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Shipwrecks

AUCHD Id Vessel name Vessel type Year wrecked Wreck location
3024 Princeza Sailing vessel 1863 near the heads of the south passage, Moreton Bay
7983 Platypus Dredge 1926 South-eastern point of Peel Island
2575 Gullen Of Ayr Sailing vessel 1841 Mouth of the Nerang River, Southport
2116 Aarhus Sailing vessel 1894 Smith Rock (off Cape Moreton)
2130 Advance Lighter 1931 Petrie’s Bight, Brisbane River
2174 Ann Sailing vessel 1876 Redbank, Brisbane River (Stone 2006:46)
2199 Atlantic Motor vessel 1939 Flinders Reef
2200 Atlas Single screw steamer 1893 Brisbane River
2204 Aurora Sailing vessel 1853 Brisbane River Bar
2205 Aurora Sailing vessel 1855 South Passage (Moreton Bay)
2210 Bandicoot Motor vessel 1927 Dunwich, Moreton Bay
2215 Bard’s Legacy Sailing vessel 1872 Moreton Bay
2217 Barrabool Twin screw steamer 1886 Brisbane River
2222 Beatrice Sailing vessel 1896 North bank of the Brisbane River, just below Victoria Bridge
2225 Norman Barge 1920 Dunwich, Moreton Bay
2228 Bellinger Sailing vessel 1892 Stradbroke I
2231 Benowa Twin screw steamer 1888 Alongside Railway Wharves, River-terrace, near the Graving Dock, South Brisbane
2235 Bingera Single screw steamer 1961 Bishop’s Island
2251 Bonnie - D Unknown 1965 Off Southport
2271 Bunya Bunya Unknown 1863 Brisbane
2280 Caloundra Motor vessel 1937 Moreton Bay
2281 Cambus Wallace Sailing vessel 1894 Jumpinpin
2290 Captain Cook Twin screw steamer 1903 Sanitary Co.’s Wharf, Brisbane
2291 Captain Neilsen Single screw steamer 1964 Moreton Bay
2305 Centaur AHS Motor vessel 1943 off Cape Moreton
2317 Chesterfield Tug 1913 Brisbane River
2322 Normanby Single screw steamer 1927 Shark Spit, Moreton Island (the southern Shark Spit wreck)
2351 Coral Queen Sailing vessel 1870 South Entrance, Moreton Bay
2354 Cormorant Lighter 1956 Brisbane River
2359 Countess Of Derby Sailing vessel 1853 South Passage (Moreton Bay)
2363 Courier Sailing vessel 1854 Cleveland Point (Moreton Bay)
2370 Customs Launch, H. M. Motor vessel 1932 Brisbane River, opposite the end of Sydney Street, New Farm
2393 Fairlight Hulk 1930 Shark Spit, Moreton Island (the northern Shark Spit wreck)
2402 Dorshae Unknown 1966 Grounded off Cape Moreton
2422 Toondah Launch 1900 Cassim Island
2428 Eclipse Motor vessel 1937 Bremer River
2476 Eurus Sailing vessel 1884 Three miles from the Pile Lighthouse, Moreton Bay
2483 Everton Sailing vessel 1863 Between Ship Patch and the water holes on Moreton Island
2486 Experiment Single screw steamer 1848 Queen’s Wharf, Brisbane River
2492 Fanty Sailing vessel 1978 Mt. Ommany Reach, Brisbane River
2511 Flirt Sailing vessel 1889 Brisbane River
2516 Flora Sailing vessel 1889 Brisbane River
2517 Florant Motor vessel 1954 Moreton Bay
2537 Friends Sailing vessel 1862 Southernmost point of Moreton I
2544 George R. Crowe Sailing vessel 1887 Fisherman Island
2546 Gerd Heye Sailing vessel 1889 Wrecked off Moreton Island Sand Hills (6 miles north South Passage)
2566 Grace Darling Sailing vessel 1894 120m S, 80m E Comboyuro Point
2568 Grazier Single screw steamer 1948 Off Mud Island, Moreton Bay
2604 Hinemoa Sailing vessel 1896 Moreton Bay
2659 Jane Sailing vessel 1857 Inside the boat channel at the southern end of Stradbroke
2675 Jemima Sailing vessel 1893 Brisbane River
2696 Juno Sailing vessel 1857 Moreton Bay (Pilot Station)
2699 Kangaroo Single screw steamer 1889 Brisbane River
2700 Kansas Single screw steamer 1924 Musgrave Wharf, South Brisbane, Brisbane River
2705 Kate Side wheel paddle steamer 1890 Near Pile Lighthouse Run at the mouth of the Brisbane River
2717 Kenilworth Sailing vessel 1894 off Cape Moreton
2737 Lady Bowen Sailing vessel 1863 South Passage, Amity Point
2753 Lark Sailing vessel 1846 Moreton Bay
2759 Leichardt Twin screw steamer 1902 Brisbane River
2763 Leisure Hour Sailing vessel 1869 West side of Brisbane River bar
2792 M. L. L. F. B. 64 Unknown 1944 Brisbane River
2793 Mabel Launch 1905 Near the Colonial Sugar Refinery Co.’s wharf, Brisbane River
2808 Maida Sailing vessel 1900 Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
2811 Maori King Single screw steamer 1890 Barker’s Quarry, Brisbane River
2812 Marble Unknown 1912 Garden Point, Brisbane
2822 Marietta Dal Twin screw steamer 1950 Off Smith Rock, NE of Moreton Island
2823 Marina Sailing vessel 1860 Off Cape Moreton
2831 Fairmile 431 Sailing vessel 1946 100m east of Karragarra jetty
2843 Mary 1900 Railway Wharf, South Brisbane, Brisbane River
2844 Mary Ann Sailing vessel 1850 Moreton Bay
2848 Mary Evans Sailing vessel 1893 Bunya Walk, Brisbane Botanic Gardens
2866 Merkara Single screw steamer 1895 Shoal west of North Channel
2867 Mermaid Sailing vessel 1864 Near Cowen Cowen Point, Moreton Island
2884 Mississippi Unknown 1958 Between Southport and Jumpin Pin
2892 Moreton Single screw steamer 1934 Bishop Island, Brisbane
2897 Mount Elliot Lighter 1937 at the mouth of the Brisbane River
2898 Mount Kembla Twin screw steamer 1914 Opposite Bulimba Point, Brisbane
2906 Mystery Single screw steamer 1897 Southport Bar
2914 Nancy 3 Motor vessel 1923 Brisbane River, off Chelmer
2923 Nelson Sailing vessel Brisbane River
2933 Nirvana Unknown 1936 Upper reaches of the Brisbane River
2950 Orange Grove Sailing vessel 1888 Freeman’s Channel, Moreton Bay
2955 Outward Bound Unknown 1961 Off Cleveland
2969 Para Sailing vessel 1897 Brisbane River (end of Ferry St. , Kangaroo Pt)
2973 Pearl Single screw steamer 1896 Near Queens Wharf, Brisbane
2983 Perseverance Sailing vessel 1844 South Channel (Moreton Bay)
2993 Phoebe Dunbar Sailing vessel 1856 Amity Point (Moreton Bay)
2995 Phyllis Unknown 1963 Brisbane River
3004 Planet Unknown 1949 Moreton Bay
3029 Prosperity Sailing vessel 1902 Stradbroke I (Point Lookout)
3063 Roblyn Unknown 1975 North of Southport
3066 Roderick Dhu Lighter 1914 Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
3083 Rufus King Single screw steamer 1942 South Passage Bar, between Nth Stradbroke and Moreton Islands
3088 Salamander Sailing vessel 1868 Narrow Neck, Moreton Bay
3093 Sandringham Flying Boat Unknown 1952 Brisbane River
3097 Sarah Francis Sailing vessel 1884 Brisbane River bar
3103 Schnapper Sailing vessel 1863 Mouth of Brisbane River
3120 Settler Twin screw steamer 1885 Bulimba Ferry Landing, Brisbane River
3134 Sovereign Sailing vessel 1847 On the north side of the South Passage spit, and on the south end of Moreton Island
3142 Spunkie Sailing vessel 1888 off Cape Moreton (15 miles south of Cape Moreton [Brisbane Courier 16/07/1888:5])
3144 St Paul Single screw steamer 1914 Off Smith Rock, NE of Moreton Island
3167 Susan Francis Sailing vessel 1884 Mouth of the Brisbane River
3169 Swallow Single screw steamer 1855 17 Mile Rocks (Brisbane River)
3173 Sylvani Sailing vessel 1892 Brisbane River
3175 Tadorna Radjah Single screw steamer 1893 Brisbane
3182 Tanderra Unknown 1980 Aquarium Passage, Brisbane River
3187 Telstar Unknown 1964 Off Cape Moreton
3206 Torrenia Unknown 1947 Scarborough
3207 Transit Single screw steamer 1885 Brisbane River
3208 Triumph Sailing vessel 1866 Flat Rock (off Stradbroke I)
3223 Tyra Lighter 1879 Brisbane River
3282 Valkyrie Unknown 1980 South Passage Bar, Moreton Bay
3284 Huster III Trawler 1986 Near Flinders Reef north of Cape Moreton.
3289 Venus Sailing vessel 1855 Venus Banks/Freeman’s Chan (Moreton Bay)
3305 Waipara Single screw steamer 1909 Smith’s Rock off Cape Moreton
3310 Wanderer Sailing vessel 1848 Moreton Bay (Middle Head)
3313 Warrego Single screw steamer 1906 Wharf at the A.U.S.N. Co. workshop, Brisbane
3314 Warren Goddard Sailing vessel 1864 Near Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island
3319 Weeroona Unknown 1949 Moreton Bay
3320 Wendy Joy Motor vessel 1981 Off Moreton Island
3324 Why Worry Unknown 1953 Moreton Bay
3336 Wiluna Unknown 1975 Cape Moreton
3351 Young Australia Sailing vessel 1872 North Point, near Cape Moreton
7962 HMQS Mosquito Motor vessel 1913 Boggy Creek, Pinkenba
7963 Groper Dredge Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7964 Clara Unknown 1880 Entrance of the Brisbane River
7965 Pilot Chief - also known as the ‘Pirate Chief’ Unknown 1888 Scarborough Point
7966 Lorna Doone Sailing vessel 1888 Southern end of South Stradbroke Island
7967 Countess of Belmore Sailing vessel 1888 Brisbane River
7968 Yosemite Hulk Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7969 Queensland Single screw steamer Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7970 Schnapper Barge 1936 Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7971 St Kilda Sailing vessel Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7972 Badger Dredge Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7973 SS Dicky Single screw steamer 1893 Caloundra Head
7974 Lone Star Unknown 1883 “Lower end of the cutting through the Upper Flats”, Brisbane River (Marine Board Office 1883)
7976 Pelican Unknown 1937 North Stradbroke Island
7977 Fleetwood Barge 1948 off Cape Moreton
7978 Dana Marea 1965 Off Bribie Island
7979 Boyne Launch 1973 Off Bribie Island
7980 Loa Loa 1975 Off Cape Moreton
7981 Gayundah Twin screw steamer 1958 Woody Point, Moreton Bay
7982 Lucinda Side wheel paddle steamer 1937 Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7984 Avon Unknown Pumicestone Passage, between Bribie Island and mainland, just off Banksia Beach
7986 Unidentified Spitfire Creek Unknown On the eastern side of Moreton Island near Spitfire Creek
7987 Cormorant SS Unknown West of Bongaree, Bribie Island
7988 Unidentified Approaches to Brisbane River 1 Unknown Approaches to Brisbane River
7992 Unidentified Bribie Island 2 Unknown Located east of Bribie Island
7993 Hercules Hulk 1952 Off Myora, North Stradbroke Island
7995 Unidentified Bishop Island 1 Barge Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7996 Unidentified Bishop Island 2 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7997 Unidentified Bishop Island 3 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7998 Unidentified Bishop Island 4 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
7999 Unidentified Bishop Island 5 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
8000 Unidentified Bishop Island 6 Barge Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
8001 Unidentified Bishop Island 7 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton bay
8002 Unidentified Bishop Island 8 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
8003 Unidentified Bishop Island 9 Unknown Bishop Island, Moreton Bay
8009 Hopeful Single screw steamer 1930
8010 Hopewell 1933 Bulwer
8011 Kallatina 1935 Bulwer
8012 Mount Kembla Barge 1933 Bulwer
8013 Koopa Twin screw steamer 1960 Bulwer Island, Brisbane
8016 Dreamtime Sailing vessel 2001 50 -100m off the beach at Readers Point Moreton Island
8063 Boko Paddle steamer 1922 Aquarium Passage
11028 Lady Loch Hulk 1966 Dunwich, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Aarhus (1894)
·22 mins
The Aarhus, a Danish iron barque, sank off Cape Moreton in 1894 after striking Smith Rock while awaiting a pilot who never arrived, highlighting a tragic mix of navigational misjudgment and an under-resourced pilot service. Now resting 21 metres below the surface, the wreck has transformed into a protected underwater museum, offering divers a poignant glimpse into Queensland’s colonial past and the enduring consequences of maritime missteps.
Platypus (1926)
·9 mins
Shipwrecks Australia
The ‘Platypus’, a ship that was used for 42 years to dredge the harbours and tidal rivers of Queensland, was intentionally sunk in October 1926. This event took place on the southeastern tip of Peel Island, with the goal of creating a breakwater at the lazaret.
Princeza (1863)
·10 mins
Shipwrecks Australia
The brigantine Princeza, a three-masted ship of 141 tons, was completely destroyed when it attempted to enter the South Entrance to Moreton Bay. The shipwreck occurred on a Sunday 15th March 1863.