List of shipwrecks of Australia
This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia.
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New South Wales
Norfolk Island
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Sirius | 19 March 1790 | A warship, and flagship of the First Fleet, that ran aground on a reef near Kingston. The crew were stranded on Norfolk Island for nearly a year. |
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Aagot | 11 October 1907 | A sailing ship that was wrecked on Wardang Island. | |
SS Admella | 5 August 1859 | A passenger ship that ran onto a reef off the Carpenter Rocks, with 89 lives lost including 14 children. | 37°52′47″S 140°21′3″E / 37.87972°S 140.35083°E |
Albatross | 13 March 1913 | A ketch that struck Eclipse Reef, off Wardang Island, during a gale.[2] | |
Edith Haviland | 1877 | A brig that was wrecked on the Carpenter Rocks. | |
Eleni K | November 1966 | A screw steamer deliberately sunk to make an artificial reef between Goat Island and St. Peter's Island. | |
Ellen | 12 December 1908 | A freighter/trawler that was wrecked in Gulf St Vincent at Morgan’s Beach. | 35°35′46.5″S 138°06′07.6″E / 35.596250°S 138.102111°E |
Fanny | 22 June 1838 | A schooner that was blown ashore near Cape Jaffa, Kingston District Council. | |
SS Ferret | 14 November 1920 | A steamship that was fraudulently taken from its home in Scotland, and arrived in Victoria six months later. The conspirators were caught and charged, but the ship remained in Australia, eventually running aground off Cape Spencer in a storm. | |
Frances | 29 August 1840 | A cutter that was wrecked in the Neptune Islands. | 35°33′00″S 136°12′00″E / 35.55000°S 136.20000°E. |
Gloridia V | 12 March 1977 | A cray-fishing boat that was wrecked in the North Neptune Islands. | |
Geltwood | 14 June 1876 | A barque that struck a reef near the town of Southend. | 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E / 37.62667°S 140.18083°E |
Grecian (barque) | 13 October 1850 | A barque that sank in a gale off Port Adelaide, one man drowned.[3] | |
Hougomont | 8 January 1933 | A barque that was scuttled as a breakwater in Stenhouse Bay. | |
Investigator | 24 April 1917 | A steamship that sank in rough weather southwest of Wardang Island.[2] | |
Koenig Wilhelm 11 | 30 June 1857 | A barque 800 tons that was wrecked off Robe, off with the loss of 16 crew after unloading 397 Chinese passengers for the Victorian goldfields. | |
Lady Kinnaird | 21 January 1880 | A barque that ran aground off Port Neill. | 34°7′48″S 136°21′36″E / 34.13000°S 136.36000°E |
Loch Sloy | 24 April 1899 | A barque that was wrecked in the Brothers Rocks, off Kangaroo Island. | |
Loch Vennachar | September 1905 | A clipper that sank off Kangaroo Island with the loss of 27 lives. | 35°53′05″S 136°32′00″E / 35.88472°S 136.53333°E |
Macintyre | 1 April 1927 | A schooner that was wrecked on a reef off Wardang Island. | |
Maria | 1840 | A brigantine that was wrecked off Cape Jaffa, Kingston District Council. | |
No 5 dumb hopper barge | April 1984 | A hopper barge that was scuttled in Gulf St Vincent. | 34°31′S 138°03′E / 34.517°S 138.050°E |
Notre Dame d'Avor | 20 March 1920 | A barque that ran aground on Wardang Island. The wreck was gutted by an accidental fire the following May.[2] | |
Postboy | 1905 | A schooner that was wrecked at Arno Bay. | 33°55′12″S 136°34′12″E / 33.92000°S 136.57000°E |
Saint Michele | 30 March 1965 | A fishing boat that was wrecked on South Neptune Islands. | |
Santiago | 19 August 1945 | A 3 masted barque abandoned in the Garden Island Ships' Graveyard near Port Adelaide. | 34°48′36″S 138°32′24″E / 34.81000°S 138.54000°E |
Songvaar | 14 April 1912 | A Norwegian cargo ship that sank near Wardang Island when its hull was pierced by one of its own anchors. The wreck was eventually blown up as a shipping hazard.[2] | |
Star of Greece | 13 July 1888 | A cargo ship that was wrecked in a storm off Port Willunga. | |
South Australian | 8 December 1837 | A brig-sloop and former RN vessel (the HMS Swallow) that was wrecked at Encounter Bay. | 35°34′48″S 138°36′00″E / 35.58000°S 138.60000°E. |
Varoon | January 1856 | A cargo ship that was wrecked twenty miles west of Cape Northumberland. | |
Water Witch | 5 December 1842 | A cutter which sunk whilst moored in the River Murray at Moorundie, South Australia. | 34°24′0″S 139°37′12″E / 34.40000°S 139.62000°E |
Venus | 14 June 1946 | A cutter that was wrecked in the North Neptune Islands. | |
Zanoni | 11 February 1867 | A barque which foundered during a squall in Gulf St Vincent. | 34°30′43.8″S 138°03′48.4″E / 34.512167°S 138.063444°E |
Tasmania
See also: Shipwrecks of Tasmania
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Actaeon | 28 October 1822 | A ship that was wrecked in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. | |
The Brothers | 25 June 1816 | A schooner that was driven ashore near the Kent Group. | |
Cataraqui | 4 August 1845 | 400 lost when wrecked on King Island. | 40°1′37.7″S 143°52′49.6″E / 40.027139°S 143.880444°E |
Campbell Macquarie | 10 June 1812 | A ship that was wrecked off Macquarie Island. | 54°37′S 158°52′E / 54.62°S 158.86°E |
Daphne | 26 October 1818 | A brig that was wrecked off East Island. | |
Enchantress | 16 July 1835 | A barque that struck the rocks about half a mile off the western shore of Bruny Island.[4] | |
George III | 12 March 1835 | A convict ship that sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. | 43°31′S 146°59′E / 43.51°S 146.98°E |
Hebe | 15 June 1808 | A ship that struck a reef off George Town. | 41°03′42.92″S 146°45′18.90″E / 41.0619222°S 146.7552500°E |
MV Iron Baron | 10 July 1995 | A bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef off George Town, causing an oil spill. It was refloated and scuttled off Flinders Island. | 39°13′S 149°08′E / 39.22°S 149.13°E |
TSS Kanowna | 18 February 1929 | One of Tasmania's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait. | |
MV Lake Illawarra | 5 January 1975 | Bulk carrier wrecked in the River Derwent, with 12 lives lost. | 42°51′52″S 147°20′45″E / 42.86444°S 147.34583°E |
Nella Dan | 24 December 1987 | An icebreaker that ran aground off Macquarie Island, and was subsequently scuttled. | |
Netherby | 23 July 1866 | A full-rigged ship that ran aground off King Island. | |
Neva | 13 May 1835 | A convict ship that sank off King Island, with about 225 lives lost. | |
Phatisalam | 9 July 1821 | A ship that ran aground on Hunter Island. | |
Sydney Cove | 9 February 1797 | Sank at Preservation Island with no loss of life. | 40°29′S 148°04′E / 40.49°S 148.07°E |
Victoria
See also: Shipwreck Coast
Western Australia
See also: Shipwrecks of Western Australia
See also
References
- ↑ "The Lady Bowen Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef". Calypsodive.com. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "South Australian shipwrecks", Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks.
- ↑ "Loss of the Barque "Grecian".". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Tasmanian shipwrecks", Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks.
- ↑ "Wreck of the Bittern". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 15 May 1885. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Further reading
- Loney, J. K. (1993). Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. Oceans Enterprises. ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.
- Bateson, Charles; Reed, AH; Reed, AW (1972). Australian Shipwrecks - Vol. 1 1622-1850. Sydney. ISBN 0-589-07112-2
- Loney, J. K. (1980). Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871. Sydney.
- Loney, J. K. (1982). Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900. Geelong, Vic: List Publishing.
- Loney, J. K. (1987). Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986. Portarlington, Vic: Marine History Publications.
- Loney, J. K. (1991). Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986. Portarlington, Vic: Marine History Publications.
- Christopher, P. (2009). Australian Shipwrecks: a pictorial history. Axiom Publishing. Stepney, South Australia. ISBN 978 1 8647658 8 5 Reprinted 2012.
- Hogarth, Christine (1985) Navigators and Shipwrecks: Australia's heritage in stamps. Melbourne: Australia Post
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