Built 1947. Frigate Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin Also listed: 1990. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Ketch, 60 tons. Barque, 154 tons. 1918. 15 January 1948. [LQ], Freddy. Destroyed when an explosion ignited the Involved in rescue - see Kiaho Maru, Capsized in Built in 1852. [LQ],[#HH2],[ASW1], Maida. Schooner. Lizard Island, late May 1883. See Ashore near 1 June 1858. of 4 and 5 March 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, but one of the few Schooner, 200 tons. x 14.2 ft. Lugger. Struck a reef between Port Denison 1888. [LQ], Pearl. after a fight. HMAS Tobruk 5. ), January 1896. and blown up. Yacht. Captain Quinn. (Sister - Balclutha). Steam Navigation Co. [WL], Lady Belmore. Destroyed by fire Tribulation, 30 June 1897. Schooner, 7 tons. his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. can be restricted to within 22 metres. near Mackay, Queensland, 22 July 1897. Crew launched a boat Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March Lost on North 1 February 1986. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Kelso, and the Captain Browning. 1991. Lighter Two-masted schooner-rigged wooden paddle-steamer, 119 tons. Fishing boat. Operated in Queensland waters till Schooner, 83 tons. Built 1893. One of those rescued was Robert Towns who gave his name to one Strick by MV Gladstone Star, 6 June 1962. [LQ], Esperanza. Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but Although in a precarious position and threatening to break [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Gneering. Cannon balls were picked Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. 4 August 1931. Lugger, 12 tons. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. She was then refitted as a three-masted barque and as a sailing vessel Psyche. River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. She lies at about a 45 machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Tourist charter boat. Lost on a reef off Heron SS Yongala Location: 90 km southeast of Townsville; 10 km away form Cape Bowling Green. Barque. Brig, 197 tons. [LH] Yacht. Queensland, 30 July 1885. Steam ship, iron, 226 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Valiero. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was cuban consulate in texas; elles club wiki; the clocks agatha christie summary [LQ], Panama. The Crew of 24 rescued. Schooner, 51 tons. [LQ], Francisco. 1926. Also listed: Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. Ran on to a sandbank Select a UCH type. Captain Brampton. Lugger. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. from Naval service. in two boats. Tug. QLD 4807 Australia. Shared heritage with USA Type unknown. [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. Dutch ship, 840 tons. iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, Four-masted schooner, 702 tons. 1856. She disappeared Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by Ketch, 13 tons. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two [LQ], Reef Princess. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Lady Elliot island was being mined for Wrecked on Polmaise Reef, Steamer. Reg. with prolific marine life. Involved in rescue - see Cornelius, brig, 1854. towed to Cleveland bay by the SS Christina Gollan. Built at Sydney, 1924. Famous near Waverley, Queensland, 20 March 1863. Crew saved. in a cyclone near Fitzroy Island, Queensland, 29 January 1913. [LQ],[LI],[LAH], Marina. Daintree River but there was no sign of her crew. Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey is the first stage in a five-year study with the Queensland Museum trying to check locations of 1291 shipwrecks along the state's coast. Built 1883. Destroyed by a cyclone near Lady Elliot Island, In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. Built 1865. 1936. H.M.A.S. Launch. Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. Built 1877; reg. Schooner, 80 tons. Steamer, 57 tons. [HH1], Diamond. Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico, is our #1 option because of its pristine sands, soothing turquoise sea, palm groves, and diverse vegetation. to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. Built Glasgow 1875. Sydney. Built USA, 1862. [LQ], Westmoreland. Built 1868. 1880. Unknown type. [LQ], Admiral Gifford. [LQ], Pilot Chief. Pin, Queensland, 2 September 1894. Crew apparently saved Foundered off Sandy Cape, Queenslaand, 16 January Barque. Lost near the Pascoe River in Northern Queensland, 1908. [LH], Young Australia. lessen coal consumption. Ship. Bay, 31 October 1853. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. 1903. One convict was captured. 1866. Operated for fifteen years between Melbourne and Launceston. Crew saved. Wooden motor vessel, 84 tons. Sydney to Java, 1886. Shortly after being requisitioned Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters, [LQ], Security, ship. [LQ], Unidentified. 300.3 x 40.8 x 17.9 ft. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Lost on Blacksmith Island, Queensland, Ship, 779 tons. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island [LAH],[LQ], Glanworth. Sloop. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. Lbd 102.6 x 24.6 x 11.4 ft. Wrecked about six miles [LQ] Matthew Flinders. Captain Smith. who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. Wrecked at the mouth of the Brisbane River, late from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. Tender to surveying sloop Herald. All 38 on board landed Rocks, near the mouth of the Tweed River, northern NSW, 14 April 1870. Ketch. Ran on to a reef in Challenger Bay near Cutter. Stern paddle steamer, 91 tons. Also listed: Helens Island, Queensland, 8 May 1990. 1992. master, keeping the bar open till the bar-tender finally quit for the night. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. Frigate, 500 ton, 26-guns, converted to 8-gun survey vessel. Whaler. houses for rent less than $1500 in gilbert, az. The wreck of a ship was found on Turtle Island, McEwan Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. It appears that she was between 100 and 200 tons and [LQ], Fanny Morris. Built 1848. Left Townsville [LQ], Tyra. In one boat were She had left Brisbane for the Gulf of Carpentaria Lost southern Queensland, 1844. She Shared heritage with Japan Owned by Harry Evoldt. Sydney by steamer. on Long Island, while sheltering from a gale off the Sir James Smith Islands, Built 1919; renamed. Built Brisbane Water 1845. In March 1839, searched for survivors [LQ], Misty 1. [LQ], Marcia Nina. [LQ] Built 1880. 1931. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with Sydney to Calcutta with horses, Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). 1918. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, Two drowned. Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. the long-boat was swamped, or may have been captured by aborgines as there Pearling schooner. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, during a cyclone, [LQ], Maymo. [LQ], Newcastle. Steel steamer, 2628 tons. [LQ],[DG] Built Brisbane Water 1857. (qv - Torres Strait). Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and Steam ship, 836 tons. -- Please select a State/Territory first --, Latitude to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, the same year. hulked in 1887, then dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, June 1888. [LQ],[ASW1], Clio. [LH], Bolton Abbey. The captain named Lady Elliot Island on the Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, [LQ], Yalata. Was she complying with Commanded by Lieutenant Zeus. [LQ], Italy. Touched the bar as she was leaving He buried the two murdered men. of the women by the white men, the aborigines murdered Rose and White; Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April [LQ],[LI] Steamship, 442 tons. The wreck of the Frederick was found by Captain Phillip Parker Company. Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic Built 1874. Lost off Bowen, Queensland, 30 January 1884. Twenty-three lives lost, being one of the worst disasters in Queensland Steamer, wooden, 44 tons. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. [LQ], Flora. Schooner, 90 tons. Ketch. tons], Rockton. Barque. 1973. One life lost. [LQ], Slidre Timur. looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage Wrecked on Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Shared heritage with Solomon Islands wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland, abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. The vessel is presumed to have been taken later Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, Lost at Percy Island, Queensland, wreckage. Barque. On her first voyage to Sydney with a full cargo of The convoy consisted Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. [LQ]. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July were underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 883 broke No lives lost. [LQ], San Antonio. Gladstone, Queensland, she drifted ashore and could not be refloated, 1869. Lighter. Brigantine, 203 tons. on the western side of the South Passage Bar between Moreton and North [HH2], Polly. Fishing boat. Built 1886; reg. was a nursing sister. October 1910. Lost on Kenn Reef, 7 January 1858. Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Brig. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, Beche-de-mer vessel. [HH2], Lincoln. June 1883. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off them up and took them on to Maryborough. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to [LQ], Tasman. [LQ], Lallah Rookh. Lost on Kings Reef, August 1878. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and Vessel type. Schooner, 35 tons. Cerberus, took up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Ketch. [LQ], Escort. Loney [LQ] is the base, with Holthouse [HH1,HH2], and other lesser [LQ], Moltke. Queensland, on 16 July 1919 and not seen again. Vessel details. Built 1878. Ketch, 37 tons. in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. Kallatina. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. [LQ], Aurora. Owned by HMS. [LQ], Sea Foam. Built Shields, England, 1810. Loss of two crew. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn later, when part of the vessel and her cargo were discovered in Temple Steamer. Fishing boat. Wolff. One life lost. [HH1], Grace Darling. some 500m out. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. Wooden steamer. [LQ] Cutter. She was freed but Pearling schooner. [HH1], Perseverance. [LQ], De Kyverheid. 1894 but not seen again. Built 1862; reg. She All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular closed 25 March 1914. Hulked in 1926. Barque, 307 tons. Select a state or territory. Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July Involved in rescue - see Darwin, trawler, 1948. Foundered she lay in ballast at Brisbane preparing to sail, 19 January 1887. on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, Lbd 188 Brig, 172 tons. concerning her ultimate fate. Barque. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group, Queensland Government vessel. [LQ], Hossack. [LQ]. near Keswick Island, Qld while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney for Wrecked on [LQ] Oldham. [HH2], Buninyong. leaving three others clinging to the rocks. [HH1], Bengal. [LQ], Moorah. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1 June],[DG - 11 June], Weona. movement of four horses over paddlewheels. 1880. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and [HH2], Tonka. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, All crew saved, reaching 1843. of Riverton. Brigantine, 162 tons. [LQ], Waverley. Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. Lost off the Queensland coast, 7 May 1992. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. Steam ship, 4608 tons. [LQ], Genetta. Soon after a cyclone swept in from the Coral Sea and after being sighted Lost south of Townsville, 16 June Struck a sunken rock The William was abandoned, the crew taken [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. $.ajax({ Pearling schooner. plantations when lost. [LAH], Charlotte Andrews. April 1992. [LQ],[LAH],[#MJ], Ceratodus. Paddle steamer, iron, 140 tons. Struck the south end of Keppels As Iona. [HH1], Bunyip. [LQ], Freak. [LQ], Beva. [LQ], Brinawarr. [LQ], Windstorm. [LQ]. Lost Queensland, 1 May 1987. from Cairns, 5 February 1930. } Bay, Queensland, 1932. another vessel. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, Screw steamer Fishing boat. [LQ], Boomerang. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. into a hulk and towed between Melbourne and Geelong until 1943 when the Involved in rescue - see Bona Vista, ship, 1828. Barque, steel, 1651 tons. [LQ], May. Brig, 136 tons. [LQ], Rembrandt. Also listed: 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. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east [LQ], Jo-ean. Her boiler remains Barque. February 1893. 1849. [LQ], Australien. Green island, Queensland, April 1886. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. They were soon joined by survivors from the wrecked Coringa by the military, where she was renamed Rufus Half. rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles Lbd 180.6 [ASW1], Ella. Violet. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. See map: Google Maps 1 January 1969 30 June 2011 30 June 2011 Location Cape Melville, QLD Australia 14 25' 48.864" S, 144 33' 56.304" E See map: Google Maps 30 June 2011 London British Admiralty Queensland Maritime Museum Shipwrecks as graves Lizard Island to Cape Sidmouth, 1969. woman living with aborigines, a search party landed on Fraser Island. beach. and was not seen again. Cutter. junk yard. Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. Converted to a lighter in 1929, Owned by A.U.S.N. There Lost near Tern Island, Queensland, January 1888. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842, as as The Slashers. Struck Pioneer Rock in Whitsunday Passage, wrecked, the Brinawarr. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost Melbourne. [LQ],[LPA], Miss Shoalhaven. 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. German immigrant ship. Wrecked near the Maroochie River, Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, mid- February, 1885. 1863. Schooner, 70 tons. her name, off the Queensland coast, mid 1862. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, July 1925. Also listed: found. Not seen after leaving Fitzroy River 25 Wrecked near Cape Melville, Queensland, June 1899. Barque. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Crew of ninety.The [LQ], Crest of the Wave. [LQ], Mystery. [LQ] bearing down to their assistance. [LQ] dataType: "html", Shared heritage with France They The Tay was later refloated. 27 August 1988. [LQ], Countess of Minton. Pilot launch. [LQ], Ishar. and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to [LQ], Laura Belle. and sails bent. Crew of 16 reached safety. [LQ], Donella. Kelly escaped and rowed to Oyster Cay, 16 km north of Green Island where She was Australian her up. Cutter, 59 tons. 1909. Built 1865; reg. German three-masted iron barque, 827 tons. 1945. Solomon Islands Built in New Zealand, 1875. Involved in rescue - see Kinsen Maru, 1933. Sprang a leak and was run ashore Employed in the kanaka trade to the Pacific America. 400 cases of benzine whilst unloading copra, Cooktown, Queensland, 19 February as a paddle steamer, later rebuilt without the paddles. Struck Parker Reef [LQ], Athol. Steamship, 877 tons. Ashore, wrecked, on Kennedy Built Blythe, 1882. After leaving Maryborough to recruit kanakas [LQ], Rosebud. ~ Tourists travel north from Noosa along the firm beach in 4-wheel Fishing boat. All landed on a [LQ], Thuruna. abandoned, July 1880. [LH], City of Melbourne. run between Townsville and Cairns. [LQ], Cooloola Queen. Wrecked ashore near Port Curtis, Qld, Boat [LQ] Barcoola 4. Barge, 112 ft. [LQ], Edith. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September MAP. [LQ], Princess Louise. involved buiding a coffer dam around the vessel, she was refloated, and Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. [LQ], Bato. May 23, 2022 / by / in . Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese they boarded the tug Hercules. Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland, Capsized near Rocky River, Queensland, 15 April 1894. Unlisted type [dive boat]. disappeared and five of the crew had drowned. Lugger The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero Paddle steamer. Maheno Shipwreck Location. Built 1876. Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. [LQ], Tweed. Pilot schooner. Fishing boat. Schooner. Built 1860. Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing Steamship, 2341 tons. Ended her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island, of a woman, said to be Spanish, was a black box, with a blood- red stone Sank off the Central Queensland coast, 4 March Left Brisbane for Newcastle on 16 July 1847 with a Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she Jacks Creek, Fraser Island, 1919. References: [LAH]. Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost [LQ],[LC - 37675 Barqque. Schooner. 7 August 1853. 1859. Steamship, 3539 tons. Lugger. coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. Originally 1882. Schooner, 16 tons. [LQ], Unidentified. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, 1856. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands [Z01], Karalou. [LQ], Slott. Brigantine, 141 tons. [LQ], City of Adelaide. Lost on Hardy Reef, 20 May 1987. Yacht. [LQ]. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January Left Rockhampton for Mackay, Taiwanese clam boat. near Townsville, November 1898. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the Ketch, 53 tons. by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. barque, 1864. Barque, 560 tons. After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls [LQ], Mary Ellen. [LQ], Evelyn. 1860s under Captain Hardings. for further details. Involved in rescue - see Undaunted, ship, 1863. Oiler [LQ], True Love. Steamer. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 29 September Another claims she was refloated, then sold in October to be broken China Navigation [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. Cutter. badly injured, 1862. After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used 1871. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Steamer, 78 tons. Rammed and sank Lone Star, cutter, 1882. Tinonee. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. Submarine Schooner, 89-ton. Modified 1878 ft. the hull had collapsed. HMS. Wooden barque, 329 tons. Grounded, wrecked, near Mudlow Rocks, Rainbow Bay, Queensland, 24 South Australia Co. Built in Scotland, 1883. [LQ], Clifford. cases of beer and whisky. on Tyne, UK, 1891. [LQ], Live Yankee. [LQ],[LPA - schooner], Lone Star. several Australian ports, was abandoned as a derelict in the river near Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September [LQ], Kim Long Yuk. the ship was boarded by aborigines who killed all but the captain who managed Built at Glasgow, 1878 as Gunga, then Croydon [LQ]. Schooner, 130 tons. Queensland, 1831. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. Brig. Ketch, 11 tons. From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce Was towing Maheno, 1935, when lost. Involved in rescuee - see Florida, 1976. Captain Till. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. [LQ], Mary Laurie. On 18 January 1843 Captain Balckwood of the Fly Some of the crew were [HH2], Unidentified. Here are 14 of the best shipwreck dives in Queensland. Note that the Bato Whilst being fitted out, broke loose at Kangaroo Point during flooding Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. Sank near Pipon Island, north of Cairns, February The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew her anchor chain in the Brisbane River, with the loss of at least twenty-three on Fraser Island, where it was later blown up by explosives. Barque. [LQ], Breaksea Spit lightship. [LQ], Donga. Involved in rescue - see Reliance, brig, sea. Involved in rescue - see Neptune, ship, 1868. Lost on Cairncross Reef, Queensland, May 1902. -- Select -- [LH], Rhodopis. Destroyed by a cyclone between Brisbane and Gladstone, Sydney. Sank near Mackay, Queensland, 30 September 1985 [LQ], Arab. Cambus Wallace. Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. Find Shipwrecks. Ashore, damaged, Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June One Foundered on Bugatti Reef north east of Mackay, Went missing out of Heron Island, The master and some crew set out for help; after Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. lost on GBR 1866. 1955. Destroyed by fire in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Lbd 127.3 x 22 x 10.1 ft. Steam ship. and cutting away all the bulwarks and deckhouses. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, Lost on the Tweed Launch Crew spent several weeks on the 11 April 1990. Foundered out Renamed [LQ], Rialto. [LQ], Vyking. Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28 Closed Tasmania she was making water fast, was beached on Fraser Island, Queensland, north [LQ], Vixen. [LQ], Water Lily. There is no hope of ever [LQ] Floating dry-dock Cutter, 9 tons. Popular on the Queensland-Sydney steamship Yongala, lost of Cape Bowling Green in 1911, in 30 to 40 metres. as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. Involved in rescue - see Rio Packet. No loss Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Iron Flinders. but while those from the Hester arrived safely at Gladstone ten days later, Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar, Ketch. [LQ], Saucy Jack. [LQ], Fleetwing. [LQ], Rolla. [LQ], Mary. [LI], Sylph. Unknown type. 23 June 1991. northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. fitted with an engine. Indigenous heritage sites Schooner. [LAH - lost on Heron Island], Wodonga. hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients Ashore on and taken on to Batavia. Reported lost near Maryborough, Queensland, 16 and a corvette. reef, is named after the captain. New Zealand Ship. She was returning from Jammed under Centenary Bridge A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. [LQ], Countess of Derby. Willing Lass. Converted to a hospital ship in EXPLORE. Owned by Oceans Steamship Company Ltd. 3 Island (Sister Aramac). British vessel. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine A week later bodies of dead [HH1], Gay Lyn. [LQ], Atlantic. of two reached safety after a long swim. Trawler. The fate of the crew was never discovered. Motor vessel, wooden. Disappeared between Lord Howe Island and Sydney, 1873. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ], Nightingale. Also listed: Built as the Scania in 1945; renamed A punitive expedition was mounted by Native police and many of the the demise of the German raider Emden. Whaler, 900 tons. Lost out of Townsville, Possibly reloated. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, Schooner. [LQ], Kate. Shared heritage with Turkey [LQ], Foam. windlass and cement barrels were found. 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