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Polmaise Reef Pinch Point
Polmaise Reef wrecks
Nationality: Various—mostly British, one German
Vessel type: Schooner, brigs, barques and a barquentine
Date lost: 1866-1900
Cause of loss: Foundering on coral reef
Number of Casualties: Unknown
Discovery date (if applicable):…
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Aboriginal people risk their lives to save the crew of the Rover
The Rover wreck exposed 1901
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Schooner
Date lost: 13 October 1841
Cause of loss: Anchored in wrong area
Number of Casualties: 11 buried
Discovery date (if applicable): N/A
Location/water…
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The Legend of the Kameruka pigs
Shipwreck crew from SS Kameruka
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Steamer
Date lost: 16th October 1897
Cause of loss: Ran aground on rocks
Number of Casualties: None
Discovery date (if applicable): N/A
Location/water…
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Loss without life
Zanoni Ship’s Bell at the Ardrossan Museum
Nationality: British
Vessel type: Composite barque
Date lost: 11 Feb 1867
Cause of loss: Sunk in a squall
Number of Casualties: None
Discovery date (if applicable): 1983
Location/water…
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An Unassuming Hero
Large framed painting of the three masted barquentine La Bella fully rigged. Painted by Phillip J Gray.
Nationality: Lyttleton / New Zealand (originally built in Tvedestrand / Norway)
Vessel type: Barquentine rigged. 406 ton iron and steel barque
Date lost: 10 Nov 1905 about…
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Japanese pearling mothership
Artefacts in-situ prior to excavation. Photo by Matthew Carter, November 2016
Nationality: Japanese
Vessel type: Motorised, steel mothership
Date lost: 10 July 1937
Cause of loss: Foundered in a squall
Number of Casualties:…
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Greyhound of the River
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Paddle Steamer
Date lost: 1955, 2008 & 2013
Cause of loss: Sunk (3 times) Boundary Bend, Euston & Morgan
Number of Casualties: Nil
Discovery date: Originally re-floated in 1998
Location/water depth: Morgan – under…
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They swum us to land, took us up to their camp, tended our wounds, wrapped us in their blankets…
Images from the North Stradbroke Historical Museum Collection
Nationality: British
Vessel type: Paddle Steamer two masted schooner rig of 119 tons
Date lost: 11 March 1847
Cause of loss: Rough weather, engine malfunction and lack of knowledge of the South Passage…
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HMS Sirius - flagship of the First Fleet
Five official expeditions to recover artefacts from the HMS Sirius wreck site were conducted between 1983 and 2002, this being the third large bower anchor raised from the site in 1985
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Built in 1780/81 at Rotherhithe. Originally named Berwick.…
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Live to Fight Another Day
Nationality: American
Vessel type: Naval - 4 funnel (stack) Destroyer
Date lost: 19th February 1942
Cause of loss: Enemy attack
Number of Casualties: 91
Discovery date (if applicable): 20th February 1942
Location/water depth: Darwin Harbour at a depth of 27…
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Mother nature takes control again
Point Stephens Lighthouse and Keepers Cottage and Island
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Steam Ship (Steel, Coastal Freighter) 518 tons built 1925
Date lost: 11 September 1929
Cause of loss: Violent gale East Coast low or cyclone
Number of Casualties:…
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Iron Baron
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Bulk Carrier
Date lost: 10/7/1995
Cause of loss: Ran aground on reef
Number of Casualties: Nil
Discovery date: N/A
Location/water depth: Hebe Reef, Northern Tasmania
The crew weighed anchor as the pilot approached. The ship’s Master positioned the ship for the Pilot to board as strong winds and a south flowing tide drew the ship…
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The Wreck that Shaped a City
Tasman Bridge, courtesy Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Date lost: 5 January 1975
Cause of loss: Collision with bridge
Number of Casualties: 12
Location/water depth: 34 metres
By splitting…
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Thar' She Blows
The Cheynes II under sail, returning from Heard Island (1983).
Nationality: English
Vessel type: Steamship
Date lost: 1992
Cause of loss: Broke its moorings in a storm
Number of Casualties: 0
Discovery date (if applicable):…
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Brier Holme: Out of reckoning – a navigational disaster
Brier Holme loading wool at Kings Pier, Launceston, Tasmania.
Nationality: British
Vessel type: Iron barque, 62.8 x 10.2 x 5.8m, 928 net tonnage
Date lost: 5 November 1904
Cause of loss: Uncertainty of position with poor visibility in stormy weather
Number of…
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Lost in mysterious circumstances
Postcard of the Loch Vennachar
Nationality: UK
Vessel type: 3 masted iron clipper ship
Date lost: September 1905
Cause of loss: Crashed into cliffs
Number of Casualties: 26, no survivors
Discovery date (if applicable):…
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Bloodshed Feared in the Night
PS Rodney with barges at Echuca Wharf 1890
Nationality: Australian
Vessel type: Side wheel Paddlesteamer
Date lost: 27th August 1894
Cause of loss: Burnt - set on fire
Number of Casualties: Nil
Location/water depth: NSW, Darling River, Moorara…
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The Unsinkable Admella
L Catalano -sketches. Logo used with permission for Admella 150th Anniversary Commemorations held 6-16 August 2009
Nationality: Built in Scotland
Vessel type: Steam Ship
Date lost: 5th of August 1859
Cause of loss: Attributed chiefly…
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The Centaur: from imposing to wreckage
Centaur memorial at North Beach
Nationality: Scottish
Vessel type: Iron Brig
Date lost: 9 December 1874
Cause of loss: Struck reef
Number of Casualties: None
Location/water depth: Marmion Marine Park - depth 7-9 metres
The…
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The day the lifeboat didn’t come
The entrance to Newcastle harbour was one of the most dangerous in the world. The Oyster Bank (a sand bank, despite its name) claimed dozens of ships.
Nationality: Australian (built in Scotland)
Vessel type: Collier, iron paddle steamer
Date lost: 15th July 1877
Cause of loss:…
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