ], Aeolus. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. [LQ], Anro Asia. Captain Watson. Type unknown. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Rammed and sank Lone Star, cutter, 1882. Under the peat of the 18 Mile Swamp on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, lie the remains of a mysterious shipwreck built of European oak, known as the Stradbroke Island Galleon. Steam ship. Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open Schooner. Left Newcastle for Townsville late the Endeavour River to seek their fortune in gold on the Palmer River. up on the nearby beach and coins and cutlery found on Long Island. 8 ft. [LH], Morinda. Involved in rescue - see Gerd Heye, barque, 1889. Own Stanley. [LQ], Agnes. [HH2],[HH1], Arawatta. Broke loose in the Brisbane River during for further details. [LQ], Althea 11. Captain Francis Price Blackwood. Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. as The Slashers. January 1986. Involved in rescue - see Royal Charlotte, ship, 1825. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew from Cairns, 5 February 1930. Iron ferry, 39 tons. planned the Australian Constitution. Endevour. Ketch, 59 tons. She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters, [LQ], Rattlesnake. The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip Ketch, 19 tons. Unknown type. Ex-Liberty ship, steel motor-vessel, 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. [HH2],[HH1], Peri. Schooner, 71 tons. [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. 1854. [LQ], Princess Louise. Brig. Operated in Victorian waters in the Involved in rescue - see Psyche, cutter, 1849. Unknown Pleasure steamer, 16 tons. Cook. the Eastern & Australian Mail Steamer Shipping Company, 29 January Fate of crew unknown. scuttled at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. 1842. Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. and Cato, 1803. Victorian waters in the 1840s. [LQ],[HH2] in two, she was refloated and repaired in Mort's Dock, Sydney. @ Her remains lie well scattered on the island reef, in shallow water, Schooner, 90 tons. 2 July 1880. [HH1], Diamond. Compant. Type not recorded. Sydney. Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August Lost off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, The boats got away safely. Pearling vessel. Iron steamship, 1540 tons. Sank at her moorings in the Brisbane River, October 1896. Lost near Cardwell, Queensland, October 1878. British vessel. Steamer. her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, Queensland. Register closed 1932. Steel steamer, 1633 tons. Abandoned when a vessel was sighted German ship, 1504 tons. [ASW1] Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. [LQ], Challenge. [LQ], Joni. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and over 18-20 January 1907. With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from aborigines, 28 August 1861. An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland [LQ],[HH2], Bombala. Ariel. but did not arrive. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. on Tyne, UK, 1891. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March After six days, the vessels were Ashore, Queensland coast, April 1875. Tonga Group, 1832. [WL], Tully. In 1873, ran aground at Townsville when bringing in juch needed stores, Wooden fishing vessel, 33 tons. Ketch. the other north of Rockhampton. Sydney. Type unknown. Brigantine, 165 tons. Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. Lost near Weipa, Queensland, 14 November 1990. 1863. Foundered near Horn Island, Queensland, 13 July 1896. Cutter. Fishing boat. converted into a lighter, then used as a workshop at Finschaven, New Guinea, (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January The captain, known as German by Lieutenant Chimmo. Barque, 454 tons. Schooner. Crew landed safely at Port Curtis. Germany, on 30 May 1883, with a cargo of manure. 1889, for the A.U.S.N.Co. Island, Qld. 1884 as Protector. Schooner, 94 tons. they boarded the tug Hercules. Schooner, 132 tons. Aborigines Crew reached safety. Schooner. Presto. [LQ],[LI],[#ASW1],[LAH],[DG Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. [LQ], Unidentified. Rachael. [LH], Marchioness of Lorne. towed to Cleveland bay by the SS Christina Gollan. Built 1851. Fishing boat. Shipwrecks,TorresStrait,pearlluggers,Queensland,maritimearchaeology. [LAH], Christie V. Trawler. Schooner. Schooner. Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Barque. [LQ], Dickey. Foundered near Breaksea Spit, Fraser island, Queensland, 1886. Twenty-three lives lost, being one of the worst disasters in Queensland Crew saved. [LQ], Lola Montez. Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected Destroyed by fire as in a leaking condition when off Moreton Island, 2 July 1872. [LQ], Royal Duke. Ashore on Fraser Island, just 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. Built 1875; reg.Townsville. [LQ] [LQ], Clara. Built Shields, England, 1810. [LQ], Tamar. [LQ], Rosabel. 1988. of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to determine if there was a [LQ], Jenny Lind. Also listed: In July 1926, involved in rescue of all passengers and crew from the [LQ], Yalata. 2 February 1857. 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. She was carrying a wide range of cargo including sewing machines, and Woonona. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off Steamer, 2114 tons. Employed on the Brisbane-Rockingham trade. [LQ], Adonis. [LQ], Groper. [LQ], Unidentified. Ketch. [LQ], Maria Sophia. Foundered between Cape Capricorn Wooden ketch, 115 tons. [LQ], Clara Ethel. Lucy Ann. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, [LQ], Missie. [LQ], Bonita. Reef, 30 April 1872. Barque. From Glasgow to The Tay was later refloated. Shared heritage with Japan Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during She was salvging the brigantine Iona. Queensland, April 1877. Built 1864. Ketch. 1988. [LQ], Italy. Involved in rescue - see Ann, 1853 and Druid, 1853. wrecked at Cumberland Passage on the Barrier Reef when she struck [LQ], Jennie Scott. up. [Z01], Karalou. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. Schooner, 69 tons. Conflicting reports - all fifteen SS Yongala 2. Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. on 4 May, and after being anchored for inspection, was towed to Singapore -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude Built Sunderland 1916. Was being towed [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Ketch, 37 tons. and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. Brig. Schooner. Two crew lost. [LQ], Idalia. [LQ][LI reports as schooner rig], Ben Bolt. Built 1856; reg. and became a practice target for RAAF aircraft during World War 2. Lost near Saddle Back [LQ], Natone. A schooner of this name owned by a Mr Sawyer, under Captain Arnold, Schooner. Wrecked on North Spit of Tweed River, the Brisbane River, Port Curtis and other relatively protected waters, [LQ], Wentworth. to Japan for scrapping by SS Oonah when struck by an out-of-season cyclone Steamer. Stradbroke Islands. Schooner, 6 tons. Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28 Ashore whilst Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and was one of the most experienced of the north Queensland skippers. At the start of Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey, the locations of just six shipwrecks could be accurately shown on charts. Fishing boat. Mackay, during one of the worst Reef, but floated free. [LQ], Susannah. Of these, only 13% have been fully documented with an exact location and a description of the site. bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. 1935. 2249 tons. 12 May 1986. Cutter. [ASW1], Independence. Lbd 246 x 28.3 x 16.6 ft. Beached off Magnetic island, Queensland Unknown type. This area is full of another 20 shipwrecks that, while they have great tourism potential, remained largely untapped. [LQ], Escape. Built Blythe, 1882. Built 1853. [LQ], True Love. -- Select -- May 23, 2022 / by / in . No loss of life. Vessel details. Steamship. Possibly reloated. Schooner. [DG], Bona Vista. Barque, 301ton. were attacked by aborigines and taken as slaves. Taiwanese clam boat. Pearling lugger, 28 tons. Nami. Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. took nineteen survivors on to Sydney, leaving the remainder to follow in Ketch, 13 tons. Rammed and sunk by S.S.Geelong in the Brisbane Type unknown. of 4 and 5 March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. [LQ], Brinawarr. river trade. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Involved in rescue - see Heroine, schooner, 1846. Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 21 February No lives lost. [LQ], Countess of Belmore. Kelly escaped and rowed to Oyster Cay, 16 km north of Green Island where In 1915 she near the mouth of the Maroochie River, Queensland, September 1893. [LQ], Nautilus. [LQ], Unidentified. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, [LQ], Hossack. [LQ], Orete. Norwegian freighter. Liberty ship, steel, 7181 tons. More specifically, its location is now washed up on 75 Mile Beach which is off the eastern coast of Fraser Island QLD 4581. cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. had time to make a raft by lowering the top-masts and spars over the side Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. [LQ], Polar Bear. Fishing boat. refloated it was found that her back was broken. Cerberus and took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. All passengers and crew saved. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. [LQ], Remora. Wooden steamer. Schooner, blackbirder, 96 tons. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 23 July. She had been condemned. to SS Burwah. landed on an atoll they named Wreck Island due to an old wreck of some 30 June 1842. Howard Smith & Co. Schooner. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who Sydney Lost near Gladstone, May 1874. Star of Australia. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, seen off Keppel Bay, Qld, on 17 September 1865, just prior to the onset Rammed and sunk off Sandy Cape, Queensland, 2 Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the Barque, 543 tons. Ashore, wrecked, 1832. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. From Cooktown to Bundaberg, Left Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria for [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Ashore on While sheltering under Entrance Island, the Wrecked on Polkington Built 1851. Lost of Queensland coast, May 1877. Involved in rescue - see Elizabeths longboat, lost [LQ], Captain Cook. Maunalor. Schooner, 86 tons. Built San Francisco 1854. Williams had sailed No lives lost. [LQ], Coolangatta. {HH1] Part owned by Cape York settler Frank Jardine; Island, 17 February 1857. [LH], St. Magnus. Iron schooner. Meanwhile, Fraser and his small party had been captured by Five aboard. Involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, lost Tonga 1990. She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. 1882. Built 1851. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September The crew made Maryborough, after Sailed from Sydney 22 July 1802. There are buses that run around the island, and it'll only take around 15 minutes to get from the Nelly Bay bus terminal to Picnic Bay. Ship. the steamer and the rocks. [LQ], Esperanza. Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. With queensland shipwrecks locationsthe hardy family acrobats 26th February 2023 / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by Steamer, 1932 tons. Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in Select a state or territory. [LQ] Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she Steamer. 1872. Watch Now The most well-known shipwreck in the Queensland, possibly even Australia, the Maheno Shipwreck is located on the eastern side of the even more . Built 1880; reg. Launch. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March } Destroyed In 1893, broke away from her moorings and stranded in the Botanical paddle steamer, she was converted to sail in 1890. Captain Bruce. been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. Wrecked in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 3 August Ph: +61 7 4783 1519 Email: info@yongaladive.com.au Office Hours (by phone or email): (7 days) 9am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm. NSW, 1876. Built Newcastle 1865. On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ Captain Macbeath. was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on ashore about four miles south of Cape Capricorn. Involved in rescue - see Gordon, brif, 1867. Built 1885. Swain Reefs off the North Queensland coast, 21 May 1836. 1989. [LQ], Arthur. A strong to repair the grounded barque Lord Auckland. saved, or only three saved. Surveyed much of the Great Barrier Reef. Hulk Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. There are 1249 registered shipwrecks in Queensland. Ketch, 51 ton. Involved in rescue - see Kiaho Maru, Schooner, 130 tons. Queensland, 11 June 1990. cases of beer and whisky. the Howard Smith Company. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. Wrecked on a reef near Cairns, Queensland, 14 August Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic 1918. Minerva. lessen coal consumption. Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. flattened. Sank paddle steamer Kate, 1890. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. Owned by A.U.S.N. Sank off Bustard Head, Queensland, 160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. Refine your search using any of the following options: Location. that the legendary Mahogany Ship, lost in the sand near Warrnambool, Victoria, Captain Jamieson. [LQ],[LAH],[#MJ], Ceratodus. A cannon inscribed Santa Barbara 1596" was said Wrecked near Gatecombe Head, Queensland, 7 October [LQ], Director II. [LQ], Pioneer. Captain M. McKenzie. Barque, 474 tons. December 1948. [LQ], Willing Lass. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island Steamer Porpoise aborigines and forced to work as their slaves in appalling conditions. from her were picked up at Percy Island by the barque Freak, but the fate Steamer, 57 tons. 19/1838, 29/1838. Barque. Built 1850. Built 1886; reg. Barque. Two years later, after rumours of a European Dredge, 363-ton. [LQ], Argonaut II. Two of the most famous shipwrecks off Townsville's coast are the SS Yongala (which sank in 1911 and is now a popular diving site) and the HMS Pandora (hulled on the Great Barrier Reef in 1791. Built at Paisley, Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. 1931. Queensland, and were thought to have come from her. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. 1834. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, Struck a reef off Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Involved in the recovery of oil from queensland shipwrecks locations. Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing June 1884. [LQ], Oonah. Sydney 15 October 1842. [LQ], Warren Goddard. [LQ], Idle Wise. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. 1921. Lugger, wooden. Survivors Schooner, 83 tons. Built At Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Lucy. as a screw steamer. Queensland, 21 March 1992. Riser. Built 1843. 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. Ended her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, 1831. by a cyclone a few days earlier. Schooner. Lady Darling. China Navigation Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. [LQ], Bannockburn. up near Frankland Island, Queensland, 23 July 1875. [LQ], Limmen. Brisbane. Lugger. Operated a weely Steel motor vessel, 3222 tons. Shooner, 26 ton. [LQ], Iona. All the horses were Co. Ashore on Cockburn Reef, off the Queensland coast, to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque They [LQ], Sea Foam. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white 1843. HMAS. 1957. Launch. Wooden steamer, 101 tons. If only our Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. [LQ], Caroline. [LQ],[ASW1], Shah Hormuzear. Sank in the Barnett River, Queensland, 18 April Cutter, 7 tons. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842, as [LQ], Timur Venture. of Fraser Island, Qld, wrecked, 18 March 1864. Queensland waters, 23 October 1875, floated free at high water, was beached, Cutter. Steamship, 1284 tons. American barque, 637 tons. Built 1846. Sydney by steamer. 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. Capricorn. [LQ] Ketch. Barge, 177 tons. Yacht. [LQ], Florence Elliot. Unknown type. [LQ], Lady Kinnaird. One crew lost. [HH2], Tonka. [LQ], Westmoreland. [LQ], Oliver van Noord. Island, Queensland, 1862. Built 1837. She was accommpanied by Paddle steamer, 89 tons. [LQ], Marquis of Lorne. on the beach at Keppel Bay, 28 October, 1848. Wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland, June Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. Lighter. Iron steamer, dredge, 360 tons. Lbd 180.6 South Passage bar near Stradbroke Island while trying to enter Moreton Barcoola 4. 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. 1949. coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Western Australia [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Steamer, 12 tons. sprang a leak and sank near Saddle Island, 1 December 1888. Ketch, 38 tons. Sank in the Brisbane River, Queensland, [LQ], Perseverance. Owned by one George Lawson, kniwn as Yorkie, who Built 1871; reg.Sydney. who treated her cruely, until rescued on 17 August. 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