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Until 1825, all Australian territory east of the 135th meridian was known as New South Wales. The establishment of other colonies and territories since that date reduced its area until  1915, after the transfer of part of Jervis Bay (the naval base) to the Australian Capital Territory. It should be noted the other listings, refer to vessels lost off the current political boundaries. The region around present day Sydney, on Port Jackson, was the first to develop as a free settlement. Before 1830 the majority of white immigrants arrived as convicts, some 77,000, but thereafter the colonial government, based at Sydney, encouraged free settlers by offering land grants and subsidised passage, most to Sydney.

The gold rush of 1850 brought a new wave of immigration, and in the decade of 1850-1860, 602,000 hopefuls arrived in the sunburtnt country. Victoria benefited more from this period, but in the period 1861 to 1900, NSW gained 300,000 more immigrants than did Victoria. And they, of course, came by ship. The favoured route from the United Kingdom and Europe was by way off Cape of Good Hope, through Bass Strait after its discovery in 1798, east along the Gippsland Coast, turning north at Cape Howe for the home stretch along the New South Wales coast, and in to Port Jackson. The danger section was making into Bass Strait, and if that was successful, rounding Cape Howe and Green Cape, and finally, entering Port Jackson.

Needless to say, there are many more immigrant sailing vessels lost on the Victorian and King Island coastlines than along the southern New South Wales coast. But of course statistics are no conssolation for the pool souls lost on the Ly-Ee-Moon at Green Cape, or the Dunbar near Port Jackson heads. This listing contains over two thousand entries - and that does not include the losses at Port Jackson and Newcastle (separate listings). So why so many wrecks? A cursory glance will see  that many vessels lost were coastal traders within New South Wales ports, many assisting the development of northern towns such as Newcastle, Port Stephens, Port Macquarie, Coff Harbour, Byron Bay and finally Tweed Heads on the border of Queensland. To the soyth, coastal traders serviced Wollongong, Jervis Bay, Ulladulla, Batemans Bay, Narooma, Bermagui, Tathra, Merimbula and Eden. Many of these steamers were lost. Add to that the number of 'interstate' steamers, the larger vessels linking the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, many with coal out of Newcastle, and you can start to appreciate why New South Wales has the most shipwrecks off its coast.

It is an interesting, if superficial, observation that when talking to New South Wales wreck divers, they tend to speak of wrecked steamers, whilst Victorians have a greater propensity for sailing ships. It is also interesting to note that until 1813, private construction of vessels of such a size as to be capable of going to sea for anything more than a pleasant day trip was banned, a regulation designed to prevent the escape of convicts and the monopoly rights of the British owned East India Company. This restricted vessels to smaller construction suitable for inland waters and short coastal distances. Once restructions were lifted, Sydney, and later Newcastle, developed major shipbuilding industries, so most of the vessels built in Australia commenced their maiden voyages from these ports. By the ealy 1930s road and rail transport drastically reduced the movement of goods and pasengers by sea, and when World War 2 broke out many of the coastal steamers were requisitioned for naval work. Several vessels, requisitioned or not, were subsequently sunk or damaged by mines off the NSW southern coast.

Note also that the majority of lives  lost in Victorian and Bass Strait waters occurred in the second half of the 19th century, whereas the most lives lost off the NSW coast was in the first half of the 20th century, from the loss of steamers. The maritime history of New South Wales is a fascinating subject.

References.
New South Wales is very well documented. The main comprehensive listing is arguably the Shipwreck Atlas of New South Wales [SAN], however it provides few details on the vessels documented. The basis of this listing is Loney [LN], with excellent regional data from Gleeson [MGS, MGV], Berry [GB], and Richards [MR].  Bateson [AS1], Noble [NH], Gregory [DG], and Lawson [WL] are also significant. Byron [BNS, BNN] provides information on the current status of many wrecks.

Please note:  [ASW1] = [AS1]

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A.H.Badger. Wooden barque, 337 tons. Built Maine, USA, 1858. From Newcastle to Adelaide, sank following a collision with he paddle steamer Nevada, in the Tasman Sea, 16 October 1871. The Nevada continued on her way, leaving the hapless crew of the barque to abandon ship with their vessel holed beneath the waterline. They were picked up by the barque Alice Cameron. [LAH]

Abbey. Wooden schooner, 90 tons. #31803. Built Great Britain, 1853; reg. Sydney 52/1867. L 74.1 ft. Captain Crockett (in 1865). Lost in gale 5 km north of Crowdy Head, NSW, 15, February 1868. [LN],[LPA],[SAN - brigantine]

Abby Palmer. Barque. American owned. Nearly onshore at Ben Buckler Point, Coogee, NSW, when an attempted salvage by the tug Hero resulted in the tug smashing into the barque’s stern, damaging her rudder, 31 July 1905. The tug eventually towed the barque to safety. [MGS]

Abersea. Collier. Collided with the steamer Tyalgum off Norah Head, NSW, 5 May 1932. Both vessels received considerable damage. [MR]

Ability. Wooden ketch, 48 tons. #74975. Built Sydney 1878; reg. Sydney 37/1878. L 67.9 ft. Ashore and lost at Foster, (Cape Hawke), NSW, 1 May 1897.In June 1890, ashore at Foster, NSW.  [ASR],[LN],[SAR]

Absalom. Wooden ketch, 25 tons. #32407 Built NSW, 1853; reg. Sydney 170/1853. L 48.5 ft. Lost on the Macleay River bar, NSW, 27 April 1863.  [SAN]

Acheron. Government survey vessel. Captain Stokes. Spent four years, 1851-1854, on the NSW coast.  [MR]

Acielle. Wooden ketch, 40 tons. Built Tasmania; reg. Sydney. Wrecked 15 nm south of Smoky Cape, NSW, 11 September,  1929. [SAN]

Acme. Wooden topsail schooner,  55 tons. #73348 Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney 14/1876. L 65.6 ft.  Ashore and lost at Seal Rock Bay, 15 July, 1876.  [SAN],[LN]

Active. Brigantine, 136 tons. Built 1855; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Ada. Ketch. Ashore at Broken Bay, 28 April 1884. She was towed clear but had to be beached and was eventually dismantled. [LN]

Ada. Wooden steamer, 17 tons. Built on the Macleay river, NSW, 1879. Lbd 52.6 x 10 x 4. Presume broken up in 1890. [MR]

Ada and Ethel. Wooden schooner, 73 tons. #93496 Built NSW, 1886; reg. Sydney 34/1886. L 82.3 ft. Foundered after springing a leak 16km south-east of Seal Rocks, 22 October 1887. [LN],[SAN]

Adela. Barquentine, 353 tons. #70806 Built Denmark, 1852; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 5/1876. L 124.3 ft.  Lost  Richmond River, NSW 27 October 1877.  [SAN]

Adelaide. Cutter. Lost off the Hawkesbury River, Broken Bay, July 1837. [LN],[SAN]

Adelaide. Wooden cutter, 29 tons. Built in the Illawarra, 1832; reg Sydnet 8/1832. Lbd 38 x 14.6 x 6.1 ft. Varying reports of her foundering - off Bird Island, NSW, or perhaps in Broken Bay, 1834. [GB,[SAN - confirms lost Norah Head, nearby at Bird Island, May 1834]

Adele. Steel screw steamship, 288 tons. #123022. Built Great Britain, 1906; reg. Adelaide, 3/1907. Lbd 145 x 22.4 x 13.2 ft. Struck the breakwater at Port Kembla and declared a total loss, 7 May 1943. [LN],[SAN]

Adelphoi. Barquentine, 359 tons. #47173 Built Great Britain 1865; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 13/1875. Lbd 118.2 x 27.4 x 16.6 ft. Struck a reef and abandoned, lost off Port Hacking, 1 nm south at Bombora point, 21 December 1879. Crew saved. [LN - barque, 394 tons]

Admiral Gifford. Wooden schooner. Lost at sea, 8 October, 1834. [SAN]

Adolphus. Wooden brigantine, 121 tons. #32306 Built Great Britain, 1852; reg. Sydney, 135/1854. Drifted on to rocks, west of Pier Head, Wollongong, and went to pieces, 29 Nov 1866.  [LN - schooner],[SAN - lists as 7.01 m = 23 ft]

Adonis. Wooden brigantine, 108 tons. #71807. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 79/1874.  L 92.5 ft. Sprang a leak and hurriedly abandoned before foundered 15 nm south of Crowdy Head, NSW, 22 December 1889. [LN - schooner],[SAN]
Also listed:
Adonis. Schooner. Ashore and lost on the south spit of the river at Ballina during a gale, April 1884. [LN]

Advance. Auxiliary wooden schooner, 48 tons. #115210. Built New Zealand, 1903; reg. Sydney, 46/1908. L 74.8 ft. Lost ashore at Wreck Bay, 15 March 1915. [SAN],[LN]

Advance. Composite topsail schooner, collier, 51 tons. #70205. Built New Zealand, 1874; reg. Sydney, 43/1897. Lbd 72 x 19.5 x 6.4 ft.  Captain Ingstim. Lost off Botany Bay, 12 June 1902. Master drowned.She was on a voyage from Botany to Sydney when she struck rocks at Henrys Head and was so badly holed that the three remaining hands had barely left her when she disappeared. [LN],[SAN also lists this, as a separate entry with same British registration of 70205, reg. Sydney 104/1883, as being lost at Lady Robinsons Beach, Botant Bay 26 July 1897; two ships or one presumably refloated?]

Advance. Cutter. Lost near Newport, NSW, February 1838.  [JM]

Advance. Iron screw steamer, tug, 181 tons. #88922. Built Williamstown, Victoria, 1884; reg. Sydney, 19/1902. Lbd 120 x 20 x 13 ft. Operated in Victorian waters for only a few months before being sold to the Queensland Government; in 1901 sold to J. Fenwick & Co, of NSW. Captain Alexander Mackenzie. Collided with the barque Inverna and sank, off Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 25 December, 1908. Seven of the crew of eight drowned. The tug had left Newcastle to take the barque Inverna in tow, but collided with her and immediately sank. The tug’s master was blamed for the accident. The mate, Alfred Wills, the only survivor, was found washed ashore early next morning. Newcastle pilot vessel Ajax involved in search. Vessel Commodore towed the Iverna into harbour.
[LN],[SAN],[#MGS],[LAH],[BNN]
In September 1903, struck the excursion steamer Lady Hampden in Sydney Harbour. No injuries.
On 4 May 1906, entering Sydney harbour, had the schooner Morore lashed alongside, and the barque Criffel in tow, involved in an incident whereby the steamer Buninyong cut around the tugs stern and collected the hawser towing the barque, causing them to collide.
@  She lies in 48 m south of Catherine Hill Bay, in fifty metres, standing upright and very much intact. Regarded as one of the best wreck dives off the NSW coast, with prolific fish life.

Advance. Schooner. Ashore on the Macleay River bar, NSW, 5 February 1884. [LN]

Advance. Screw steamer. Lost  Manning River, Taree, NSW, 17 June 1933. [SAN]

Advance. Wooden topsail schooner,  38 tons. #64386. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 21/1872. L 65.2 ft. Lost at Sydney, Botany Bay near north head, Henrys Head Bight, 11 February 1884. [SAN],[LN]

Adventure. Wooden schooner,  101 tons. Built Hong Kong, 1850; reg. Sydney 135/1853, L 82.3 ft. Lost Richmond River, NSW,  1855.  [SAN]

Adventure. Wooden sloop, coastal trader, 24 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1834; reg. Sydney, 10/1835. Lbd 34-6 x 13 x 6 ft. Disappeared at sea in gale off the NSW coast, July 1836. All hands lost. [ASW1],[SAN],[LN]

Adventurer. Coastal vessel, 16 tons. Reported to have been wrecked in Broken Bay, 1837.  [JM]

Aeolus. Wooden ketch, 47 tons. #41095 Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney, 23/1854. L 64 ft.  Dragged her anchors and wrecked at Hole-in-the-Wall, Jervis Bay, 28 October 1867. [SAN], [LN - lost 22 October]

Agnes & Elizabeth. Wooden schooner. Possibly lost at Waterloo Point, on reef off Camden Haven, 4 September 1854. [SAN]

Agnes & Henry. Ketch.  Ashore at Murramarang near Ulladulla, NSW, 25 February 1870. [SAN]

Agnes. Cutter, 5 tons. Run ashore on north coast, NSW, when in danger of foundering, 7 April 1865. Crew of four reached safety. [LN]

Agnes. Ketch, 38 tons. #70814. Built 1877; reg Newcastle, 3/1877. Lbd 75.3 x 14.2 x 5.7 ft. Foundered off Jervis Bay, 1883. [LN - schooner]

Agnes. Ketch, 13 tons.  Built NSW, 1853; reg. Sydney, 10/1860. Length  40 ft. Lost on the breakwater rocks, Wollongong, 10 March 1865. [SAN]

Agnes. Schooner, 80 tons. #73315 Built NSW, 1875; reg. Newcastle, 5/1881. Length 98.4 ft. Ashore in a gale 8 km north of the Brunswick River, NSW, 6 March 1890. All lost; only three bodies were recovered from her complement of eight. [LN - lost 12 March],[ASR]

Agnes. Wooden brig, 104 tons. #31599. Built Canada, 1849; reg. Sydney, 30/1869. L 70 ft.  Lost on the Wollongong north side breakwater, 10 March 1877. [LN - brigantine],[SAN]

Agnes & Hannah. Schooner. Lost in Twofold Bay, NSW, 1852. [LN]

Agnes Henry. Ketch. Reported lost on Brush Island, NSW, 1879.
[LN - records this as being from the Australian Nautical Almanac for 1879],[SAN simply gives name and year of loss]
In 1870, involved in salvage - see Camden, lost NSW.

Agnes Irving. Iron paddle steamer, 439 tons. #43237 Built London, 1862; reg. Sydney, 59/1862. L 203.4 ft. Lost at the entrance to the Macleay River, NSW, south spit of old entrance, 27 December 1879. No lives lost. [LN],[MR],[DG],[BNN],[LAH]
@ Lies on her starboard side in ten metres just outside the breaker line, north of the entrance to the Macleay River, often covered in sand. Variety of marine life, and good photography when the schooner-bow is exposed.

Agnes Rose. Ketch 35 tons. #70799. Built at Stockton, NSW, 1875; reg. Newcastle, 6/1887. Lbd 50.5 x 14.4 x 5.2 ft. Left Sydney for Port Stephens late in December 1892 but failed to reach her destination. The body of the mate and some wreckage was later picked up near Broken Bay. [SAN],[LN - 27 tons]

Aimmee. Steamship, 21 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1877. Broken up 1933. [ASR]

Airedale. Steamship, 286 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1857. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Alabama. Steamship, collier, 1940 tons. Built at Newcastle, England in 1879. James Patterson & Co.Sold to 'Eastern buyers' in 1925 and renamed Alabama Maru. Aground near Eden lighthouse, 1916; refloated with little damage.  [LSW],[DG}

Albany. Iron steamship, 889 tons. #44865. Built South Australia,1862; reg. Adelaide, 7/1900. Came to Australia for the Panama Company as the Claud Hamilton; lengthened and renamed Albany in 1885. Ashore on a reef 2 nm north of Nambucca Heads, NSW, 26 March 1905. Some twelve hours after striking, she broke in two and became a total wreck. [LN - 460 tons],[SAN],[LAH],[DG]

Albert William. Barque. Captain Walker. Assisted the stricken ship Dandenong off Jervis Bay, 1876. [NH]

Alberta. Steel screw steamship, 3398 tons. #93799. Built in Great Britain, 1888; reg. Liverpool. L 340 ft. Ashore in a moderate sea at Sutherland Heads, 12 km south of the Tweed River, a short distance from the lighthouse, 19 October 1890. The crew took to the boats and were picked up next day by the tug from the pilot station at Tweed River. [LN -2214 tons],[SAN - lost at Kingscliff Reef],[LAH - iron steamer, 2214 tons]

Albion. Barque, 263 tons. Built 1866; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Albion. Schooner, 84 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Albion. Wooden schooner, 84 tons. #32376. Built NSW,1847; reg. Sydney, 28/1849. L 65.3 ft. From Newcastle, known to have operated to Victorian waters in 1860s. Wrecked off Sydney Heads, 1864. [SAN],[LPA]

Alchymist. Wooden paddle steamer, 54 tons. #59523. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 26/1873. L 82.3 ft.  Wrecked near the Clarence River, on beach 6 nm from Woody Head, 19 January 1878. [LN],[SAN]

Aleda. Schooner, 83 tons. #106145 Built New Zealand, 1897; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 31/1897. L 94.1 ft.  Ashore at Point Plummer, Port Macquarie during a gale, 15 June 1914. Broke up several days later. [LN],[SAN]

Alert. Schooner. Involved in rescue - see barque H.M.Warfield, central NSW coast, 1867. [GB]

Alert. Screw steamer, tug, 27 tons. #89305 Built NSW, 1882; reg. Sydney,113/1884. Length 60 ft. Started her sternpost while crossing the Nambucca bar and sank, 21 February 1901. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Alert. Screw steamer, tug, 66 tons. #112542 Built NSW, 1901; reg. Sydney, 41/1901. L 81.3 ft. Lost at Nambucca Heads, NSW, 28 July 1904. [LN - 18 tons],[SAN]

Alert. Wooden schooner,  66 tons. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 48/1851. L 61.6 ft. Lost on the north spit, Richmond River, June 1854. [SAN]

Alex Newton. Barque, 309 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1876. Wrecked Portland Island, NZ, June 1894. [ASR]

Alexander John. Schooner. See Alexander & John.

Alexander McCleay. See sloop Alexander Macleay.

Alexander. Paddle steamer, 27 tons. Started a plank off Broken Bay, NSW, and abandoned, 3 April 1883. [LN]

Alexander. Smack, but registered as a cutter, 13 tons. Built Lane Cove, NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney, 12/1843, 60/1843. Lbd 31.4 x 9.9 x 4.8 ft. Foundered in a gale after leaving Shoalhaven, NSW, for Sydney, 15 April 1848.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Alexander Berry. Wooden steamer, 62 tons. #69740 Built 1873; reg. Sydney, 6/1874. Lbd 80.6 x 15.4 x 5.2 ft. Captain Frederick Marshall. Ashore and lost at Long Point, NSW, 1 July 1901. The Kiama Life Saving Brigade were quickly on the scene however she broke up rapidly, drowning the captain all but one of her crew of five. The captain was chief officer of the steamer Tasman when lost south-east tasmania, 1883, and blamed for her loss.  [LN],[SAN - lost at Shellharbour, Bass Point],[TS1],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known, but nothing remains.

Alexander Macleay. Wooden sloop, 39 tons. Built Sydney NSW 1828; reg. Sydney. 51/1840. Lbd 45.5 x 14.9 x 7.5 ft. Lost at Clarence River bar, NSW, January 1841. [LN],[SAR],[ASW1]
Spelt Alexander McCleay in the Custom House registers.

Alexandra. Double-ended wooden Sydney Harbour paddle steamer, 27 tons. #69767. Built Sydney, 1864; reg. Sydney, 45/1874. Lbd 68.2 x 11.9 x 4.9 ft. Sank off Broken Bay, NSW, while being towed to Port Macqurie, 3 April 1883. [GB - built 1874],[SAN]

Alexandra. Wooden brigantine, 112 tons. #46450. Built Victoria, 1863; reg. Melbourne, 37/1863. L 67.5 ft. Lost at the Richmond River heads, NSW, 7 November 1865.  [SAN],[LN - schooner]

Alfred Edward. Ketch, 34 tons. #70808 Built NSW, 1876; reg. Newcastle, 7/1876. Lbd 58 x 16.5 x 5.5 ft. Driven ashore at South Head, Ulladulla, during a gale, 9 December 1882. No lives lost. (The steamship Plutus was lost in the same gale). [LN],[SAR]

Alfred Fenning. Wooden ketch, 74 tons. #83718 Built NSW, 1882; reg. Sydney, 109/1882. L 30 ft. Left Sydney in June 1914 but was not seen again. [LN],[SAN]

Alhambra. Iron screw steamship, 766/497 tons. #24758. Built London, 1855 for the Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; reg. Sydney, 56/1883. L 209.2 ft. Later operated by McMeckan, Blackwood & Co. Ran on Melbourne - New Zealand route, also to Adelaide, and Japan. After useful service in the passenger trade, cconverted to a collier. As such, struck the wreck of the John T. Berry which stove in several plates; sank near Port Stephens, NSW, June 1888. Crew reached safety.
[LN],[SAN - lost on Oyster Bank, Newcastle incorrect],[ASR - lost July 1888],[DG - 642 tons, July 1888],[WL - 642 gross,  foundered seven miles east of Newcastle, possibly after striking a derelict vessel.],[LAH - 766 tons],[DG - 642 tons]
Note - the John T. Berry went down off Port Stephens.

Alice Meade. Schooner, 69 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1876. Wrecked at New Guinea, October 1896. [ASR]

Alice Templeton. Ketch, 81 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1880. Broken up 1920. [ASR]

Alice. Iron steamship, 852/352 tons. #93601 Built Sydney, 1889; reg. Sydney, 40/1889. Lbd 139.3 x 24 x 10.3 ft.  Converted into a hulk in 1926.  Ashore and lost near Morna Point, Port Stephens, NSW, while under tow,  January 1927.
[LN],[LH],[SAN - 17 November 1927],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Alice. Wooden launch. Lost off Cronulla, NSW, 4 April 1931.  [SAN]

Alice. Wooden ketch, 24 tons. #49297 Built NSW 1865; reg. Sydney, 14/1865. L 53 ft. Lost on the bar at Camden Haven, north spit, NSW, July 1877. [LN],[SAN]

Alice. Wooden brig, 227 tons. Built Great Britain, 1818; reg. Sydney, 16/1836. L 90 ft. Lost on the sandspit, Newcastle, April 1836. [SAN]

Alice Jane. Schooner, 80 tons. #64421. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 35/1874. L 82.6 ft. Beached near Tomakin , Batemans Bay, NSW, 11 January 1888. [SAN],[ASR],[LN - indicates an unconfirmed report of the loss]
On 27 January 1884, a schooner of this name went ashore at the entrance to the Manning River, NSW. [LN]

Alice Jane. Schooner. Left Maryborough, Queensland, for New Caledonia loaded with timber, then vanished, Jan 1874. She was found bottom up at Port Hacking, NSW, and was believed to have capsized far to the north then carried south by a current. [LN]

Allenwood. Wooden screw steamship, 398 tons. #150156. Built Tuncurry, 1920; reg. Sydney, 23/1928. Lbd 147 x 35 x 8.2 ft. Captain Boutrup. In a fog, ran on to a sandbank at Birdie beach, 8 km north of Norah Head, NSW, 14 September 1951. Attempts to refloat her failed and she was subsequently sold and dismantled.
[LN],[MR - lost near Budgewoi]],[SAN - built Great Britain],[BNN]

Alligator. Schooner, 91 tons. Originally a Dutch vessel. Captain Thomas farley. Grounded on a sandbank at Botany Bay when under control of the pilot, 25 August 1826. She was not damaged, and was refloated after cargo was removed. [ASW1]
Also listed:
Alligator. Schooner.  Ashore at Bulli, NSW, August 1843. [SAN]

Allowrie. Steamship, 504 tons. Built 1880. Converted into hulk, Sydney, 1910. [DG]

Allyn. Stern-wheel paddle steamer, 46 tons. #94110. Built NSW, 1886; reg. Newcastle, 1/1890. L 78.72 ft. While under tow to SS Alice, foundered off Bird Island Point, NSW, 26 January 1901. [LN]

Alma. Barque, 163 tons. #31727. Built Scotland, 1854; reg. Dunedin, NZ.  Lost on  Elizabeth Reef off Richmond River, 3 August 1883.  [SAN]

Alma. Paddle steamer, 19 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1855. Broken up, Hawkesbury River, NSW, February 1891. [ASR]

Almeda.. Wooden brigantine, 190 tons. #31776 Built USA; reg. Sydney, 50/1855. L 94.8 ft. Sank 7 nm NE of Cape Howe, after a gale damaged her so badly she was abandoned by her crew, 9 July 1863. The crew struggled through heavy seas, landing twenty-six hours later near Green Cape. The captain and steward walked overland to Twofold Bay for help. [SAN],[LN - schooner]

Almora. Barque, 1856 tons. Built 1893. Lost having left New South Wales for Honolulu, 1903.  [LAH],[SAN]

Alpha. Wooden schooner, 82 tons. #38837. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 44/1867. L 88.2 ft. Lost at Nambucca River, NSW, 21 February 1897. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]
Also listed:
Alpha. Lost in 1862.  [SAN]

Altair. Wooden ketch, 65 tons. #115200. Built NZ, 1903. L 74.5 ft. Lost at Long Reef, Sydney, 1942. [SAN]

Amelia White. Schooner, 100 tons. #106140. Built NSW, 1897; reg. Sydney, 21/1897. L 93.5 ft. Lost Camden Haven, 5 October 1898.  [SAN]

Amelia. Wooden brig, 90 tons. Reg. Calcutta. Left Sydney for Java with sandalwood and coal betyween 8 and 17 January 1816, and never seen again. [LN][SAN - lost NSW north coast],[ASW1]

Amelia. Wooden cutter, 15 tons. Length 65.6 ft. Believed foundered near Twofold Bay about April 1828. [LN],[SAN]

Amelia J. Schooner, 353 tons. Built Hobart 1919. Lbd 153 x 30.6 x 14.3 ft. Captain Atwell. Left Newcastle for Hobart with a crew of 12 and a cargo of coal on 21 August 1920; last  seen south of Sydney, then disappeared. She may lie somewhere off the NSW south coast. [LN],[LAH]

Amie. Vessel of 123 ft. Lost 1882  [SAN]

Amity. Wooden ketch, 29 tons. #52390. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 32/1866. Foundered off the Manning River, March 1870. Five lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Amphitheatre. Schooner, 17 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Amphitrite. Hulk, 182 tons. Reg. Sydney. Broken up Sydney, March 1891. [ASR]

Amphitrite. Wooden ketch, 17 tons. Built NSW, 1847, reg. Sydney, 29/1850. L 38.7 ft. Ashore at Shellharbour, NSW, 15 May 1851.  (Same storm that wrecked cutter Catherine).No lives lost. [LN - schooner],[SAN]

Amphitrite. Wooden brigantine, 93 tons. #38839. A#46/1867. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 52/1870. Lost on the Macleay River bar, NSW, 5 August 1869. [SAN]
Note the same British number as the following, although the local number differs, clearly indicating two separate ships. It would appear that he second Amphitrite simply retained the number of the first vessel.
Amphitrite - Three-masted wooden barquentine,  129 tons. #38839. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 52/1870. L 116 ft. Drifted on to rocks in Humbug Bay; she strained so heavily in a gale she leaked freely and became waterlogged while entering Port Stephens for shelter, 2 March 1891. [SAN],[ASR - barque],[LN]

Amy. Ketch, 26 tons. #74831. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 3/1878. L 56.4 ft. Capsized while crossing the bar at Manning River, NSW, 21 September 1879. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Amy. Wooden brig, 201 tons. #64403. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 50/1872. Lbd 107.4 x 25 x 12.5ft. Wrecked somewhere off Thirroul, NSW, 13 February 1898. Police found wreckage scattered over a wide area of beach and a lifeboat lying on the sand. Apparently when she struck, the crew lowered a man on a plank to try and take a line ashore, but the current was too strong. They then took to the rigging, but when she broke up all eight men were lost. [LN],[SAN - lost ashore 2 nm north of jetty, Thirrone Beach, Bulli, NSW],[ASR]

Anatina. Motor vessel. Survived a collision with the coastal steamer Wear off Montagu Island, NSW, 8 September 1944. The Wear sank almost immediately. [LN]

Andana. Trawler. Foundered near Nelson Bay, 20 July 1991. [LN]

Andrew Fenwick. Schooner, 74 tons. #71834. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 39/1875. Length 78 ft. Lost on beach near Cape Byron, November 1875. [SAN]

Andrew Fenwick. Brigantine, 78 tons. Disappeared without trace, 1876. [LN]

Ane Moore. See Annie Moore.
Angelia. Barque, 887 tons. Built 1876 887. Disappeared between New South Wales and Valparaiso,1901.  [LAH]
Also listed:
Anglia. Vessel lost 1901.  [SAN]

Ann & Maria. Brig, 236 tons. #32556. Built Great Britain, 1849; reg. Melbourne, 4/1865. L 92.8 ft.  Foundered fifteen kilometres south of Green Cape, 5 July, 1869. No loss of life. [SAN],[LN - name Ann & Marie]

Ann Mary. Two masted schooner, 49 tons. Built in Prymont, 1846; reg. Sydney, 11/1847, as the Lady Mary Fitzroy; rebuilt the same year and reregistered. Lbd 51.8 x 15.1 x 7.4 ft. Capsized after leaving Tweed River for Sydney on 21 March 1847. On 18 April the schooner Susan saw the upturned hull of the Ann Mary off Norah Head. There was no trace of her six crew. The Susan commence a tow of the hull of the schooner to Sydney. The tow line parted before Sydney Heads and two steamers, first the phoenix and then the Cornubia, attempted to claim salvage rights by completing the tow - the Cornubia succeeded. The Ann Mary was refitted and resumed service. Her registered closed with the words “Supposed to be lost”, with no date. [#GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

Ann Theresa. Schooner, 64 tons. See Anna Theresa.

Ann. Barquentine, 277 tons. #52387. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Melbourne. L 120.7 ft.  Lost at the  Port Stephens entrance, NSW, 1876. [SAN] See also barque Anne; same vessel?

Ann. Ketch, 9 ton. Captain Angus Wilson. Wrecked at Norah Head, 7 July 1887. All saved. [GB],[LN - lost north of Newcastle.]

Ann. Schooner. Lost on Macleay River bar, about June 1839. [LN]

Ann. See also Anna, Anne, Annie.

Ann. Wooden schooner,  14 tons. Built Tasmania, 1831; reg. Hobart, 6/1835. L 32.5 ft.  Lost in 1835.  [SAN],[LN]

Anna Josepha. Brig. Brought the first commercial cargo of coal from the Hunter River, May 1801.  [MR]

Anna Maria. Coastal trader, wooden schooner, 49 tons. Built at Port Stephens, NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 5/1849.. Lbd 53.8 x 13.7 x 8.4 ft.
[SAN - indicates lost ashore Newcastle Bight, 1851]
[LN - indicates lost near Newcastle, September 1851]
[GN - indicates a schooner of this name, tonnage and dimensions, under Captain H.H.Capps, capsized in a gale, Broken Bay, NSW, July 1857.]

Annandale. Auxiliary 2-masted ketch, 108 tons. #106220. Built at Tomakin, NSW, 1899; reg. Sydney, 19/1899.  Lbd 92.3 x 24 x 6.7 ft. Foundered 20 nm SE of Smoky Cape, NSW, 12 March 1907. Crew of seven landed safely at Trial Bay. [LN],[MR],[SAN]

Anne Maria. Wooden schooner, 50 tons. #32382. Built NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 34/1850. L 66.6 ft. Foundered near Broken Bay, NSW, 21 July 1857; loss of seven lives. [SAN],[LN - 100 tons]

Anne. Barque, 277 tons. Overwhelmed by rough seas off Port Stephens, 25 July 1875. Crew of ten drowned.  [LN] See also barquentine Ann; same vessel?

Anne Theresa. Schooner, 64 tons. #83774. Built NSW 1883; reg. Sydney, 75/1883. L 75.5 ft.  Ashore after springing a leak at the entrance to Byron Bay, between jetty and Brunswick River, 7 February 1891.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR - lists name as Ann Theresa]

Annie Books. Ketch, 31 tons. #59560. Built NSW, 1870; reg. Sydney, 24/1876. L 57 ft. Lost ashore at Bermagui, NSW, 6 October 1876. [SAN]

Annie D. Wooden brigantine, 76 tons. #38865. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 23/1868. L 82 ft.   Disappeared after leaving the Richmond River, NSW, 12 July 1868. Seven lives lost. [SAN],[LN - schooner]

Annie. Schooner. Believed lost on Bird Island, NSW, August 1882. [LN]

Annie. Screw steamer,  43 tons. #53979. Built Victoria, 1868; reg. Brisbane, 17/1884. L 76 ft.  Lost at the Tweed River heads, July  1903. [SAN]

Annie. Steam launch. Lost on Tweed River bar, 3 July 1903. [LN]

Annie C. Lynn. Schooner, 54 tons. #70813. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 1/1882. L 71.5 ft. Lost on the north head at Brunswick River, NSW, May 1891. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Annie Cochrane. Schooner, 50 tons. #71803. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 56/1875. L 73.1 ft. Ashore and lost while entering the Nambucca River, NSW, 12 June 1881. [LN]

Annie Moore. Wooden brigantine, 90 tons. #32253. Built Tasmania 1865; reg. Sydney, 18/1882. L 86 ft.  Ashore and lost one nm south of Sandon Bluff near the Clarence River, 4 July 1889.  [LN - Anne Moore],[ASR - Anne Moore],[SAN]

Annie Ogle. Brig, 210 tons. Disappeared on her second voyage from Sydney for Grafton, after 23 February 1875. Remains of two of her boats and part of a cabin door were picked up at Smoky Cape. It was thought she had gone ashore on the Solitary Islands, drowning her crew of nine. [LN].[LI],[SAN]

Annie Powell. Schooner, 123 tons. #89317. Built NSW,1884; reg. Sydney, 157/1884. Lbd 109 x 24.4 x 6.9 ft. Sprang a leak and foundered 5 nm off Five Islands, NSW,  August 5, 1886. All crew landed at Wollongong. [LN]

Aorangi. Wooden launch. Lost at Kogorah Bay, Sydney, 12 December 1928.  [SAN]

Apollo. Steamer, 65 tons. Foundered after striking a submerged object off Eden, NSW, 10 August 1982. [LN]

Arakoon. Steel steamer, 875 tons. Built at Port Glasgow, 1926. Lbd 190 x 34.2 x 9.9 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run. Sold by NCSN Co in 1955 and renamed Breeze, then San Ricardo. Fate unknown. [MR]
In 1942, was towing SS Wauchope when the latter was lost off Port Stephens.

Arawata. (Arawatta). Steamship, 1096 tons. (Sister Ringarooma). Built Glasgow, 1875. Brig- rigged with paintyed ports, and straight stems, with luxurious fittings. U.S.S.Co. Operated on the east coast, and to New Zealand and Fiji. Dismantled and converted to a store-ship in Wellington, NZ, 1900. Then used as a coal hulk. As such, collided with the liner Devon in Wellington Harbour, beached at Kaiwarra, and sank, so ending her days, 13 January 1927.  [DG]
Also listed:
Arawatta. Steam ship. Ran down and sank the brig Sea Nymph in Sydney Harbour, 9 June 1882. The Sea Nympth was later raised and disappeared on a journey from Maryborough, Queensland, to Melbourne in 1883. [TS1]
Arawatta spelling doubtful. See following entry.

Arbuthnot. Lost 1913  [SAN]

Arcadiana. Lost 1917  [SAN]

Architect. Two-masted wooden schooner, 67 tons. Built at Pittwater, NSW, 1856. Lbd 80.2 x 20.2 x 7.2 ft. Captain King. Left Sydney for Newcastle on 5 December 1859 and never seen again. No doubt foundered somewhere off the NSW central coast. The ship Harriet Hope and ketch Warlock saw wreckage that could ahve come from her. [GB],[SAN - lost off Newcastle]

Argument. Wooden sloop, 9 tons. Built Sydney 1800; reg. Sydney 8 October 1800. Captain Benjamin Pate. Wrecked ashore in a squall, near Broken Bay, 10 or 11 March 1809. Three lives lost in the same gale that took the sloop Hazard. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]
In 1807, Captain Pate revealed a scheme to seize the vessel and sail her to Asia. He charged several people including five convicts. The charges were sustained, and the five convicts received no less than 300 lashes each (surely this would be sufficient to kill a man); others received prison sentences and fines. [GB]

Argyle. Iron steamer, 218tons. #68632. Built at Paisley, Scotland, 1873; reg. Melbourne 24/1874.  L 130 ft. Traded to most ports in south eastern Australia Struck a rock as she was proceeding down the Clarence River, NSW, and sank, 25 June 1881. [SAR],[LN - 191 tons],[LPA - 283 tons]

Ariel. Two masted wooden schoner, 67 tons. Built on the Macleay River, 1840. Lbd 59 x 16 x 8.5 ft. Wrecked Cleveland Bay, Queensland, April 1865.
In 1847, sold in San Francisco and possibly used in the American gold rush. Returned to Sydney in 1852.
On 27 July 1857, dragged her anchors in a gale and swept into the breakers under Barranjoey, Broken Bay, NSW. Five ships were lost in the gale. Ariel was salvaged and resumed service.
[GB], [LN],[JM],[SAN]

Arrow. Brigantine, 110 tons. Lost on the Tweed River bar , 14 July 1859.
[LN],[SAN indicates lost on the Richmond River bar, 3 July 1859]

Arthur. Wooden ketch, 61 tons. #75039. Built NSW 1879; reg. Sydney 57/1879. 76.7 ft. Lost at Wagonga Heads,  January 1883. [LN],[SAN]

Arunta. HMAS. Foundered 100 kms off the NSW north coast while under tow to Japan for scrapping, 13 February 1969.  [LN]

Astral. Wooden screw steamship, 157 tons. #125167. Built Forster, NSW, 1908; reg. Sydney 34/1908. Length 116 ft. From Newcastle to Sydney with coal, foundered 8 nm off Broken Bay, NSW, 7 April 1924. Two successive giant rollers hit the vessel and heeler her over. One life lost. [LN],[JM]

Atacama. Iron barquentine,  1147 tons. Built and reg. Liverpool, 1890. From Newcastle to San Francissco with coal, lost 50 to 70 nm east of  Jervis Bay, 9 February, 1898. The vessel had sprung a leak. The crew took to the boats - five rescued, thirteen lost.
[LAH],[SAN - wood, 1312 tons, lost 1 February]

Atalanta. Schooner. Lost on the Tweed River bar, 28 February, 1868.  [SAN]

Atalanta. Wooden paddle steamer,  21 tons. #38850. Built NSW, 1867; reg, Sydney, 64/1867. L 78.4 ft.  Lost near the Clarence River, NSW, 1878 or 1879.  [SAN]

Atlanta. Wooden topsail schooner,  57 tons. #38794. Built NSW 1866; reg. Sydney, 74/1866. Wrecked on the north head of the Manning River bar, 28 July 1882. [LN], [SAN]

Atlantic. Vessel lost in 1859.  [SAN]

Atlantic. Wooden barque, 260 tons. # 46460. Built USA, 1855; reg. Sydney 41/1870. Length 43.1 ft. Beached in Trial Bay after springing a leak, September 1878. Crew saved. [LN],[SAN barquentine]

Atlas. Vessel type not recorded. Sank Sydney Harbour, 1802. Possibly struck by lightning.  [JM]

Atrevida. Barque, 457 tons. Built 1852; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Augusta. Composite steamer, 173 tons. Built Sydney, 1889. Lbd 109.5 x 22.7 x 9.5 ft. Sold in 1905 and cut down to a lighter in 1921; engines traansferred to vessel Nambucca, built 1922. [MR]

Aurora. Brigantine, 138 tons. #79509. Built Italy, 1876, reg. Sydney, 44/1881. L 85 ft.  Foundered off the NSW north coast, February 1887. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Aurora. Ketch, 16 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Aurora. Ketch, 92 tons. #106182. Built at Bermagui, NSW, 1898; reg. Sydney, 38/1898. Lbd 86.5 x 22.8 x 6.8 ft. Master Andrew Von Barm. Sank after collision with the tug Champion about 12 miles east of Cape Three Points, central NSW coast, 5 November 1898. All saved. The Champion recieved little damage. [GB],[SAN]

Aurora. Schooner. Built 1876.  Lost in the vicinity of the Solitary Islands, June 1917. [SAN]

Australasian League. Wooden schooner,  91 tons. Built USA 1847; reg. Sydney, 85/1853. L 73.6 ft. Lost north head, Richmond River, NSW, 5 September 1857.  [SAN]

Australia. Auxiliary steamer, 735 tons. One of the vessels owned and operated by the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company on a two-monthly service between London and Australia via the Cape of Good Hope.  [WL]

Australia. Barque, 162 tons. Built 1852; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Australia. Four-masted iron steamer, 2737 tons. Owned by Elder & Co. Lbd 376 x 37 x 28 ft. Operated on the Sydney-San Francisco run, then to Tahiti and Honolulu. Captain Robert Lawless. Chartered by the Russians as a transport, she was captured by the Japanese in Petropavlovsk Harbour, 1905.  [WL]

Australia. Schooner, 112 tons. #106154. Built NSW 1897; reg. Sydney, 44/1897. L 102 ft.  Lost on the north spit, South West Rocks, NSW, 20 February 1911.  [SAN],[LN - 92 tons, lost 22 February 1911]

Australia. Schooner, 124 tons. #48406. Built USA 1852; reg. Sydney, 66/1869. L 88.5 ft. Lost at the Richmond River bar, NSW, 11 February 1874. [LN],[SAN],[ASR],[BNN - Australian]

Australia. Wooden screw steamer. Lost at the Davis Brothers wharf, Tweed River, NSW, 29 June 1929. [SAN]

Australian Maid. Schooner, 17 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1854. Missing for years. [ASR]

Avon. Iron paddle steamer, 2-masts, schooner rig, 115 tons. #53981. Built at Dundee in 1887; reg. Sydney, 25/1888. Lbd 100.3 x 18.2 x 6.8 ft. Ashore during a gale at the mouth of the Bellinger River, NSW, 2 June 1891. Another gale three weeks later moved the steamship Fernmount, also ashore on 2 June, onto the Avon, totally destroying her. The Fernmount was later refloated. [LN],[ASR - 72 tons, built Sydney 1867],[LPA indicates that Avon was refloated and converted into a lighter],[MR indicates built Melbourne, 1867],[SAN - built Victoria 1867]

Awahou. Steamer 437 tons. Built 1912. Owned by Carr Shipping and Trading Co. Disappeared between Sydney and Lord Howe Island, September 1952. An extensive search failed to find any trace of her. [LN],[LAH]

Balberook. Wooden sloop. From Newcastle to Port Stephens with maize, sprang a leak 8 nm off Port Stephens and sank rapidly, July 1826. Passengers and crew took to the boats and landed safely. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Balclutha. Steam ship, 456 tons.Built Greenock, 1860. Lbd 202.1 x 23.3 x  13.3 ft.  Disappeared off southern NSW coast, October 1881. Last seen steaming through heavy seas north-east of Gabo Island on 18 October. A name-board was recovered at Wreck Bay. Twenety-two seamen lost their lives. [LN],[LI],[LAH],[DG]

Ballengarra. Wooden twin screw steamer, 221 tons. Built Manning River, 1911. Lbd 126.8 x 27 x 7.2 ft. [MR]

Ballina. Dredge.  Lost off  Port Stephens, 3 October,  1934.  [SAN]

Ballina. Iron paddle steamer, 253 tons. #52709. Built Great Britain,1865; reg. Sydney, 44/1856. L 192.8 ft. Wrecked when went aground when almost clear of the Port Macquarie channel, 14 February 1879.
[LN - 190 tons],[#MR],[SAN - registration number does not appear correct - could be 44/1865],[LAH],[LN],[BNN]
In June 1877, collided with barque Sylphide, three km north-east from North Head, Port Jackson; the  barque quickly sank with no loss of life. A Court of Inquiry blamed the Ballina for the collision, caused mainly by insufficient care on the part of her crew.
In 1878, involved in rescue - see schooner Rebecca, 1878.
@ Her remains were located in 1978. Only her engine and paddle structure, and scattered wreckage, is visible.

Bangalow. Steel steamship, 648 tons. Built Glasgow, 1939. Lbd 162 x 36.2 x 9 ft. Sold in 1955 and renamed Cambay Breeze; then Lucky Chen in 1957. Was trading from Singapore in 1976. [MR]

Bannockburn. Schooner. Ashore and lost on the south spit of the river at Ballina during a gale, April 1884. [LN]

Bannockburn. Wooden barque, 111 tons. #75064. Built Sydney, 1880; reg. Sydney 30/1880. L 94 ft. Ashore and lost in gale at Byron Bay, 17 July 1889.
[LN] [ASR - brigantine],[SAN - brig]

Banzai. Screw steamer,  22 tons. #121194 Built NSW 1907; reg. Sydney,  4/1908. L 50.8 ft.  Lost at Tucabia near Ulmarra, Clarence River, NSW, 8 July 1909. [SAN],[LN - destroyed by fire near Grafton, (on the Clarence River), 2 May 1909. [LN]

Barangaroo. Vehicle ferry, 205 tons, hulked. 93625 built NSW 1889; reg. Sydney, 13/1890. L 120 ft. Foundered off Terrigal while being towed to Port Stephens for use as a lighter, 4 January 1933. [LN],[SAN]

Bard’s Legacy. Schooner. Ashore inside north head at Port Stephens, NSW, August 1858.  [LN],[SAN]

Baringo. See MV Wyangarie.

Barrangarry. Wooden ketch, 71 tons. #89309. Built Terrigal, 1884; reg. Sydney, 124/1884. L 78.4 ft. Ashore on the spit near the gaol, Port Macquarie, 4 April 1891.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR - ketch]

Baruah. Schooner, 71 tons. Lost ashore on Tuggerah Beach, Terrigal, NSW, 23 June 1852. Two crew drowned. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Barwon. Steamship, 367 tons. Built 1863; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Barwon. Wooden schooner, 56 tons. #52352. Built NSW 1865; reg. Sydney 45/1865. L 67.2 ft. Disappeared during a gale, possibly off Crowdy Head, NSW, 15 February 1868.
[LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Batang. See SS Doepel.

Bay of Cadiz ship 1878 1700 Syd.-San Francisco1888  [LAH]

Bealiba. Coastal steamer, steel, 512/206 tons. #150173. Built Great Britain 1920; reg. Sydney, 5/1922. L 178 ft.  Ashore at Pelican point, 1.5 nm south of  Norah Head, NSW, during a fog, 9 March 1934. She had struck rocks, ripping a large hole in her bow. All crew saved. [LN],[ASR],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known off Norah Head.

Beatrice. Norwegian vessel. Involved in rescue - see MV Milo’s Del Mar, lost north of Sydney, 1965. [LAH]

Beaver. Wooden topsail schooner, 77 tons. Built NSW 1849; reg. Sydney 31/1849. L 66.6 ft. From Moreton Bay to Sydney, drifted ashore on one of the Solitary Islands, NSW, during a calm and was lost, 23 Sept 1851. Crew reached safety. [LN],[SAN]

Bee. Wooden sloop, 11 tons. Built 1801. Abandoned after master died at sea in rough weather, off Newcastle, 18 July 1806. Captain Thomas Bryant. She had left Sydney for Hawkesbury River on 25 June 1806, but was battered by rough weather and forced to head for Newcastle; a storm forced her far out to sea, and with a limited supply of bread and meat washed overboard, the crew of two were in dire straits, resulting in the captain dying of hunger. She was eventually sighted by American whaler Brothers, who took on the remaining exhausted crewman, and landed him in Sydney on 21 July 1806. After removing most items of value the Bee was abandoned, and no doubt foundered.  [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]
On 19 April 1903, a woman on board was so drunk and quarrelsome that she finally lept overboard and drowned whilst on the way from Hawkesbury to Sydney.
In July 1903, rescued a young man in a whaleboat from the vessel Albion.

Bee. Wooden cutter,  7 tons. Built NSW 1843; reg. Sydney, 77/1843. L 24.7 ft.  Lost on Cronulla Beach (ex-Coorumella Beach), Sydney, 26 October 1851.  [SAN],[ASR - lost 1872]
Also listed:
Bee. Brig. Involved in rescue - see cutter Brothers, 1845. [GB]

Bega. Steamer, 567/305 tons. #83765. Built Greenock, Scotland, 1883; reg. Sydney 67/1883. Lbd 189.4 x 24.6 x 16 ft. Captain Bishop. Abandoned after suddenly listing to starboard, then lurching to port, and sanking rapidly, off southern NSW coast, 5 April 1908. Although the steep angle of the decks made the launching of boats difficult, all passengers and crew were disembarked with the exception of one passenger, who died of shock. Two rafts with 23 passengers and crew reached shore south of Tathra while a boat containing 47 drifted into Cuttagee. Wrecksite has not been positively indicated. The vessel contained some £1000 in gold sovereigns. Possiby lost off Tania Beach, between Tathra and Bermagui, NSW. The steamers Peterborough and Coomonderry involved in rescue. [LN],[SAN][#MGS],[LAH],[#BNS]
@ Located? Byron does not indicate.

Beginning. Wooden sloop. From Manning River to Sydney, sprang a leak in bad weather off the north coast, NSW, abandoned, 17 July 1836. Crew reached land safely in the ship’s boat.  [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Belbowrie. Wooden coastal steamer, 218 tons. #131489 Built NSW, 1911; reg. Sydney 31/1911. Lbd 123.2 x 29 x 8.3 ft. Captain Dixon. Wrecked on rocks at Green Point, South Maroubra, NSW, near the Long Bay rifle range, 16 January 1939. The lifeboat was smashed, but a lifebelt was floated ashore over the reef, then securely held, while the ten crew made their way to safety hand over hand although the fireman was injured when leaving the wreck. [LN],[SAN],[ASR],[BNS]

Belinda. Ketch, 52 tons. Ashore and lost at Wagonga Heads, NSW, 16 April 1884.All crew reached safety. [LN]

Bell Bird. Wooden ketch, 57 tons. #89223. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 4/1884. L 70 ft.  Wrecked at Cape Hawke, NSW, 31 May 1897.  [SAN],[ASR],[LN - also lists loss of another vessel of this name, rig and tonnage as June 1890 - believe incorrect]

Bell. Brigantine, composite, 95 tons. #74795. Built South Australia, 1878; reg. Sydney 51/1883.  Captain Stewart. Lost ashore in a gale Tomakin Heads, south of Batemans Bay, 4 July 1883. Crew saved. [SAN],[LN - schooner]

Bella Coulter. Cutter. Capsized whilst running for shelter in a gale, Broken Bay, NSW, 4 October 1872. One life lost. [GB],[SAN - lost Flint and Steel Point ,Hawkesbury River mouth, 6 October 1872]

Bellbird. Wooden motor vessel. Lost at Broken Bay, near Barrenjoey, 14 April 1946.  [SAN]

Belle Isle. Wooden fully rigged ship,  1180 tons. Built Canada, 1860; reg. Liverpool.  L 185 ft.  Lost 70 nm east of Sydney, 4 May 1872.  [SAN],[LN lists a vessel of this name as - abandoned in gale, badly leaking, off the NSW north coast, 1873],[LAH]

Bellinger. Brigantine, 56 tons. #52383. Built NSW,1865; reg Sydney 31/1865. L 70.8 ft. Lost on the north head, tweed River, 30 July 1873. [ASR],[SAN]

Bellinger. Iron screw steamship, 229/141 tons. #112565 Built NSW, 1902; reg. Sydney, 34/1902 . L 126 ft. Wrecked on the Nambucca bar, Nambucca Heads, NSW, 26 April 1912. All hands saved. [MR],[SAN],[LN]
In June 1900, arrived too late to salvage cargo from the strcken steamer Croki off Seal Rocks, NSW. [MGS]
In 1903, involved in rescue of a boat from the foundered SS Oakland. [#MR],[LN]

Bellinger. Iron steamship, two-masts, schooner rig, 225 tons. Built 1884. Sold to Victorian interests in 1887, then to Hobart in 1890. [MR]

Bellinger. Screw steamer. Lost at Camden Haven bar, 17 Fenruary 1906. [SAN]

Bellinger. Wooden twin screw steamer, 240 tons. #136417. Built NSW 1915; reg. Sydney, 23/1915. Lbd 128 x 28.7 x 7.2 ft. Lost on the Macleay River bar, NSW, 5 September 1918. Crew of eleven saved.  [MR],[LN],[SAN]

Bells. A vessel of this name lost in NSW waters, 1899  [SAN]

Belmore. Paddle steamer, 66/42 tons. #64349 Built Macleay River,  1876; reg. Sydney 58/1891. Lbd 101.7 x 15.6 x 6.1 ft. Owned by N.C.S.N. Co. when wrecked. Ashore at Coffs Harbour, March 1893. She became a total wreck after several attempts to refloat her had failed. [ASR],[LN - lost 21 January 1893],[MR],[SAN - wooden schooner]

Belmore. Twin-screw steamship, 189 tons. #136405. Built Swansea, NSW, 1914; reg. Sydney, 8/1915. Lbd 106.7 x 29.5 x 8.3 ft. Struck the south spit and driven ashore while entering the Macleay River, 9 December 1916.  [LN],[MR - lost March]

Ben Bolt. Ketch, 19 tons. #41106. Built NSW 1859; reg. Sydney, 33/1859. L 48.5 ft. Lost at Seal Rocks, NSW,  pre 1895.  [SAN]

Ben Bolt. Paddle steamer, 500 tons. Built USA as the General Urbistende. ‘A smart-looking ship, with two masts, and was square-rigged on her foremast’. Arrived Sydney June 1854 and bought by the A.S.N.Co., who renamed her. Operated for many years on the east coast before being laid up. [WL]

Ben Nevis. Wooden brig, 257 tons. #27756. Built Great Britain, 1859; reg. Melbourne. L 98.8 ft. Lost on north shore, Port Stephens, NSW, 30 June 1875. A member of the crew swam ashore with a line and by this means all were saved. [LN],[SAN]

Ben. Wooden ketch, 12 tons. #74828. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 8/1877.  Disappeared in a gale when on a voyage from Newcastle to Lake Macquarie, 1 October 1881. [LN],[SAN]

Benandra. Wooden coastal steamer, 345 tons. #131592 Built 1913; reg. Sydney 17/1914. Lbd 130 x 30 x 8.8 ft. Struck by a breaker which turned her broadside on to the Moruya Heads bar, NSW, and lost, 5 March 1924. One lost, a passenger who sought shelter in the engine room was trapped by rising water and drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Bendixson. A vessel of this name lost in 1899.  [SAN]

Beppo. Wooden schooner, 30 tons. Built NSW 1845; reg. Sydney 56/1853. L 38.7 ft.  Captain Nias. Ashore, breaking her back near Shoalhaven, NSW, April 1854.The crew reached the rocks, where they remained for thirty hours lashed to spars before struggling to safety when the seas abated. [LN],[SAN - 24 tons, supposed lost near Wollongong, NSW]

Berengaria. Barque, 422 tons. $12919. Built Great Britain 1857; reg. Sydney,  32/1860. Lost on a voyage from Newcastle to China, 1869.
[SAN - barquentine],[ASR - lost 1873 (register closed?],[LAH - lost between NSW and New Zealand]

Berlinda. Ketch, 52 tons. #83640. Built NSW 1884; reg. Sydney 46/1881. L 74 ft. Lost at Wagonga Heads, NSW, 16 April 1884.  [SAN]

Bernard & Isabel. Wooden ketch, 22 tons. #69731. Built NSW 1873; reg. Sydney 74/1873. Length 72 ft. Wrecked on rocks at Kiama, NSW, 2 May 1875. [LN],[SAN]
 

Bertha. Wooden topsail schooner, 64 tons. #49269. Built NSW 1864; reg. Sydney 64/1864. Ashore in a gale on the north side of Bass Point, (Shellharbour, south of Wollongong), NSW, and quickly broke up, 9 September 1879. Aboriginals camped nearby were quickly on the scene to help rescue the crew.  [LN -87 tons],[SAN - ashore at Long Point, Shellharbour]

Bertha. Wooden schooner, 87 tons. #89399. Built NSW 1885; reg. Sydney 23/1886. Length 77 ft.  Ashore and lost during a gale on the beach near the Bellinger River, north coast NSW, June 1891.  [LN],[SAN - Lost at Nambucca Heads, NSW (south of Bellinger River)],[ASR - lost Nambucca River, NSW, August 1891]

Bessy. Schooner, 51 tons. Built NSW 1836; reg. Sydney, 26/1837, 70/1840. From Sydney for Newcastle, umanageable in a gale and eventually went ashore 15 nm south of Port Stephens, NSW, 1844. The crew reached safety, and were taken on to Sydney by the steamer Rose.  [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Betsey. Schooner, 75 tons. Master William Brooks. Wrecked on a reef in the China Sea when bound from Macao to Sydney, 21 November 1805. Eight crew on a raft perished. Five others in the jollyboat made the Philippines where the master and a crew member were killed. The mate, Edward Luttrell and two crew made their escape, only to be attacked again by Malays, with one crew member being killed, the remaining two men captured. They lived s slaves till April 1806 when they were taken to Malacca and presumably released. [ASW1]

Betsey. Sloop. Built 1810 on the Hawkesbury River. Lost off north-east river, Broken Bay, NSW, 14 August 1822. [SAN],[GB - wrecked in Broken Bay, 11 August 1822; may have been refloated]

Birchgrove Park. Steel screw coastal steamer, 640 ton. #157592. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1930; reg. Sydney, 1/1931. Lbd 153.4 x 34.1 x 11.8 ft. Under Captain Milligan, entered Sydney Harbour on 18 January 1931. In August 1941 commissioned by the RAN and operated as an auxiliary minesweeper, and then stores and personnel transport; arrived Port Moresby Augusst 1943, left December 1945. Captain Laurence Lynch. Capsized and sank 7 km south of Broken Bay, off Avalon, 2 August 1956. Ten lives lost. Carrying 500 tons of coal, she listed badly to port for several hours before rolling over when struck by a huge wave. The crew were unable to launch the lifeboats and were forced to swim for their lives when she sank. Rescue vessels hurried to the scene and picked up the few survivors.
[LN],[SAN],[#MGV],[WAH],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, in 50 metres, about three kilometres off Avalon Beach, NSW, and is a popular scuba dive, even for its depth and collapsed condition.

Bismark. Schooner, 74 tons. #73364. Built NSW 1876; reg. Sydney 31/1876. L 77.4 ft. Lost on the Nambucca River bar, 9 June 1878. [SAN]

Bittern. Ketch, 18 tons. Reg. Sydney, 1898. Sunk Gulf of Papua, 1941. [ASR]

Black Diamond. Iron schooner, 71 tons. #32008. Built Scotland, 1830?; reg. Sydney, 48/1859. Length 75 ft.  Lost offshore between Seal Rocks Bay and Cape Hawke, NSW, 12 July 1863.   [SAN],[LN - abandoned in a sinking condition between Richmond River and Sydney]

Black Diamond. Steamship, 100 tons. Built 1864; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Black Dog. Schooner, 142 tons. Built 1848; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Black Jack. Wooden schooner,  28 tons?. Built NSW 1820?. Captain G. Doors.  Lost on the bar at Port Macquarie, NSW, December 1823. She was at he time under the employ of the colonial government. [LN], [SAN - lost 1825?/09/20],[ASW1]

Black Swan. Cutter, 19 ton. Built Westernport, Victoria, 1843; reg. Sydney 20 September, 62/1843, 14/1845, 5/1850. Lbd 36.6 x 12.2 x 6.1 ft. Captain Joseph Campbell. Left Newcastle for Sydney and disappeared in a storm, June 1852.
On 24 October 1846, was rammed by the steamer Thistle between Newcastle and Sydney. The single survivor was saved by the steamer, but the other two occupants of the cutter were knocked overboard and drowned. The cutter was not extensively damaged and was taken to Newcastle. [ASW1],[GB],[SAN]

Black Swan. Wooden paddle steamer, 69 tons.  #32481. Built NSW 1854; reg. Sydney, 64/1865.  Struck the bar at Manning River, NSW, and lost, 4 June 1868. She had been brought out to Australia in sections and assembled for use as a ferry on Sydney Harbour.  An inquiry decided that she had been overloaded and this had caused heavy seas to sweep over her, extinguishing the fires. [LN]

Blackbird. Screw steamer,  800 tons. Lost March 1875.  [SAN]

Blackbird. Wooden schooner,  68 tons. Built NSW 1828; reg. Sydney 25/1833. Length 56 ft.  Lost ashore in a gale at Bherwerre Beach, Wreck Bay, near the wreck of the Hive, 16 January 1836. She was engaaged to recover stores and other articles salvaged from the Hive. Cargo was jettisoned in an attempt to save her, but the sea soon reduced her to a total wreck. No loss of life. [LN],[SAN - cutter],[ASW1 - lost south-west of Cape St. George]

Black Duck. Ketch. Lost near Cronulla,NSW, 1852. [LN]
Little seems to be known of this vessel. Berry indicates a vessel of this name, foundered off the central coast NSW, 1863[GB]. SAN simply lists as lost 1853.

Blackwall. Wooden screw steamer,  66 tons. #69749. Built NSW 1874; reg. Sydney. Lost on north reef, Shellharbour, 20 July 1876. [SAN]

Blue Belle. Schooner, 66 tons. Built 1851; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Blue Gum. Vessel possibly lost in the Swansea channel, NSW, 1900s.  [SAN]

Blue Racket. Schooner, 34 tons. #41119. Built NSW 1859; reg. Sydney, 1/1860. Length 56 ft. Lost from Sydney to Shoalhaven, NSW, August 1866. [SAN]

Bobby. Wooden launch.  Lost near Cronulla, NSW, 29 June 1929. [SAN]

Bobycito. Hulk, 432 tons. Built Sydney, 1866. Broken up at Sydney, 1892. [ASR]

Bodalla. Wooden screw coastal steamer, 345 tons.  #136397. Built NSW 1914; reg. Sydney 72/1914. Lbd 130 x 30 x 9.5 ft. Captain Jackson. Ashore and lost at Narooma, 19 January 1924. She grounded on the bar of the Wagonga River in a moderate swell where she was buffeted and filled with water. Crew of 14 reached shore. [LN,[SAN],[BNS]

Boko. Lighter, 197 tons. Built 1877; reg. Brisbane. Broken up , reg closed 1949. [ASR]

Bombala. Steamer, 4000 tons. A.U.S.N. Co.  [WL]

Bombo. Steel screw steamer, 540/282 tons. #157634. Built Leith, Scotland, 1930; reg. Sydney 3/1936. Lbd 154.3 x 30.1 x 12 ft. Arrived at Sydney Harbour 23 April 1930 undr Captain Manning. In February 1941, requsitioned by the RAN; operated as an auxiliary minesweeper, then stores carrier. Captain Arthur Bell. Foundered five miles off Wollongong, 22 February 1949. Ten seamen lost, two survivors. The ship was proceeding up the coast in rough seas when the cargo shifted in No.1 hold and she listed significantly. A course was set for Port Kembla, but the list increased rapidly, then she keeled over and sank. Some of the crew clung to wreckage, but as they weakened they lost their grip and disappeared. [LN],[SAN - 602 tons],[LAH],[#MGV],[BNS]
@ A popular diveas the vessel lies upside down in 28 metres, and appears to have split in two horizontally with part of the wreck lying next to the hull.

Bonalbo. Steel steamship, 960 tons. Built Port Glaasgow, 1925 for N.C.S.N. Co. Lbd 205 x 34.6 x 12 ft. After changing hands several times, sold to Hong Kong interests in 1957 and renamed Leewana. [MR]

Bonaparte. Schooner. Captain Rowling. Left Bellambi for New Zealand, sprang a leak in heavy seas, and abandoned about ten miles off-shore, 17 Oct 1864. Crew of seven reached safety in the long boat. [LN]

Bonnie Dundee. Wooden schooner,  84 tons. #74907. Built Sydney 1876; reg. Sydney 56/1881. Length 85 ft. -Lost at Bawley (Borley?) Point Beach, 10 nm south of  Ulladulla, NSW, 24 June 1897.  [SAN],[LN - 19 June],[ASR]

Bonnie. Vessel lost in 1916.  [SAN]

Bonnie Dundee. Iron steamer, 193/121 tons gross. #75200. Built Dundee, 1877; reg. Sydney 41/1877. Lbd 130.3 x 19 x 9.9 ft. Rammed by SS Barrabool off Lake Macquarie and sank within a few minutes, 10  March 1879. Four passengers and a cabin boy lost their lives. [LN - 193 tons],[NH],[MR],[SAN - off Swansea heads, Newcastle],[DG],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, in 35 metres, south-east of Moon Island. Sh appears to be sinking into the sand, with engine and boiler prominent.

Boomerang. Schooner, 96 tons. Built 1852; reg Hobart Town. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Boomerang. Wooden schooner, 63 tons. #32513. Built NSW 1855; reg. Sydney, 7/1856. Length 78.7 ft. Left Newcastle for the Clarence River but failed to arrive, 12 January 1865. Seven lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Borough Belle. Brigantine, 210 tons. Built 1875; reg. Sydney. Wrecked on Bellona Reef, January 1894. [ASR]

Bortonius. Screw steamer. Lost on the Manning River bar, January 1885. [SAN]

Bortonius. See Lawrence.

Boston. Ketch, 18 tons. Built, 1903; reg. Sydney. Wrecked at East Cape, Papua, 6 February 1938. [ASR]

Botany. Dredge. Lost off Jervis Bay, NSW, 9 October 1936.  [SAN]

Bound To Win. Wooden ketch, 32 tons. #74980. Built Sydney 1878; reg. Sydney 42/1878. Length 57.7 ft. Foundered during squall at the entrance to Port Stephens, NSW, 20 October 1893. Three lives lost. Only the master was saved after clinging to wreckage for several hours. [LN],[ASR]

Bowen. Steamer. Rammed the barque Helen Malcolm, Broken Bay, NSW, October 1873. Fate of vessels not recorded. [JM]

Bowra. Wooden screw steamer, 205/140 tons. #89247. Built Hobart, 1883; reg. Hobart 11/1890. Length 123 ft. Abandoned 8 nm south of  Seal Rocks, NSW, after springing a leak, and later sank in deep water, 27 October 1894. [LN],[ASR],[MR - inducates a vessel of this name operating in northern NSW as a wood stern wheel drogher, used on the Nambucca River],[SAN]

Bramble. Wooden schooner, 53 tons. Built NSW 1840; reg. Sydney, 60/1849. Length 66 ft. Lost in squall off Richmond River, NSW, 28 September 1850; seven drowned. [LN],[SAN - lost at Long Point, 6 nm south, between Richmond and Clarence Rivers]

Brazileira. Barque, 294 tons. Built, 1866; reg. Sydney. Wrecked coast of China, November, 1893. [ASR]

Breadalbane . Wooden barquentine,  214 tons. #4633. Built 1854; Sydney 33/1862. Length 104.6 ft.1864/10/01.  Ashore in gale,  2.5 nm north of Ballambi, NSW, 1 October. [SAN],[LN - barque]

Brewarrina. Paddle steamer, 28 tons. #74945. Built 1877; reg. Sydney,  73/1877. Length 57 ft. Lost on the Murrumbidgee River, 1926. [SAN]

Bright Planet. Wooden barquentine, 165 tons. #31882. Built India, 1816; reg. Sydney, 14/1866. Length 82 ft. Ashore near Bulli jetty in a gale, 7 September 1867. Same time as the barque Matador. [SAN],[LN - barque]

Brighton. Paddle steamer, iron,  417 tons. #83792. Built at Rutherglen, Scotland, 1883; reg. Sydney 100/1883. Lbd 220.2 x 23 x 10.7 ft. Ex Manly ferry. Abandoned at Port Stephens, NSW. [LH],[SAN - indicates iron screw steamer],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Brilliant. Wooden schooner, 140 tons. #31793. Built Canada, 1851; reg. Sydney 16/1869.  Length 87 ft. Lost ashore at Cape Byron, 1876. [SAN]
SAN also lists:
Brilliant. Wooden schooner, 140 tons. #31793. Built Canada, 1867; reg. Sydney, 53/1877. Length 87 ft.  Lost off Brunswick River, NSW, 1 May 1884.  [SAN]
Something is not right here. Whereas it is possible that a shipbuilder could be commissioned to build an identical ship after one had been lost, it is not likely that this be done whilst the original ship is still afloat. Note the same official number.

Brisbane.Wooden cutter, 16  tons. Built NSW 1822; reg. Sydney 1/1830. Length 37.4 ft. Capsized near the mouth of the Shoalhaven River, August 1832. Bound from Ulladulla to Sydney with timber, cheese and sundry articles, her remains were found by aborigines. Apparently all crew were drowned.
[LN - schooner],[SAN - lost at Jervis Bay],[ASW - possible lbd 26-6 x 11-1 x 5-8 ft]
Also listed, and possibly the same vessel:
Brisbane. Cutter, 16 tons. Ashore at the Port Macquarie entrance, 13 April 1825. She was in the company of the colonial cutter Sally and sloop Mary Ann, both lost. The Brisbane however was refloated and repaired. Lbd 27-6 x 11-1 x 5-8 ft. [ASW1]

Brisk. Naval sloop. Involved in survey work of Broken Bay, 1854.  [JM]

Britannia. Ketch, 50/24 tons. #74954. Built NSW 1877; reg. Sydney, 2/1878. Length 73 ft. Ran on to rocks and lost while crossing the bar at Nambucca River, NSW, 21 August 1878. [SAN - listed as Brittania],[LN]

Britannia. Topsail schooner, 48 tons. #38849. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 63/1867. Length 78.4 ft. Lost 4 nm south of Morna Point, Port Stephens, 9 May 1869. [SAN],[LN - lists schooner of this name, run ashore to save lives in a gale that claimed several ships, 1869]

Britannia. Wooden screw steamer,  55 tons. #121118. Built NSW 1902; reg. Sydney,3/1906. Length 75 ft. Lost on the Richmond River, Ballina, 1945 or 1950. [SAN]

Brittania, ketch, 50 tons. See Britannia, ketch, 50 tons. [SAN]

Bronzewing. Ketch, 26 tons. Built 1855; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Bronzewing. Motor vessel, 94 tons. Built Sydney, 1892. Lost enemy action, reg closed 1944. [ASR]

Bronzewing. Wooden schooner, 42 tons. 75889. Built NSW 1876; reg. Sydney, 73/1876. Length 69.5 ft. Having lefy Sydney, ran on to rocks at the Port Macquarie bar and lost, 21 December 1879. [LN - lost 17 December],[SAN]

Brooklyn. Wooden coastal steamer, 77 tons. #125229. Built NSW,1910; reg. Sydney 10/1910. Length 81.3 ft. Ashore and lost on the outer reef at Crookhaven Heads, NSW, 1911. Crew of eight saved. [LN],[SAN - wooden cutter]

Brothers. American whaler. Captain Benjamin Worth. Involved in rescue - see sloop Bee, 1806. [LN],[JM]

Brothers. Paddle steamer, 16 tons. Built Sydney, 1847. Broken up Port Stephens, NSW, no date. [ASR]

Brothers. Two masted wooden schooner, 9 tons. Built Broulee, NSW, 1845; reg. Sydney, 14/1847. Lbd 28.4 x 9.4 x 4.3 ft.  Master John Filby. Lost at Crowdy Beach near Manning River, NSW, 8 August 1847. No lives lost. [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Brothers. Wooden cutter, 11 tons. Built Hawkesbury River, NSW 1840; reg. Sydney, 75/1842. Lbd 25.6 x 10.2 x 4.9 ft. Traded between Sydney and Hawkesbury River.Capsized whilst attempting to shelter in Broken Bay in a gale, October 1845. [GB],[SAN],[JM]
On 22 April 1844, seized by six convcts from Newcastle.When the convicts went ashore at Port Stephens for water, the original crew of the Brothers recaptured their vessel and left the convicts to their fate. They were later arrested.

Brothers. Wooden ketch, 18 tons. #59521. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 3/1869. Lbd 43.2 x 13.4 x 4.9 ft. Captain Shiled. Ashore in heavy weather, wrecked, Half Tide Rocks, Brisbane Water, 10 September 1876. [GB],[SAN]

Brundah. Steel steamship, 883 tons. Built Glasgow, 1906 forr the N.C.S.N. Co. Lbd 200.2 x 30.1 x 17.9 ft.  Operated on NSW north coast and the Richmond River, NSW, under Captain Benjamin Alley. Sold in 1925 to burns philp (South Seas) Ltd and renamed Malinoa. Badly damaged when stranded in Vila, New Hebrides on 30 April 1932; refloated buy beyond repair so scuttled at Suva, Fiji, 1933. [MR]
In 1921, involved in rescue - see SS Our Jack[LN]

Brunel. Barque, 1797 tons. Built 1889. Lost between New South Wales and Chile, 1906.  [LAH]

Brunswick. Iron screw steamship, 2-mast ketch rig, 174 tons. #89241. Built at Balmain, NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 125/1883. Lbd 104.7 x 20.6 x 7.8 tons. Ashore and lost when entering the Manning River, NSW, 18 December 1886. [LN],[MR],[SAN]

Budgaree. Schooner. Ashore at Manning River during a gale, 8 May 1885 [LN]

Budgaree. Wooden ketch, 87 tons. #89281. Built NSW 1884; reg. Sydney, 77/1885. Length 87.2 ft. Lost at Beagle Bay, Batemans Bay, NSW, 23 June 1891. [SAN],[ASR]

Bull Pup. Reported possibly lost on Brush Island, NSW, 1879. (JKL records this as being from the Australian Nautical Almanac for 1879).  [LN],[BNS]

Bunyip. Paddle steamer, 10 tons. Built Sydney, 1877. Wrecked Manning River, NSW, November 1889. [ASR]

Bunyip.Wooden schooner, 58/39 tons. #64443. Built 1870; reg. Sydney, 19/1888. Length 85 ft. Struck an unidentified object which stove in her bottom while entering the Manning River, 18 November 1889. She was beached inside the bar but soon filled with water and became a total loss. [SAN],[LN - steamship, built 1873, lost 20 November],[ASR]

Buonaparte. Wooden schooner,  119 tons.  #40942. Reg. Sydney, 45/1863. Length 82.6 ft. Lost 8 nm north of Bellambi, NSW, 10 n m offshore, 17 October 1864. [SAN],[LPA]

Burrawong. Steel twin screw steamship, 391 tons. #96404. Built at Dundee, 1889; reg. Sydney.. Lbd 155 x 28.1 x 8.8 ft. Struck the Manning River, NSW, breakwater, then drifted into mid-channel where she sank, 27 March 1909. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]

Buster. Wooden barque, 310 tons. #85626. Built Canada, 1881; reg. Sydney, 66/1888. Length 129 ft.  Lost ashore 200 yds from Woolgoolga jetty, NSW, 17 February 1893. [SAN],[ASR - brigantine, built 1884]

Byron. Wooden screw steamship, 145/99 tons. #101024. Built at Terrigal, NSW, 1891, as a schooner; reg. Sydney, 75/1891. Lbd 96.2 x 20.4 x 8.1 ft. Sprang a leak in a gale and abandoned off Lake Macquarie, off Nine Mile Beach, Red Head, NSW, 24 May 1896. The Newcastle lifeboat rescued the crew. See also topsail schooner Condong and barquentine Karoola lost in the same gale.  [LN - 99 tons],[ASR],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, south-east of Redhead Point.

Cahors. Steel steamship, 1254 tons. #89867. Built Scotland, 1883; reg. Sydney, 52/1884. A.S.N.Co. Ashore and abandoned near the entrance to the Richmond River, 6 June 1885. All 130 passengers, and crew, saved but one man was drowned when lost overboard from SS Dione as she crossed the Clarence bar, returning from the wreck.  [LN],[DG],[SAN - lost on Evans Reef, off Evans Head, 10 June 1885]

Cairo. Wooden ketch, 94/57 tons.  #101033. Built NSW 1891; reg. Sydney, 37/1892. Length 80 ft. Wrecked Brunswick River, NSW, 25 August 1893. [SAN],[ASR - steamship]

Cakobau. Paddle steamer, iron, 178 tons. Built at Sydney, 1882. Lbd 111.3 x 19.3 x 7.6 ft. Abandoned on the banks of the Clarence River between Harwood and Yamba, NSW. [LH]

Caledonia. Schooner, 60 tons. Captain Melville. From Sydney to Port Stephens, capsized in a gale, Broken Bay, NSW, 4 October 1872. All except the captain, who was lost attempting to swim to shore, were rescued by the ketch prince Alfred. [GB]

Caledonia. Wooden schooner, 46 tons. #38848. Built at Myall Lakes, 1867;  reg. Sydney, 31/1878.  Lbd 68.8 x 18.3 x 6.3 ft. Master Frederick William Merrett. Abandoned after springing a leak while on a voyage from Port Macquarie to Sydney, 7 April 1894. Rolled over and sank seven miles east of Norah Head. Crew picked up by the steamship  Duckenfield. [GB],[LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost 6 May 1894]
In October 1872, capsized and sank in Pittwater, NSW, drowning her master. Salvaged a month later.
In July 1877, collided with the ketch Lillian.
In 1877, ashore during a gale while sheltering at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens [LN]

Callender. Wooden brig, 139 tons. #31792. Built USA 1846; reg. Sydney 71/1866. Length 89.8 ft. Lost on rocks north of the entrance to the Richmond River, 6 June 1871.   [SAN],[ASR]

Calypso. Brig, 105 tons. Built Williams river, NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney 53/1843. Foundered at sea, 1849. [ASW1]
From where, or where she foundered, is not recorded, and is only listed here because she was registered in Sydney.

Cambay Breeze. See SS Bangalow.

Cambrian Packet. Wooden ketch, 21 tons. #32530. Built NSW 1855; reg. Sydney, 17/1856. Length 49.5 ft.  Foundered south of Botany Bay, 20 June 1861.One man drowned. [LN - schooner],[SAN - lost at Port Hacking]

Camden.Wooden barquentine, 235 tons. #43235. Built France,1853; reg. Sydney, 55/1862. Length 96.4 ft. Captain Sutton. Ashore by adverse winds, and lost, between Brush Island and the NSW mainland, 30 January 1870.  She had left London for Sydney on 4 September 1869. The voyage out was uneventful until off the southern NSW coast when forced ashore. All saved. The ketch Agnes Henry and the schooner Mary Cosgrove chartered to recover cargo.
[LN - barque, built 1850],[SAN - lost near Ulladulla, 6 February 1870],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known - 'bits and pieces' scattered over a wide area in depths from surface to 25 metres

Canastota. Steel screw steamer,  4904 tons. #124242. Built Scotland, 1907; reg. Glasgow. Lost from Sydney to Wellington, June 1921. [SAN],[LAH - Canastoto]

Candidate. Ketch, 88 tons. Left Camden Haven in July 1912 and was not seen again. [LN],[SAN - lost south of Camden Haven, May 1912]

Candidate. Ketch, 86 tons. #89378. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 82/1885. Length 88 ft.  Capsized by a heavy sea while attempting to enter the Hastings River at Port Macquarie, 16 February 1895. Crew of four drowned. [SAN],[LN - lost 16 October 1894],[ASR]

Canonbar. Steel steamship, 708 tons. Built Ardrossan, 1910, for N.C.S.N. Co. Lbd 185.8 x 32.1 x 11 ft. Sold 1926 to J. Bourke; in 1946 to Hong Kong interests and renamed Rosita, then Valiente; in 1958 reg. In Panama. Reported missing in Mekong River, Vietnam. [MR]

Cape Clear. Steamship, 2439 tons. See Tekapo.

Cape Finisterre. Steamer. Captain McDonald. Saw extensive wreckage, probably from the steamer Rosedale, 20 miles north of Smoky Cape, NSW, 1911. [MR]

Captain T.Fenwick. Screw steamer. Lost on the Richmond River, 15 nm from Lismore, NSW, 14 December 1915. [SAN]

Carabean. See Caribean.

Cardross. Steamship, 1896 tons. #135724. Built Newcastle, UK, 1919; reg. Sydney, 10/1935. Sank after collision with SS Fiona about 30 kms north-east of Port Jackson, 15 December 1940. The bow of the Fiona penetrated the engine room and the rapid entry of the sea forced the crew of 26 to abandon her. No lives were lost. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Caribean. Wooden cutter, 17 tons. Reg. 22/1828. Foundrered in gale off Port Stephens, April 1831. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Carn Tual. Barque, 497 ons. Built 1859; reg. Newcastle. Missing since March 1891. [ASR]

Carnation. Schooner, 32 tons. #32439. Built NSW, 1830; reg. Sydney 16/1861. Captain Smith. Beached in Seal Rock Bay, NSW, in a gale, 12 July 1866. Heavy seas swept over her, injuring the master, but about two hours after she was beached the crew and passengers were able to land. A few days later all were picked up by SS James Paterson and landed in Sydney. [LN],[SAN]

Caroline. Brig, 149 tons. Foundered 400 km north- east from Sydney, 28 January 1871. All the crew except the cook were saved.
[ASR],[SAN - lost 50 nm from Sydney],[LN - lost 28 January 1870],

Caroline. Cutter, 29 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849. In 1856, involved in rescue - see Prosperous.    [JM]
 
 

Caroline. Schooner, 127 tons. Built 1845. Lbd 59.4 x 18.1 x 12.1 ft. Captain Watkins. Left Newcastle with a cargo of coal and two passengers (the wife and daughter of the master); when abreast of Broken Bay, struck by squall, ran for shelter but wrecked, lost, with all crew and passengers, May 1860. [JM],[GB],[SAN]

Caroline. Schooner, 103 tons. Built and reg. at New Bedford. Sailed for New Bedford from Sydney on 29 March 1802 and never heard of again. It is possible she was wrecked on one of the Pacific islands. Eleven lost. [ASW1]

Caroline. Two masted wooden ketch, 29 tons. #41082. Built on the Macdonald River, NSW, 1847; reg. Sydney 82/1850. Lbd 46 x 14.5 x 6ft. Captain Thomas Kehoe. Lost on the west spit, Brisbane Water bar, 12 Febuary 1869. All hands saved. [GB],[SAN]

Caroline. Wooden barge, 32 tons.  #32108. Reg. 59/1863. Length 110 ft.  Lost of Broken Bay heads, 29 March 1867. [SAN]

Caroline. Wooden ketch, 36 tons. #64431. Built NSW, 1870; reg. Sydney,  45/1873. Length 60 ft. Lost at Seal Rocks at or near Charlotte Bay, NSW, 1877. [LN],[SAN]

Caroline. Wooden brigantine, 130 tons. Built Canada, 1851; reg. Liverpool. Length 70 ft.  Lost ashore at Point Perpendicular, Jervis Bay, 27 January 1859.  [SAN],[LN - 111 tons]

Caroline. Wooden schooner, 69 tons. Built NSW, 1827; reg. Sydney, 5/1835. Length 53.4 ft.  Lost near the MacLeay River Macleay River, January 1935.
[SAN],[LN - lost December 1835]

Carrick. Iron barquentine, 898 tons. Possibly built 1856. Abandoned in a leaking condition when 300 km east of Cape Howe, 16 December 1896. Crew of seventeen took to the boats; all reached safety at Eden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Valparaiso with 1471 tons of coal; the pumps reduced the water level until they became choked with coal dust. [LN - barque],[SAN]

Carrington. Schooner, 22 tons. Built NSW 1835; reg. Sydney, 30/1836. Length 46 ft.  Lost at Port Stephens, 1842. [SAN]
In 1836, involved in rescuee - see cutter Pandora, lost port Stephens, NSW, 1836.

Carry Well. (Carrywell). Wooden schooner,  74 tons. #31689. Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney,  20/1865. Length 83 ft. Lost ashore in a gale at Coffs Harbour, NSW, 12 July 1866. [SAN],[LN]

Casino. Wooden steamship drogher, operating on the Richmond River, NSW. [MR]

Castle Bank. Barque, 1656 tons. Built 1894. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso,1896  [LAH]

Castle Rock. Ship, 1912. Built 1892. Lost between Sydney and Seattle, USA, 1908  [LAH]

Caswell. Barque, 517 tons. Built 1875. Lost between New South Wales and Manila, 1899.   [LAH]
Also listed:
Caswell. Barquentine. Lost from Newcastle to Ecuador, February 1899.  [SAN]

Cateaux Wattel. Wooden fully rigged ship,  889 tons. Reg. Antwerp. Lost Sydney Harbour, 4 May 1860. [SAN]

Cathcart . Vessel lost in 1890 or 1901.  [SAN]

Catherine . Barquentine, 414 tons. #45991. Built USA, 1862; reg. Melbourne 34/1864. Length 124 ft.  Lost near shore in a gale at Red Head, 15 km south of Newcastle, NSW, 3 October 1871. [SAN],[LN - barque]

Catherine Hill. Two-masted wooden topsail schooner, 65 tons. #38807. Built at Wisemans Ferry, 1866; reg. Sydney, 9/1866. Lbd 74 x 17.2 x 7.5 ft. Captain T. Crowley. From Richmond River to Newcastle, wrecked after battling a severe gale, on the beach that now bears her name, Catherine Hill Bay, central coast NSW, 21 June 1867. Crew of four saved.
[GB],[SAN],[LN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Catherine. Wooden cutter, 26 tons. Built NSW 1843; reg. Sydney, 16/1849. Wrecked near Twofold Bay, NSW,  May 1851. She left Twofold Bay on 13 May and called at Bermagui to load tallow. Adverse winds forced her to anchor in the river where, after being buffeted by squalls for three days, she parted her anchors. Trees sweeping down the flooded river fouled her remaining anchors and forced the crew to abandon her. She parted her last anchors and was washed out to sea before being forced ashore where the sea broke over her. [LN],[SAN - ashore at Bermaagui]

Catherine. Wooden schooner, 48 tons. #31873. Built Singapore, 1839; reg. Sydney, 49/1862. Length 62 ft. Wrecked near Wollongong after striking a rock, 4 June 1867.  As she began to fill, her master managed to run her ashore, enabling the Nowra to go alongside to remove most of her cargo of coal before she went to pieces. [LN]

Catherine. Wooden cutter,  35 tons. Built NSW 1835; reg. Sydney, 17/1835. Lbd 50 x 15-2 x 6-8 ft. Struck the Macleay River bar, wrecked, October 1936. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Catherine Mackellar. Schooner, 260 tons. Built NSW 1846; reg. Sydney, 36/1846.  Lbd 38.4 x 14 x 6.7 ft. Master John Ladd. Left Newcastle for Sydney in company with the vessel Australia; lost at sea in gale, 10 June 1847. The captain, two crew and the owner’s son were lost. The Australia sheltered under Reids mistake, entrance to Lake Macquarie, whilst the catherine Mackellar stood off the land and presumed to have foundered.
[LN],[ASW1],[SAN]

Cato. Steamer, 94 tons. Built 1891. Ashore while leaving the Brunswick River, 1893. Salvaged and re-registered as Sarah Fenwick, to be lost at Richmond River, 27 March 1900. [LN]

Catterthun. Iron screw ship, 2179 tons. (Sister Tannadice). Built Sunderland, Great Britain, 1881 for the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company; reg. London. Arrived Sydney harbour 18 August 1881 under the command of Captain J. Miller. Lbd 302 x 36.6 x 23 ft. Under Captain Shannon, foundered about 2 nm north of  Seal Rocks, NSW, 8 August 1895. Seventy-seven lives lost; most of her passengers were asleep when she struck and had no chance to escape. She steamed from Sydney on 6 August with 99 passengers and crew, and a mixed cargo which included golden sovereigns. Heavy rain squalls and a south-easterly gale reduced visibility and in the early hours of the morning, when most were asleep, she struck rocks and sank quickly. A big sea swept the bridge, drowning the captain, the chief and second officers. A Court of Inquiry blamed the master for the wreck as he set a course which took the ship near the dreaded Seal Rocks and he had also navigated the ship too close to land throughout the voyage. On 19 August 1895 two steamers, the tugs Marion Mayfield and Gamecock,  searched for the wreck and it was located about a fortnight later, enabling a diver to be lowered to verify its position. As the wreck lay in 30 fathoms, special ‘Heinche’ diving suits were brought out from England and experiments were carried out with them off Sydney Heads, while plans were prepared to recover the £11,000 worth of gold sovereigns carried in the ship’s strongroom; £7,350 was recovered. Steamer Electra involved in rescue. Steamers Stirling, Mermaid, Sophia Ann and Sir William Wallace involved in salvage. Fifty-five lives lost.  [LN],[NH],[SAN],[#DG],[#MGS],[LAH],[WL],[BNN]
In 1881, took in tow the distressed Siamese barque Fabius, near Hong Kong.
@ Wrecksite known but due to depth of sixty metres, and frequent heavy sea conditions, not frequently dived. However, is regarded by author Max Gleeson as ‘the most exciting wreck dive in the state’. After all, there is still the opportunity to find some of the remaining bullion. A major expedition in 1990 recovered artifacts but no gold, so it is reported. She sits upright, with scattered wreckaage from bow to amidships, then reasonably intact to the stern. The deck has collapsed on to the cabins and engine room, but boilers and enhine can be seen.
~ Artifacts recovered may be found at the Newcastle Maritime Museum.
Gleeson includes an excellent coverage of contemporary salvage diving, and recent opportunity.

Cavanba. Steel steamship, 573 tons. Built at Paisley, 1901. Lbd 172.1 x 26.1 x 12.1 ft. Owned by N.C.S.N. Co. In 1904; sold to chinese interests in 1916, renamed Tungyuan, then Lai Hising. [MR]

Cayuga. Two-masted schooner, 164 tons. Built New Jersey, USA, 1843; renamed Mariposa in 1853 and lost as such in Broken Bay, NSW, in 1870. [GB]

Cecelia. Cutter, 20 tons. Ashore and lost on rocks at Wollongong, 9 February 1860.  [LN],[SAN]

Centennial. Wooden screw steamer,  29 tons. #94105. Built NSW 1888; reg. Newcastle, 3/1888. Length 77.4 ft. Stranded on Long Island, Broughton Island group, off  Port Stephens, 29 December 1898. [SAN],[LN - 20 tons],[BNN]

Centurion. Schooner, 47 tons. #46434. Built NSW, 1863; reg. Sydney, 31/1863. Length 69.2 ft.  Lost on the Brunswick River bar, NSW 3 March 1875. [LN],[SAN - lost 3 February 1875]

Centurion. Ship, 874 tons. Built 1847; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Ceres. Wooden paddle steamer, 250 tons. Built at Clarence town on the Williams River 1835. Possibly unregistered. Lb 134 x 38 ft. Captain Martin. From Newcastle to Sydney, struck a rock between Bird Island and Norah Head, NSW and began to sink, 29 August 1836. Her previous captain, Alexander Livingston, was on board as a passenger and immediately took charge, steering the sinking ship toward shore, and she sank in only four fathoms. The weather was fine and all passengers and crew reached safety. She was one of the first steamships wrecked in Australian waters. Her engines were recovered and fitted to the steamer Victoria.  [LN],[#GB],[#MR],[SAN - built 1836],[ASW1]
@ Wrecksite known but nothing left of the vessel.

Chaerea. Wooden yawl, 17 tons. #171212. Built Tasmania, 1935; reg. Sydney, 13/1937. Length 42 ft. Wrecked off south beach at Fingal Head, Port Stephens, NSW, 22 July 1937. [SAN],[ASR - wrecked Evans Head, NSW]

Challenger. Wooden cutter, 31 tons. Built Williams River, NSW, 1840; reg. Sydney, 93/1840. Lbd 41-3 x 12-6 x 6-8 ft.  Lost on the Manning River bar, NSW, August 1844. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1- lost August 1845]
 
 

Champion. Tug. Collided with and sank the ketch Aurora off Cape Three Points, NSW, 5 November 1898. The tug received little damage. [GB]
On 11 February 1918, collided with the steamer Dunmore off Botany Bay. [MGV]

Champion. Vessel listed as lost 1915.  [SAN]

Champion. Wooden schooner,  73 tons. #31880. Built Canada, 1830; reg. Sydney, 26/1859. Length 61.6 ft. Lost Richmond River, NSW, 27 November 1860. [SAN]

Champion. Wooden ketch, 36 tons. #75055. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 14/1880. Length 60.5 ft. Ashore during a gale on to the beach near Cape Hawke, April 1886. [SAN],[LN]
Also listed:
Champion. Ketch, 36 tons. #75055. Launched Brisbane Waters, NSW, 1879; reg. 76/1886. Lbd 60.5 x 16.8 x 6 ft. Sprang a leak 7 nm east off Bird Island, NSW, and sank, 12 April 1892. Crew rescued and landed at Newcastle. [LN],[GB],[SAN - sank 13 April 1892],[ASR]
Note same year built, size, official number, but different Australian registration. Appears that this is the one vessel, and that she was refloated after her stranding in April 1886, repaired, and re-registered, to be lost totally in 1892.

Chance. Cutter, 30 tons. Reg. Sydney. Ran on to the south spit at Camden Haven, 7 March 1876. [SAN],[LN - 20 tons]

Chance. Ketch, 26 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Chance. Wooden ketch, 41 tons.  #59566. Built NSW 1870; reg. Sydney, 38/1870. Length 58.7 ft. Captain Blair. Capsized while crossing the Manning River bar, NSW, 12 June 1874. All lost except the master. [SAN],[ASR],[LN]

Charles Webb. Cutter, 24 tonss. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Charleston. Steamship. Left Newcastle for Hong Kong late in 1881 and disappeared. Her remains might lie off the NSW north coast. [LN]

Charlie Cam. Steel screw steamer, 222 tons. #152032. Built NSW, 1917; reg. Sydney, 20/1926. Length 126 ft.  Lost at  Bunga Head, Mimosa Bay, 10 nm north of Tathra, NSW, 22 June 1932. [SAN],[BNS]

Charlotte Fenwick.  Wooden screw steamer, 73 tons. #89289. Built at Sydney, 1883; reg. Sydney, 59/1884. Length 90 ft. Used as a tug at Lakes Entrance from 1889 to 1903, then entered the Port Phillip Bay trade.  Sold to New South Wales interests in 1913; destroyed by fire on the Hawkesbury River, 29 April 1920. [SAN],[LPA  - lost August 1920]

Charlotte. Schooner. Ashore in gale near Port Kembla,  November 1825. No loss of life. [LN]
Also listed:
Charlotte. Vessel lost at Five Islands, Wollongong, NSW,  October or November 1825. No loss of life. She may have been refloated. [SAN],[ASW1]

Charlotte. Small coaster. Captain Charles Wantling. From Broken Bay to Sydney, foundered off Bird island near Newcastle, March 1833 with the loss of two lives; the captain survived by strapping two kegs to his body and drifted ashore, then walked to Newcastle.. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

Charlotte. Wooden sloop,  16 tons. Built NSW 1803; reg. Sydney, 19 December 1803.  Master-owner Robert Inch.  Bound from Hawkesbury River to Sydney with grain, foundered at Broken Bay, 5 nm north of Sydney heads, 27 August 1808. The two crew lost, the mastr, and crewman Georhe Conway.
[SAN],[LN],[ASW1],[#JM - left Sydney on 27 September 1808 in company with 16 ton sloop Hope, and capsized off Long Reef same day]
For furthr details on ex-convict George Conway, see Unidentified vessel, 1790.

Charlton steamship 1869 786 New.-Hong Kong1881  [LAH]

Chase. Schooner, 40 tons. Driven on to rocks and lost in bad weather, Shoalhaven River entrance, NSW, 1 May 1853.  Crew reached safety.[SAN],[LN - lost 1852.]

Chase. Wooden schooner,  45 tons. #32342. Built NSW, 1852; reg. Sydney, 69/1853. Length 61 ft. Lost 14 nm north of the Bellinger River, NSW, 28 April 1861. [SAN]

Cheetah. Schooner, 119 tons. #41089. Built Great Britain, 1859; reg. Sydney, 11/1860. Length 75 ft.  Lost in gale 5 km north of Crowdy Head, 16 February 1868. [LN]

Chelydra. Barque, 295 tons. Built Great Britain 1838; reg. Swansea. Lost in gale 15 nm north of  Port Stephens, NSW, 16 February 1868. One life lost. [LN],[SAN]

Chicken. Ketch, 16 tons. Built 1909; reg. Sydney. Wrecked Bell Coy, 1919. [ASR]

Chieftain. Brig, 290 tons. Built 1867; reg. Sydney. Broken up at Sydney, 1892. [ASR]

Chimborazo. Iron screw steamer, 3847 tons. #65886. Built Scotland, 1871; reg. Liverpool. Length 384 ft. Lost at Point Perpendicular,  Jervis Bay, 1878.  [SAN]

Chindera. Wooden steamship, 186 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #101145. Built at Jervis Bay, 1895; reg. Sydney 26/1895. Length 118 ft. Lost on the bar at Tweed River, NSW, 9 September 1897. [LN],[ASR - 111 tons],[MR - lost 1896],[SAN - lost 9 December 1896]

Chippewa. Ketch, 26 tons. #52397. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 53/1866. Length 53 ft. Wrecked with all hands during a gale at Crookhaven Heads, 20 November 1868. [LN],[SAN - lost 19 November,  drifted onto Seven Mile Beach, Gerringong, NSW]

Christin Fraser. Steel screw steamship, 717/299 tons. #152012. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1925; reg. Sydney, 16/1925. Left Newcastle for Geelong, but disappeared after having been sighted ten kilometres off Gabo Island in a gale; presume foundered 4 June 1933. Wreckage and deck fittings from her were found on a beach near Lakes Entrance, Victoria. [ASR],[SAN],[LAH]

Christopher George. Wooden schooner, 57 tons. #32447. Built NSW 1849; reg. Sydney, 54/1850. Length 62 ft. During a gale, foundered off Wollongong, 23 February 1869. All hands lost.  [LN],[SAN]

Chusan. Iron screw steamer, barque rigged, 699 tons. Owned by P. & O. Line. Under Captain Henry Dow, arrived Sydney 3 August 1852 and operated on the UK - Melbourne and Sydney run for only two return trips, before being replaced by the Madras.   [WL]

Cific. Wooden screw steamer,  19 tons. #131581. Built NSW, 1913; reg. Sydney, 4/1914. Length 52 ft. Lost off Newcastle. 6 October 1923. [SAN]

Cincinnati. Barque, 460 tons. Reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Circassian. Schooner. Disappeared off the south coast, NSW, 1864. Three lives lost. [LN]

Cities Service Boston. United States tanker, steel screw steamer, 9348 tons. Built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, USA, 1921. Lbd 468.3 x 62.7 x 32 ft. Aground at Bass Point, NSW,  and broke her back 16 May 1943. Heavy weather off the southern New South Wales coast forced the convoy in which she was travelling to Iran to scatter; far off course, the tanker ran aground. Despite very rough seas all personnel aboard were saved, although four were admitted to the Kiama hospital. However, the rescuers were not so fortunate, as four lost their lives during the rescue operations.Salvage operations took about ten years to complete. [LN],[LH],[SAN],[BNS}
@ Wrecksite known, but after extensive salvage, very little remains.

City of Sydney. Steamer, barque-rigged, 3000 tons. Built Pennsylvania, USA, 1875. Lbd 350 x 40 x 28 ft. For the Pacific Mail Company. Operated on the Sydney-San Francisco run. Latter rigged as a six-masted schooner.  [WL]

City of Sydney. Iron screw steamship, rigged as three-masted barque, 393 tons. #32448. Built on the Clyde, Scotland,1853 for the Australasian Steam Navigation Company; reg. Sydney, 40/1854. Lbd 207.8 x 27 x 17.3ft.  'The finest vessel on the Australian coast". Captain Moodie. On a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney with nearly 100 passengers, struck rocks  in foggy weather two miles west of Green Cape, NSW, 5 November 1862. She sank within an hour. No lives  lost. Customs boat, Water Police boat and two whaleboats escorted the survivors into Twofold Bay.
[LN],[LAH],[SAN],[WL],[DG - 750 tons],[BNS]
In 1856, involved in rescue - see barque William Bowness, 1856.
@ Only 'bits and pieces' of scrap remain, sections of the hull and a boiler.

City of Sydney. Wooden brigantine, 88 tons. #32189. Built NSW 1841; reg. Sydney, 26/1861. Length 69 ft. Lost on nort shore, Clarence River heads, NSW, 9 November  1868. [SAN]

City of Melbourne. Barque, 168 tons. Built 1851; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

City of Melbourne. Lost 1852. [SAN]

City of Grafton. Iron paddle steamer, 825 tons. Built at Port Glasgow, 1876. Lbd 207.4 x 26.9 x 19.3 ft. Flush-decked passenger ship of 250 hp. Operated in northern NSW waters. Laid up in 1913; hulked in 1920; scrapped in 1930. [MR],[DG]

City of Adelaide. Steamship, 1212 tons. Built Renfrew, Scotland, 1864. Length 252 ft. Australiasian Steam Navigation Co. 'A most popular and well-known vessel on the Australian coast', with regular passages between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. in or about 1881, converted into a four-masted barque and traded around the world. Dismantled in 1910, taken to Townsville where hulked in 1915, and then later scuttled. [DG]
In 1892, involved in rescue - see brigantine Victory, 1892. [LN]

City of Grafton. Screw steamer. Lost on the Richmond River bar, 9 March 1903. [SAN]

Clan McPherson. Barque, 1601 tons. Built 1885. Lost betwen New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1909.  [LAH]

Clara Sayers. Barque, 294 tons. Built 1862; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Clara. Brig, 179 tons. Built USA, 1834; reg. Melbourne, 75/1854. Length 95.8 ft. Lost in 1886. [SAN]

Clara. Schooner, 50 tons. Built Clarence River, NSW 1848; reg. Sydney, 49/1848. Lbd 67 x 15.1 x 5 ft. Master John Morgan. Lost ashore during a gale at north head as she crossed the bar, Brunswick River, NSW, 16 April 1850. No loss of life.
[ASW1],[LN],[SAN - wooden barge]

Clara. Wooden schooner,  67 tons. #73379. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 53/1876. Length 81 ft. Lost from Wollongong to Port Jackson, when cut in two and sank swiftly after a collision with SS Macedon, 15 miles south of Botany Bay, 1878. All crew saved. [LN],[SAN - 1877]

Clara. Wooden ketch, 40 tons. #38827. Built NSW 1867; reg. Sydney, 24/1867. Length 64 ft. Lost between Richmond River and Tweed River, 1869.  [SAN]

Clarence. Double-ended, iron paddle steamer, steam dredge, 18 tons. #59549. Built NSW,1865; reg. Sydney, 67/1869. Lbd 64 x 9.1 x 5.1. Abandoned and washed out to sea from the Clarence River during floods, 12 March 1890. [LN],[MR],[SAN]

Clarence. Iron paddle steamer, 378/223 tons. #32179. Built 1851; reg Sydney, 57/1862. Length 176 ft. Ashore between Bald Hill and Norogora Point, NSW, 2 June 1872.
[LN- 346 tons],[ASR],[SAN],[DG - wrecked 30 June],[BNN]
@ Wredcksite known, just south of Clarence Head.

Clarence. Wooden brig, 120 tons. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 46/1841. Lost 1842. [SAN]

Clarissa. Wooden schooner, 61 tons. #32591. Built NSW 1848; reg. Sydney, 82/1854. Length 67.5 ft. Lost ashore at Fingals Bay, Port Stephens, August 1857. [SAN]

Claud Hamilton. Steamship, 460 tons. Built 1862. Renamed Albany in 1885 and wrecked  on a reef near Nambucca Heads, NSW, in 1905. [LN]
Also listed:
Claud Hamilton. Steamer, 800 tons nett. Built UK, 1866. Square rigged on the foremast, and fore and aft on her main and mizzen, clipper bow. Carried 76 passengers. Owned by the Panama Line, McMeckan & Blackwood (in 1875), and Adelaide Steamship Co. (1881), when she was lengthened and given a straight stem.
On a voyage across the Tasman, a huge sea washed the captain’s cabin, with Captain Rowse inside, overboard. He was not found.  [WL]

Cleo. Ketch, 42 tons. Founded off Wollongong, 12 Feb 1869. [LN]

Cleone. Topsail schooner, 44 tons. #52376. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 21/1865. Struck the south point in Seal Rock Bay, came off and then sank in deep water, 5 September 1871. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - off north point]

Clio. Ketch,  42 tons. #59506. Built NSW 1868; reg. Sydney, 59/1868. Length 63 ft. Lost off Wollongong, NSW, 12 February 1869. [SAN]

Clio. Ketch.  Ashore on the northern breakwater at Port Kembla, 15 November 1927. Crew of two reached safety. [LN],[SAN]

Clutha. Schooner. Left Melbourne for the Clarence River and not seen again, 1868. Her remains might lie off the north coast, NSW. [LN],[SAN - simply lists year lost]

Coast Farmer. US iron screw steam ship, 3290 tons. 21958? Built USA, 1920; reg. Oregon, USA. Lbd 324 x 46.2 x  25.2 ft. When off Jervis Bay, struck by a torpedo amidships, then struck again by a second, and sank in about twenty minutes, 20 July 1942. One man was killed. The submarine, believed to be Japanese, surfaced and played a searchlight over the sinking ship and survivors without molesting them. [LN],[LAH]

Coddong . Vessel lost, NSW, 1896  [SAN]

Coldstream. Wooden launch, 13 tons. #136423. Built NSW, 1916; reg. Sydney, 7/1916. Length 45 ft.  Lost at Ulmarra, Clarence River, NSW, 11 December 1937. [SAN]

Colina. Wooden two-masted schooner, 54 tons. #31849. Built at Port Albert, Victoria, 1847, by John McKenzie, the first vessel to be constructed at Port Albert.; reg. Sydney, 25/1860. Lbd 53.5 x 15.7 x 8.3 ft. Timber carrier, operating out of Sealer’s Cove, Wilsons Promontory, 1840s, 1850s. Wrecked on the north spit at the mouth of the Wagonga River, NSW south coast, 7 May 1865.
[LN - lists name as Colinor],[LPA - lost 17 June 1865],[SAN - built NSW 1845],[LWP]
In 1852, involved in rescue - see schooner Elizabeth.
In 1853, collided with the ship Daniel Sharp west of Cape Otway after the ship had approached to confirm her position.The Colina’s main boom and stem were badly damaged but she sailed on to Portland for repairs. [LO]
In 1853, was sailing out of Corio Bay when capsized by a squall, 28 June. The crew of four and one passenger escaped, but a lad who was in the forecastle lost his life. [LV]
On 18 November 1860, saved in a heavy gale by cutting away her masts, off Bellambi, NSW; one of the crew lost his life when a boat capsized while coming ashore.  [LN]

Colintraive. Ship, 1907 tons. Built 1892. Lost between New South Wales and San Francisco,1894.  [LAH]

Collaroy. Iron paddle steamer, 419 tons. Built Liverpool, 1853. Arrived Sydney under canvas in 1854. Ran between Sydney and Hunter River. Wrecked American coast, probably California, June 1889. [DG]
On 20 January 1881, ashore on Narabeen Beach, NSW. Remained till September, resisting attempts of nature to break her up, when refloated and taken to Sydney for repairs. Converted into a schooner and made two trips to California. Such was her attraction whilst stranded that the beach became known as Collaroy Beach. [DG]

Collector. Paddle steamer, 24 tons. #52395. Built Sydney, 1866; reg. Sydney, 43/1866. Length 58 ft. Driven out to sea over the bar at Tweed River during a storm and not seen again, 29 July 1887. [LN],[ASR - 17 tons],[SAN - wooden screw steamer]

Colleen Bawn. Schooner, 62 tons. Built 1866; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Colleen. Wooden motor vessel. Lost Narooma Bay, NSW, 7 March 1947.  [SAN]

Colleen Bawn. Ketch, 27 tons. #70801. Built NSW 1875; reg. Newcastle,  15/1875. Length 55.4 ft.  Left Port Stephens for Sydney on 4 December 1877 but failed to arrive. [LN],[SAN]

Colleen Dhas.Wooden topsail schooner, 103 tons. #73318. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 91/1875. Length 98.4 ft. Ashore and lost on the Richmond River bar whilst under tow, 1 April 1883. The tug J.& T. Fenwick also hit the bank, canted over, filled, and sank. [LN],[BNN]

Colliboi. Wooden screw steamer, 144/114 tons. Built 1922. Lost NSW, 1932. [SAN],[ASR]

Colloden. Paddle steamer, 81 tons. Built 1845; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Colo. Screw steamer,  59 tons. #117632. Built NSW, 1903; reg. Sydney, 52/1903. Length 67 ft. Lost ashore, 4 nm south of  Norah Head, NSW, 20? October 1906.  [SAN]

Colonist. Schooner, 105 tons. #43699. Built Scotland, 1861; reg. Sydney, 57/1863. Length 76 ft. Lost on Elizabeth Reef off Richmond River, NSW, May 1870. [SAN]
According to [SAN], it appears that she was repaired and re-registered in Sydney, 6/1871, retaining her official number of 43699 with a nominal increase in size to109 tons, 78.5 ft; lost on Sydney Harbour between Fort Denison and Bradleys Head, 1 March 1890.  [ASR - schooner, 109 tons, built 1861; reg. Sydney; sunk in collision, Sydney Harbour, March 1890]

Colorado del Mar. See MV Wyrallah.

Columbine. Wooden schooner, 68 tons. Built NSW, 1833; reg. Sydney, 46/1848. Length 57.4 ft. Sank in Richmond River, NSW, 1 Feb 1851. She struck the bar when entering the river; after freeing herself she proceeded up the river but then began to leak and sank quickly. Although most of her rigging was saved the hull became a total loss. [LN],[SAN]

Columbythe. Wooden ketch. Lost at Tallow Beach, Byron Bay, 28 February 1924.  [SAN]

Colwyn. Barque, 1214. Built 1877. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1892. [LAH]

Comara. Steel motor vessel, 751 tons. Built Port Glasgow, 1937 for N.C.S.N. Co. Lbd 173 x 35.6 x 9.1 ft. Several owners and names (Damadora del Mar, Nyora). Was trading under Panamanian flag in 1976. [MR]

Comboyne. Wooden screw steamer,  281 tons. #131486. Built 1911; reg. Sydney, 25/1911. Length 137 ft. Lost one nm off Bass Point, Shellharbour, NSW, 27 November 1920.  [SAN]
Loney lists, presumably, the same vessel:
Comboyne. Wooden screw steamer, 281 tons. Built 1911. Lbd 150 x 29 x 7.4 ft. Struck the end of the Port Kembla eastern breakwater and foundered, 7 September 1912. All saved. [LN]

Comet. Government sloop, wooden, 17 tons. Built NSW, 1823. Left Sydney for Newcastle, 6 September 1823; disappeared in a gale. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

Comet. Screw steamer. Lost  Richmond River, NSW, between channel and north head, 28 July 1886. [SAN]

Comet. Wooden screw steamer,  82/56 tons. #83873. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney,  25/1883. Length 98.4 ft. Lost on south spit, Richmond River, NSW, 19 March 1890. [SAN],[LN - paddle steamer],[ASR]

Comet. Wooden sloop,  34 tons. Built NSW 1843; reg. Sydney, 18/1848. Length 47. 5 ft. Lost on the north side of entrance to the Tweed River, 30 March 1851. The crew remained on board until low water, then waded ashore. Little was recovered.  [SAN],[LN - schooner]

Commerce. Schooner, 79 tons. Built 1852. Wrecked at Trial Bay, NSW, 1875.  [LPA]

Commerce. Topsail schooner, 69 tons. #40907. Built Tasmania, 1853; reg. Sydney,  52/1866. Length 77 ft.  Lost at Trial Bay, near Macleay River, NSW, 5 May 1875.  [SAN]

Commonwealth. Wooden screw steamer, 188 tons. #112532. Built NSW, 1901; reg. Sydney, 30/1901.  Length 120 ft. Foundered at Foggy Reef, off Terrigal, 19 August 1916. No lives lost. [SAN], [LN - 94 tons],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known directly out from Toowoon Bay, north of Terrigal.

Concord. Ketch, 26 tons. #32623. Built NSW, 1855; reg. Sydney, 87/1855. Length 48 ft.  Lost ashore at Morna Point, Port Stephens, 1867. [SAN]

Concord. Ketch. Ashore at Gibbon, Port Hacking,  in a gale, 2 September 1860. [LN]
Also listed:
Concord. Ketch.. Lost at Port Hacking, near Gibbon, 3 September 1861. [SAN]

Condong. Topsail schooner, 103 tons. #94117 Built NSW,1891; reg. Sydney, 9/1892. Forced ashore one nm west of Morna Point, Port Stephens, and lost, 23 May 1896. See also steamship Byron and barquentine Karoola lost in the same gale.   [LN - 94 tons],[ASR],[SAN]

Condong. Wooden schooner, 72 tons. #89353. Built NSW 1885; reg. Sydney, 40/1885. Length 81 ft. Capsized in a squall 10 nm east of Port Stephens, 14 August 1886. Two lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Conference. Barque. Huddart, Parker Limited. [DG]

Confidence. Ketch, 44 tons. #64395. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 36/1872. Length 64 ft. Lost off NSW coast, 1879?. [SAN]

Conjola. Wooden screw steamer, 35 tons. #150142. Built NSW, 1920; reg. Sydney, 22/1920. Foundered at Sussex Inlet, Batemans Bay, NSW, 21 July, 1927. [SAN],[LN]

Contest. Ketch, 25 tons. #32610. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Newcastle, 11/1869. Length 47 ft. Lost 1876. [SAN]

Contest. Schooner. Ashore at Port Stephens, 28 Feb 1857. [LN],[SAN simply lists vessel and date]

Contest. Wooden sloop,  45 tons. Built 1804; reg. Sydney, 20 July 1804. Length 38 ft. Lost south of north beach, Port Stephens, NSW, 28 February 1807.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Coolangatta. Paddle steamer, 87 tons. #52353. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney,  46/1865. Length 99 ft. Lost at Crookhaven River, 27 February 1873. [SAN]

Coolangatta. Wooden brigantine, 88 tons. Built NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 10/1844. Length 63 ft. Ashore and lost north of Tweed River, August 1846. Most of the crew walked overland to the nearest settlement and eventually returned to Sydney by sea. Attempts to salvage her failed. She has given her name to the now-famous holiday resort. [LN],[SAN]

Coolebar. Steel twin-screw steamship, 479 tons. Built Ardrossan, 1911 for N.C.S.N. Co. Lbd 150.3 x 30 x 8.7 ft. To New Zealand interests and renamed Himatangi in 1929, then back to N.C.S.N.Co. In 1938. Requisitioned and named HMAS Coolebar for 1939-45 period. Renamed East River. Sank at her moorings in Newcastle harbour, 29 September 1949.  She was raised in pieces and finally broken up in 1958. [LN],[MR]

Coolongolook. Wooden screw steamer. Lost 4 nm north-east of  Port Stephens, 22 June 1927. [SAN]

Coolooli. Bucket dredge. Scuttled in the 'Ship Reef', off Narrabeen Beach north of Long Reef Point, Sydney, 1980. [BNN],[SAN]
@ Location known, in 45 metres; regarded as a good dive.

Cooloon. Wooden screw steamship, 239/141 tons. #117678. Built on Manning River, NSW, 1904; reg. Sydney, 1/1905. Lbd 127.4 x 25.3 x 8.8 ft. Struck the bar, drifted ashore and wrecked at Coopernook while attempting to enter the Manning River, 28 February 1917. Engines went into the SS Cobaki. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]

Coomba. Wooden ketch, 46 tons. #73344. Built NSW 1876; reg. Sydney, 1/1876. Length 72 ft. Lost on the north spit, Manning River heads, NSW, 6 August 1876. [SAN],[LN - 52 tons, lost 1877]

Coombar. Steel twin screw steamer, 581 tons gross. Built Port Glasgow, 1912. Lbd 166 x 30.1 x 10.1 ft. Several owners. Renamed San David in 1949; then Orion; then Trung Thin when reg. in Siagon. [MR]

Coomonderry. Steamer. Owned by Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. Involved in tescue - see Bega, 5 April1908. [MGS]

Coonanbara. Paddle steamship, 900 tons. Built Blackwall, UK, 1862. Lbd 223 x 27 x 12 ft. Built for A.S.N.Co, to operate on the NSW river trade, then purchased by the N.S.S.Co. Converted into a hulk with her paddles removed, 1894.  [DG]
Involved in rescue -see barque Glimpse, 1881. [LN]

Coopernook. Wooden steamship. Owned by N.C.S.N. Co. In 1904 and used as a drogher on the Macleay River. [MR]

Cooreei. Wooden screw steamer,  92 tons. #88987. Built NSW, 1886; reg. Newcastle, 5/1886. Length 109 ft. Lost  opposite Williams River SNC wharvesn Clarencetown, NSW, 3 August 1906. [SAN]

Copmanhurst. Wooden single wheel paddle steamer, drogher. Operated on the Clarence River. [MR]

Coquette. Schooner, 214 tons. #83872. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Newcastle 3/1883. Length 124 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, NSW, 8 My 1883. [SAN]

Coquette. Topsail schooner, 61 tons. #32638. Built NSW 1840; reg. Sydney, 72/1869. Length 58 ft. Wrecked on the west spit, Clarence River heads, NSW, 31 December 1873. [SAN],[ASR - lost 1872],[LN]

Coraki. Iron twin-screw steamship, 275 tons, 2 masted schooner rig. #75052. Built Dundee, 1879; reg. Sydney, 114/1880. Lengthened in 1883, 326 tons. Lbd 159.6 x 26.1 x 8.5 ft. Several owners. Struck heavily while crossing the bar at Macleay River, sinking soon after, 29 November 1900. Wreck blown up.
[LN - lost 29 December 1900],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]. Possibly wrecked November, blown up December.
@ Byron reports nothing left of the wreck.

Coral. Ex tank landing ship. Sank off the New South Wales coast, 3 March 1990. [LN]

Coral. Ketch, 60 tons. Built 1876. Ashore in a gale at Morna Point, NSW, 5 May 1898. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]
She was one of fifteen vessels lost during the "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast.

Coraline. Woden launch. Lost at Point Kialla, Jervis Bay, NSW, 3 September  1940. [SAN]

Cora Lynn. Screw steamer,  151 tons. #112576. Built NSW, 1902; reg. Sydney, 46/1902. Length 108 ft. Lost on the beach at the entrance to Port Stephens, NSW, 17 November 1914. [LN],[SAN - Corra Lynn]

Corangamite. Steel screw steamer, 2420/1562 tons. #91491. Built Newcastle, Great Britain 1885; reg. Melbourne, 15/1885. Lbd 300 x 40.1 x 19.7 ft.. Haddart, Parker Limited. Captain Le Neveu. Ashore and lost at St.George Head, Wreck Bay, NSW, during a fog, 6 December 1886. She was considered one of the most lavishly equipped ships in the Australian coastal trade,with accommodation for 150 cabin and 80 steerage passengers. After all passengers were safely ashore tents were erected and food landed, pending the arrival of rescue vessels, including the steamer Bega, to be lost in 1908 off the NSW south coast. The steamer Kiama attempted to pul the Corangamite off the rocks with no result. Later, the the collier Tasmania and tug Eagle assisted in the salvage.  [LN],[SAN],[MGS],[LAH - 2240 tons],[DG]

Corio.  Iron steamer, 169 tons. #31723. Built at Greenock in 1854; reg. Sydney, 15/1861.  Length 130 ft. Ran as a passenger ship and collier before foundering in a gale off Wollongong, 12 July 1866. [LPA],[SAN]
Also listed (error or coincidence?):
Corio. Steam collier, 129 tons. Built 1860. Iron steamer. Lbd 100.5 x 17.5 x 9.5ft. Captain Molland. Last seen, by SS Woniora, labouring in rough seas off the NSW coast; wreckage came ashore at several points, June 1866. Ten lives lost. [LN]

Corio. Steamship. Renamed Sarah Fenwick, wrecked 1900. [LN]

Cornstalk. Iron stern wheel paddle steamer, 145 tons. Built Sydney 1877. Lbd 95 x 21.4 x 5.2 ft. Drogher on the Macleay River. Cut down in 1921. [MR]

Cornubia. Steamer. Captain Taggart. Completed the last leg of the tow of the upturned schooner Ann Mary into Sydney, 1847. [GB]

Corrimal. Screw steamer, collier. Assisted in the search for survivors from the foundered Annie M.Miller, 8 February 1929. [#MGV]

Corsair. Brigantine, 134 tons. #30988. Built 1835; reg. Melbourne 6/1870. Length 76 ft.  Lost 8 nm north of Wallagoot Beach, north of  Merimbula,NSW, 12 May 1874.  [SAN]
Loney lists as follows:
Corsair. Brigantine, 111 tons. Captain Hill. When off Cape Dromedary in 1874, was struck by a heavy gale which caused her to leak so badly that a course was set for Twofold Bay. Several of her crew of nine took to the boats as she approached the shore and reached safety, although the boats were overturned in the surf. The captain, chief officer and cook remained with the ship until she ran ashore and managed to get a line to the beach and land safely. [LN]

Coswell. Barque. Left Newcastle for Manila but was not seen again, 1899. Her remains might lie off the NSW north coast. [LN]

County of Camarvon. Ship, 1305 tons. Built 1877. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso,1889.  [LAH]

Coweambah. Wooden screw steamer, 76 tons. #128790. Built NSW, 1919; reg. Newcastle, 1/1920. Lost at Trial Bay, 11 June 1945. [SAN]

Crescent I. Wooden launch,  41 tons. #128784. Built NSW, 1913; reg. Newcastle, 1/1914. Length 68 ft. Lost at Swansea, NSW, 1916. [SAN]
Also listed:
Crescent 1. Ketch, 22 tons. Destroyed by fire at Swansea, NSW, April 1916. [LN]

Crescent. Schooner, 52 tons. Built 1855; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Croie. Vessel lost 1903.  [SAN]

Croki. Steel screw steamer, 326 tons, four masts. Built Scotland, 1903. Lbd 135.3 x 24.7 x 9 ft. Owned by Allen Taylor & Co. Captin Donovan. Struck Seal Rocks inside Treachery Head shortly after leaving the Manning River, 13 September 1903.  To save her, she was beached 3 km south of the lighthouse, where she quickly filled with water. All hands landed safely. Within a few days rough seas destroyed her, littering the beach with cargo. The steamer Bellinger arrived too late to salvage her cargo of dairy products; the passengers were rescued by the pilot steamer Ajax. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[MGS]

Crown. Barque, 303 tons. Built 1863; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Crynssen. Minesweeper. Dutch Navy. Was towing the Dutch submarine K-9 when she broke free and drifted onto a beach near Seal Rocks, NSW, 9 June 1945. Submarine lost. [BNN]

Cudgen. Wooden steamer, lighter, 53 tons. #106218. Built 1889; reg. Sydney, 16/1899. Lbd 77 x 18 x 6 ft. Drogher on tweed river. Destroyed by fire at Tweed Heads, 16 January 1928; abandoned. [LN],[MR],[SAN]

Culloden. Iron paddle steamer, 152 tons. #32098. Built Scotland, 1845; reg. Sydney, 50/1866. Length 147 ft. Lost on the north spit, Richmond River, NSW, 28 April 1872.  [SAN],[LN - lost on  north spit, Clarence River, NSW, 1872]

Cumberland.  Steel screw steam ship, 9471 tons. #139102. Built Scotland, 1915; reg. London. Lbd 474 x 60 x 36.6 ft. Foundered off Disaster bay, NSW, 11 August 1917. During the winter months of 1917 the German minelayer Wolf sowed a field of fourteen mines near Gabo Island, concentrating on the main shipping lane between Sydney and Melbourne. The Cumberland struck a mine on 15 July 1917. The crew abandoned, but returned when the steamer did not sink, and she was eventually beached in the small south-west harbour of Gabo. After extensive salvage work, tugs Champion and James Paterson towed the Cumberland stern first, owing to her abnormal trim, toward Sydney. On 11 August, when 5 nm south-east of Green Cape a strong north-easterly allowed water to enter the salvage patch, and finally she buried her bows, reared her stern fifty feet into the air, paused, then plunged into fifty fathoms. Many years later salvage crews successfully recovered most of the valuable cargo of metals, using a diving bell fitted with a telephone, and mechanical grab. [LN],[SAN - 8993 tons],[BNS]

Cumbrae. Barque, 1360 tons. Built 1894. Left Newcastle and disappeared,1895  [LAH]

Cumbria. Two masted ketch, 32 tons. #32108. Built at Southport, Tasmania, 1862; reg. Sydney 50/1863. Lbd 53.9 x 16.8 x 5 ft. Foundered in a squall off Broken Bay, NSW, 29 March 1867. Two lives lost. [GB],[SAN - wooden barquentine]

Curlew. Cutter, 12 tons. Built Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1847; reg. Sydney 58/1847, 108/1849.  Lbd 36.4 x 8.6 x 4.4 ft. Captain Smith. Grounded when crossing the bar at Lake Macquarie, 3 March 1848. Refloated and repaired.  Sold to Tahiti interests.  [ASW1],[JM]

Curlew. Schooner, 121 tons. #122921. Built New Zealand, 1907; reg. Sydney, 32/1911. Length 94 ft.  Lost on the Nambucca River, on outer edge of the bar, 16 February 1914.  [SAN]

Currency Lad. Cutter, 20 tons. (Sister Currency Lass). Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849. Wrecked on the south coast NSW, 1851.  [JM]

Currency Lass. Wooden ketch, 21 tons. Built NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney, 30/1849. Length 40 ft. Lost at Ulladulla Beach, NSW, 1851. [SAN]

Currency. Cutter. Lost at Ulladulla, 1851 (on same day as brig Two Friends). [LN]

Currency Boy. Wooden schooner, 41 tons. #32377. Built Sydney 1848; reg. Sydney, 41/1848. Lbd 47.8 x 14.3 x 7.3 ft. Whilst carrying coal from Newcastle to Sydney, ashore in gale near Cabbage Tree, Port Stephens, 7 November 1856. Crew of three left in a boat but it was smashed to pieces in the surf and two drowned. The vessel quickly went to pieces. One of eight vessels lost ina violent gale that hit the NSW central coast.
[GB],[LN - name of Currency Bay],[SAN]
 

Cushat Doo. Schooner, 31 tons. #83869. Built NSW,1881; reg. Newcastle, 6/1882. Lbd 58.2 x 15 x 4.8 ft. Left Batemans Bay for Sydney on 6 May 1882 and disappeared without trace. [LN],[SAN - lost May 1884]

Cyclone. Schooner. Lost at north head, Port Stephens, 10 April 1867. [SAN]

Cygnet. Wooden paddle steamer, 30 tons. Built Balamin, 1866. Lbd 88.8 x 11.8 x 9 ft. Lengthened 1871 to 57 tons, 118.3 x 14.5 x 5 ft; deckhouses added in 1877. Various owners. Hulked August 1891. [MR],[ASR - built 1870, disamantled 1892]

Cynthia. Schooner. Missed stays, ashore and lost on North Head while entering Port Stephens, 15 September 1900. [LN],[SAN]

Cyprus. Barque, 343 tons. Built 1867. Lost between New South Wales and Bangkok, 1883.  [LAH]

Daisy. Ketch. Left Sydney for Port Stephens on 8 June 1885 and was not seen again. [LN]

Damadora del Mar. See MV Comara.

Damarius. Wooden brigantine, 146 tons. #32445. Built Great Britain; reg. Newcastle,  2/1858. Length 78 ft. Lost in False Bay near Port Stephens, 29 July 1858.   [SAN],[LN - lost June 1858]

Dandenong. Iron screw steamer, 743 tons. #52672. Built Great Britain,1865 as the Stella; reg. Melbourne, 16/1871. Lbd 210 x 28.2 x 15.7 ft. Owned by Howard Smith and Co. Captain Irwin. Sank off Jervis Bay, 11 September 1876. One of the worst shipping disasters to occur on the New South Wales coast. She had struck rough weather when off the Ninety Mile Beach in eastern Victoria. Then when off Jervis Bay the propeller shaft broke and water began pouring in. Some sail was set in a desperate attempt to control her, but all attempts to check the leak failed and she began to settle by the stern as water extinguished the boiler fires and the pumps failed. The barque Albert William stood by the sinking steamer. The first lifeboat launched crashed against the barque and sank, drowning most of its occupants, but a second boat successfully carried many to safety. However, a collision between this and a third boat cost more lives, and when darkness fell more than thirty still remained aboard the doomed vessel. At first light it was seen that the Dandenong had gone. A Court of Inquiry found that the captain, officers and crew did all in their power to save the ship. Forty lives were lost in the disaster.  Note: Captain Irwin was the master of the ship Water Lily wrecked at Cape Northumberland; the second mate was Charles McEwan, formerly third mate of the ill-fated British Admiral, one of only nine survivors.
[LN - built 1867],[LAH],[#NH],[GB],[SAN],[DG]

Daniel O'Connell. Coastal trader, cutter, 32 tons. Built Illawarra, 1835. Lbd 39 x 14 x 6 ft. Wrecked at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, June 1836. [LN],[ASW1]

Daphne . Vessel lost 1876.  [SAN]

Daphne. Wooden launch. Length 40 ft.  Lost 5 nm.south-east of South West Rocks, NSW, 11 April 1933. [SAN]

Daring. Schooner. Drifted on to rocks, wrecked, at Port Stephens, NSW, 2 August 1858. [LN]

Daring. Wooden schooner,  93 tons. #31708. Built Netherlands, 1847; reg. Sydney, 38/1860. Length 73.5 ft. Lost on the south head, Yamba Point, Clarence River bar, NSW, 1861.  [SAN],[LN]
Also listed:
Daring. Schooner, 93 tons. Built 1849; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Darius. Steel screw steamer,  3295 tons. #101707. Built Great Britain, 1892; reg. Melbourne. Length 340 ft. Lost at Pinnacle Rocks, Newcastle, NSW, 28 February 1908. [SAN]

Darling. See schooner Governor Darling.

Dart. Wooden cutter, 21 tons. Built NSW, 1826; reg. Sydney, 1/1832. Length 40 ft. Captain Spooner. Wrecked on bar at Port Macquarie when swept onto rocks, 13 March 1832 No loss of life and most of her cargo and gear was salvaged. Rigging was salvaged by the cutter Sarah; the vessel may have been salvaged and repaired. [LN],[ASW1]

Dart. Wooden brig, 132 tons. #31756. Built NSW, 1849; reg. Sydney, 47/1868. Length 83 ft. Lost on North Head at Port Stephens, 19 March 1876. [LN]

Dauntless. Vessel lost 1887.  [SAN]

Dauntless. Wooden screw steamer,  55 tons. #94126. Built 1899; reg. Newcastle, 2/1899. Length 75 ft. Lost at Anna Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, 22 March 1921.  [SAN]

Dauntless. Wooden ketch, 21 tons. #49268. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 27/1864. Length 45.5 ft. Wrecked on south head of Port Hacking, NSW, 26 April 1870. Shortly after she struck, one seaman was washed overboard and drowned, but the remainder reached safety despite high seas. [LN],[SAN]

Dauntless. Wooden schooner, 22 tons. #101116. Built at Balmain, NSW, 1894; reg. Sydney, 21/1894. Lbd 42.8 x 13.3 x 5.8 ft. Collided with the schooner Jones Brothers at Broken Bay, off Barranjoey, and sank quickly, 26 November 1894. Her crew jumped across to the other vessel and were landed at Newcastle. The Marine Board of New South Wales blamed the master of the Dauntless as he did not show lights. [LN],[GB],[ASR],[SAN],[JM]

David Blake. Steel screw steamer,  203 tons. #144313. Built Scotland, 1918; reg. Sydney, 23/1926. Length 124 ft. Lost at Mimosa Bay, Araganui Beach, NSW, 15 March  1934. [SAN],[ASR - 78 tons, lost 1936],[BNS]

Dawn of Hope. Vessel lost 1888.  [SAN]

Day Spring. Wooden three-masted barque, 393 tons.  #51714. Built at Bordeaux, France, 1855; reg. Sydney, 73/1857. Lbd 126.3 x 20.3 x 15.9 ft. Captain George Greenwood. From Newcastle to Melbourne with coal, took water and foundered, about 70 nm east of Newcastle, 23 March 1871. Crew saved by steamer Wonga Wonga.
[GB],[LN indicates ship rig, and date of 1870],[ASR],[SAN - 356 tons]

Dayspring. Vessel lost in 1903  [SAN]

Dazzler. Trawler. Sank off New South Wales coast, 27 January 1992. [LN]

Defender. Wooden full rig ship. Built USA. Lost on Elizabeth Reef, off Richmond River, NSW, March 1859. [SAN]

Defender. Wooden steamship, 190 tons. Built at Kincumber, 1901. Lbd 118.5 x 25.4 x 7.4 ft. Sold to New Zealand interests in 1904. On fire in Wellington Harbour and burnt to waterline, 2 August 1918. [MR]

Defiance. Schooner, 136 tons. Built 1869; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Defiance. Schooner, 70 tons. Built at Twofold Bay (first vessel built there).  Lost about 25 kilometres south of Twofold Bay when she went ashore, September 1833. Note: Another report says a schooner Defiance of about the same tonnage was wrecked in Bass Strait late in July, 1833. [LN]

Dellie. Steel screw steamer, 411 tons. #105964. Built Scotland, 1895 as the Sphene; reg. Sydney, 18/1902. Length 142 ft.  On a voyage from Newcastle to Brisbane, stranded on a reef off Fingal Head, 24 August 1941. Refloated soonn after but was leaking so badly she was beached just north of Fingal Head lighthouse and abandoned.
[LAH],[SAN],[ASR - wrecked Tweed Heads; reg closed 1941]

Delmira. Schooner, 338 tons. Built 1874; reg. Melbourne. Wrecked Cape Palliser, NSW, December, 1896. [ASR]

Denmark Hill. Wooden three-masted barque, 253 tons. Reg. Sydney, 43/1838. Lbd 91.6 x 25.6 x 5.4 ft.Captain Clements. Regularly traded between England, Port Jackson and Hobart. From Newcastle to Sydney, sank at entrance to Broken Bay, 25 April 1839. No lives lost. In mid-April 1839 she had grounded at Newcastle and fallen broadside, righted with no apparent damage. However near Bird Island she took water. The steamer Sophia Jane took her in tow into Broken Bay where she was grounded n a sandy beach between Barrenjoey and the mainland. One seaman was drowned. Wreckage caused the sinking of the wooden cutter Rover, three years later.
[#GB],[LN],[SAN],[ASW1 - condemned as a prize at the Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax, on 6 January 1814; reg. transfered to Sydney 11 June 1834],[JM- sank between Currawong and Palm Beach],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, in shallow water, and lies under the wooden cutter Rover (qv).

Despatch. (Dispatch). Wooden barque, 362 tons. Built Portsmouth, Great Britain, 1812; reg. London. Captain Pritchard. From Sydney to London with wool, abandoned after catching fire when about 150 miles from Lord Howe Island, 8 March 1839. One boat was picked up by the whaler Governor Burke and taken on to Sydney, while a search commenced for a second boat containing 21 seamen. They were picked up by the whaler Woodlark; apparently they reached Lord Howe Island, then set out for the mainland, but were never seen again. [LN][LI],[LAH - name Dispatch],[SAN - barquentine, lost 11 March]

Despatch. Paddle steamer. Ran foul of the schooner Prosper Colon which had just sunk on the bar at Bellinger River, NSW, 16 June 1884. [LN]

Despatch. Steamship, 9 tons. Built 1868; reg. Sydney. Broken up, Kempsey, NSW, 1891. [ASR]

Deva. Wooden brig, 244 tons. #32370. Built Great Britain, 1838; reg Newcastle, 3/1858. Length 82 ft. Abandoned when she began to leak badly, 60 km off Smoky Cape, NSW, after 23 Nov 1870. The crew took to the boats and reached safety at Port Macquarie. [LN],[SAN],[ASR - barque]

Devare. Vessel of 35 tons. Lost 30 nm north of Port Macquarie, 1948. [SAN]

Deveron.Wooden barque, 243 tons. Built Monkwearmouth Shore, Great Britain, 1827; reg. Hobart , 2/1830. Lbd 88-3 x 25-11 x 6-1 ft. Between Port Macqurie and Trial Bay, foundered  after springing a leak during a gale north of Coffs Harbour, between the Solitary Islands and the mainland, 19 July 1833. The crew left in five boats and one reached Port Macquarie, the others coming ashore along the coast. Relief for the survivors was sent overland and eventually all reached safety. [LN],[SAN],[#ASW1]

Diamantina. Iron paddle steamer, 285/239 tons; increased 1870 to 285 tons. #43213. Built in England, 1861 for A.S.N.Co.; reg. Sydney, 13/1870. Stranded and wrecked on west side of channel, Manning River, NSW, 31 March 1881; later salvage and sold. Various owners thereafter, then scrapped at Townsville, 1907. [MR],[SAN],[LN]
In 1862, involved in rescue - see Prince of Wales, 1862.

Diamentina. Vessel lost 1892.  [SAN]

Diamond. Iron schooner. Abandoned near Seal Rocks, NSW, Jan 1864. [LN]

Diana. Sloop. Renamed; see Surprise, lost NSW, 1805.

Dimond. Vessel lost 1905.  [SAN]

Dispatch. See Despatch.

Doepel. Wooden twin screw steamer, 389 tons. Built at Woy Woy, NSW, 1919. Lbd 145 x 33 x 9.2 ft. Machinery from the wrecked Bellinger (steamer, 240 ton) was used in her construction. Sold to New Guinea interests in 1947 and renamed Batang. Reg. Singapore 1954. Believe foundered off Kutching. [MR]

Dollar Bird. Wooden schooner, 95 tons. #83791. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 99/1883. Length 91.5 ft. Stranded and eventually lost on North Head Beach, Tweed River, 26 November 1884. [LN],[SAN]

Dolly Wamsley. Wooden ketch, 39 tons. #71821. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 22/1875. Length 66 ft. Ran on to rocks and lost at Stoney Point, Port Stephens, 16 May 1894. [SAN],[LN],[ASR - lost Stoney Point, Newcastle]

Dolly Walmsley. Ketch . Lost on the Brisbane Water bar, NSW, 20 May 1878. [LN]

Dolphin. Wooden cutter, 17 tons. Built Launceston, 1834; reg. Sydney 44/1848. Master- owner laurence Toole. Lost off Port Aikin, south coast NSW, 15 April 1849. [LN],[ASW1],[SAN - lost off Port Hacking]

Dolphin. Wooden steamer, 38 tons, single mast cutter rig. Built at Berry’s Bay, NSW, 1884. Lbd 61.7 x 14.6 x 4.5 ft. Owned by the N.C.S.N.Co. In 1905; broken up 1914. [MR]

Dolphin. Wooden ketch, 70 tons. #74974. Built Sydney 1878; reg. Sydney, 35/1878. Length 76 ft. Ashore on rocks at the entrance to the Brunswick River, NSW, 19 February 1887. She was refloated but while towing out to sea, went on to rocks again and broke up within an hour. [LN - schooner, lost 21 January],[ASR]

Don Juan. Wooden brigantine, 110 tons. #32309. Built USA, 1847; reg. Sydney, 68/1868. Length 88 ft. Lost off Annah Bay, Port Stephens, May 1869. [LN - schooner, foundered near Bird Island in a gale that claimed several ships]

Dona Elsie. Schooner, 14 tons. Built 1900; reg. Fremantle. Lost in cycline 27 March 1935. [ASR]

Don Nicholas. Ship. Foundered off the northern NSW coast, 1891. Crew took to the boats and eventually arrived safely in Sydney. [LN]

Doorebang. Paddle steamer, 35 tons. Built 1861; reg Newcastle. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Dora. Schooner, 25 tons. Built at Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney. Lbd 55.3 x 17 x 4.4 ft. Wrecked on the Brisbane Water bar, 30 September 1871. In May 1870, ashore in heavy weather on the south coast, NSW. [GB],[ASR]
Also listed:
Dora. Schooner, 25 tons. #52364. Built NSW, 1865: reg. Sydney, 60/1865. Length 55.4 ft. Lost at Jervis Bay, 12 May 1871. [SAN]

Dorigo. Steel steamship, 683 tons. Built in Yorkshire, England, 1913, as the St.Francois. Sold to Langley Bros. In 1912; to N.C.S.N.Co. In 1925; to John Burke, Brisbane 1926. Lost in a gale in Wide Bay, 1926. Only two survivors. [MR] Wide Bay location not indicated. Could be New Britain, PNG. See below.
Gleeson mentions the steamer Dorrigo, involved in rescue of persons from the steamship Satara off Sea rocks, April 1910. [MGS]
Also listed:
Dorrigo. Wooden steamship, 302 tons. Built at Balmain, 1902. Lbd 136.1 x 24.9 x 12.6 ft. Sold 1910 to burns, Philp and renamed Misima. Wrecked New Guinea 1917. [MR]
It seems a coincidence that two ships of such similar name should be both lost in New Guinea.

Doris. Wooden screw steamer, 90 tons. #119247. Built Tasmania, 1906; reg. Sydney, 19/1916. Length 84.5 ft.  Lost ashore on the north spit, Bellinger River, NSW, 3 November 1919. [SAN],[LN]

Dorrigo. See above.

Douglas. Wooden barquentine,  330 tons. #47421. Built USA, 1861; reg. Melbourne, 57/1864. Length 118 ft. South east of extremity of fringing reef, Elizabeth Reef, 8 May 1869.  [SAN]

Douglas. Wooden launch. Lost at Catherine Hill Bay, 19 May 1947. [SAN]

Dove. Wood, stern wheel paddle steamer, drogher on the Nambucca River. Fate not recorded. [MR]

Dove. Wooden screw steamer. Lost on the Bowra River, Macksville, NSW, 28 July  1932. [SAN]

Dove. Wooden cutter, 18/13 tons. Built NSW 1835; reg. Sydney, 29/1837. Length 30 ft. Sprang a leak and sank off Long Island, Port Stephens, NSW, November 1857. The  crew of three and one passenger lived for eleven days in wild bush country feeding on wild pigs which had been introduced by an early settler. They were eventually rescued by the schooner Woodpecker. [LN],[SAN - also records as lost in 1839 according to the British Register annual list]

Dove. Wooden cutter. Built NSW 1828; possibly unregistered. Lost at north head, Port Stephens, NSW, 5 June 1828. Seven lives lost. [SAN],[LN][ASW1]

Dragon. Wooden barquentine,  243 tons. #30574. Built USA, 1850; reg. Sydney, 4/1862. Length 110 ft. Lost Richmond River heads, NSW, 1869. [SAN]

Driver. Barque, 544 tons. Lost between New South Wales and New Zealand, 1867.
[LAH],[SAN]

Drumcraig. Barque, 1979 tons. Built 1885. Lost between New South Wales and South America, 1910. [LAH]

Duke of Wellington. Wooden brigantine, 88 tons. #32535. Reg. Sydney, 73/1855. Length 70 ft. On a voyage from Wollongong to Bellambi, NSW, capsized off Bellambi, 15 June 1863. Loss of five lives. The captain and cook clutched a piece of wreckage and were picked up fourteen hours later by the steamer Hunter. [LN - schooner],[SAN]

Dunkeld. Wooden barquentine, 390 tons. #43065. Built Canada, 1852; reg. Newcastle, 9/1869.  Lbd 170 x 30.3 x 19.3 ft. Left Newcastle for Melbourne on 6 June 1870 and disappeared. Conflicting reports place her last position as off Twofold Bay and about 40 miles east of Wilsons Promontory. [LN - barque, built 1863],[SAN - lost April 1870],[LAH]

Dunmore. Steam ship, 277 tons. Built 1891. Lbd 130.5 x 25.6 x 10.8 ft. Under Captain Neils Hanson, collided with the steamer Kelloe off Little Bay, NSW, 13 May 1902. The Kelloe sank quickly, the crew of fifteen taken on by the Dunmore. However the Dunmore was found to be taking water so rapidly she was beached in Botany Bay. Apparently both vessels were in sight of each other for some time before the collision, but no attempts were made to alter course until it was too late. [LN],[#MGV]
On 5 January 1909, under Captain Hanson, ran down a pinnace from HMS Encounter near Woolloomooloo Bay, Port Jackson; fifteen of the sixty-seven occupants of the pinnace lost their lives.
On 3 April 1914, collided with SS Kiama at the entrance to Sydeny Harbour, and went on shore on Lady Jane Beach. She was later refloated and repaired.
On 27 September 1915, ran aground at Bradley’s head, NSW.
On 11 February 1918, collided with the tug Champion off Botany Bay; returned to Sydney for repairs.

Duranbah. Steel steamship, 284 tons. Built England, 1905. Lbd 130 x 23.1 x 9.2 ft. Sold on arrival in Australia to N.C.S.N.Co.; to W.R. Carpenter Co. in 1922. Believed captured by the Japanese in WW2. [MR]

Dureenbee. Iron screw steamer, trawler, 223 tons. #151985. Built 1919; reg. Sydney, 31/1923. Lbd 117 x 22.1 x 13.8 ft. Captain Reid. Ashore one mile north of Moruya Head after having been attacked by a Japanese submarine, 3 August 1942. Three killed in the attack. Extensively damaged above the waterline by shell and machine gun fire, with her funnel shot away and all superstructure either smashed or burnt out, she drifted for several hours before going down. [LN],[ASR - reg. closed 1942],[SAN - built 1942 - not correct],[LAH],[BNS]
@ Propeller and stern visible in six metres with wreckage scattered over a wide area.

Duroby. Wood steamship, 195 tons. Built Manning River, NSW, 1902. Lbd 121.8 x 24.7 x 8.4 ft. Burned in 1923; possibly rebuilt as a motor vessel for Burns,Philp & Co. [MR]

Eagle. Steamship, 147 tons. Built 1849, reg. Sydney. Her engines came from the paddle steamer James Watt, broken up in 1847. Converted into a wharf, 1890. [ASR],[WL]
Probably same vessel as bellow:
Eagle. Paddle steamer, tug.
In 1852, involved in rescue - see paddle steamer Phoenix. [LN]
In 1886, involved in salvage - see Corangamite. [MGS]

Eagleton. Schooner, 98 tons. #51504. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Newcastle, 3/1869. Length 96 ft. Disappeared about 12 kilometres south of Anna Bay, near Port Stephens, in a gale that claimed seveal ships, 9 May 1869. Six lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

East Star. Iron steamer, 383 tons. Built in Holland, 1883. Lbd 150 x 24.2 x 13.2 ft. Known at some time as Kurrara. Abandoned Port Stephens, NSW. [LH]

Ebenezer. Wooden schooner, 90 tons. #32650. Built NSW, 1845; reg. Sydney, 77/1850. Wrecked at Tweed Heads, NSW, 1859.  [LPA],[SAN]

Echo. Schooner, 21 tons. #32472. Built NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 76/1848. Lost at Shellharbour, near Long Point, NSW, 21 March 1863. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Eclipse. Schooner, 170 tons. Wrecked at the Manning River, NSW, 1866. Loss of eight lives. [LN]

Eclipse. Wooden brig, 168 tons. Reg. Sydney, 68/1853. Length 88 ft. Lost near Richmond River, NSW, January 1854. [LN],[SAN - lost on south spit, Ruchmond River]

Eclipse. Wooden full rig ship. Length 220 ft. Built USA, 1846; reg. San Francisco. Lost from Newcastle to San Francisco, January 1908. [SAN]

Eden Star. Wooden motor vessel, 60 tons. #74399. Built NSW 1946; reg. Sydney, 27/1961. Length 53 ft. Lost at Mowarry Point, Twofold Bay, NSW, December 1969. [SAN]

Edenholme barque 1875 794 New.-San Francisco1883  [LAH]

Edith. Ketch, 33 tons. #46442. Built NSW, 1863; reg. Sydney, 38/1863. Length 54.5 ft. Lost ashore at Seal Rocks Bay, 26 October 1874. [SAN]

Edith Keep. Brigantine, 100 tons. #74883. Built NSW 1876; reg. Sydney,68/1876. Length 83.6 ft. From Sydney to Richmond River, disappeared off the NSW north coast, 7 May 1880. [LN],[SAN]

Edris. Auxiliary vessel, 29 tons. Built 1914; reg. Sydney. Wrecked Port Stephens, NSW, March 1950. [ASR]

Edward. Cutter, 29 tons. #32456. Built NSW 1845; reg. Sydney, 80/1845. Left Newcastle for Sydney on 30 June 1865 but failed to arrive. Four lives lost. [LN],[SAN],[JM]

Edward. Wooden schooner,  81 tons. Built NSW 1834; reg. Sydney, 13/1834. Length 60 ft. Lost at Port Stephens, August 1839. [LN],[SAN]

Edwin. Schooner, 15 tons. Captain Matthews. Registered 1802. From Sydney for the Hawkesbury, forced ashore  near Cape Hawke, north of Port Stephens, NSW, during the great gale of June 1816. The captain, his wife, child and two members of the crew reached the shore but were assaulted and robbed by hostile natives before reaching safety at Newcastle. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Effort. Schooner, 47 tons. Built on the Macleay River, 1847; reg. Sydney, 88/1849. Lbd 53.4 x 14.8 x 7.1 ft. From Maryborough, Queenland with prisoners for Sydney, wrecked south of Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, July 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. Five bodies found. [LN],[#GB],[SAN - lost Tuggerah Beach, July 1847]

Egmont. Steamer, 670 tons. Built Renfrew, Scotland, 1864. Owned by Panama Compnay, then A.S.N.Co. in 1869, and placed on the Queensland run. Lengthened in 1875. Taken over by A.U.S.N.Co. Hulked in Sydney Harbour (prior to 1928).  [DG]

Eileen. Wooden fishing boat. Lost at Kurnell, Sydney, 25 December 1934. [SAN]

Eldriss. Wooden ketch, 25 tons.  Lost at  Narrow Gut, Port Stephens, 26 February 1932.   [SAN]

Eleanor. Barquentine, 396 tons. #24015. Built Canada, 1856; reg. Newcastle, 8/1871. Length 119 ft. Lost from Newcastle to Lyttleton, NZ, 7 or 8 July 1874. [SAN],[LAH]

Elingamite. Steamship, 2585 tons. Built 1887. Huddart Parker Limited. On  a voyage from Sydenyto Auckland, wrecked off Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, 9 November 1902.  In fog, she went down within twenty-three minutes with a valuable cargo. Most of the crew and passengers made shore but a raft containing sixteen perople was not located until five days later, by HMS Penguin, with only eight survivors. [DG],[LN]
On 19 June 1893, rammed and sank the schooner Guiding Star off Redhead, NSW. The master and mate of the steamer were blamed for the incident.

Eliza Allan. Wooden brig, 105 tons. #75079. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 23/1879. Length 88 ft. Lost Richmond River, NSW, 1891.  [SAN]

Eliza Davis. Wooden ketch, 25 tons. #59527. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Sydney, 14/1869. Length 56 ft. Lost 5 nm south of Manning River, NSW, 4 October 1869. [SAN],[LN - ketch of this name reported lost October, 1879]

Eliza Harriette Simpson. Wooden ketch, 66 tons. Built at Newcastle, 1854. Lbd 61 x 18.6 x 7.8 ft. Sailed north from Sydney and foundered north of Broken Bay, 25 March 1856. [GB],[SAN - lost at Red Head, Newcastle]

Eliza Jane. Ketch. Lost ashore at Tomakin, Batemans Bay, NSW, 14 January 1888. [SAN]

Eliza Walker. Wooden ketch, 79 tons. #89294. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney,99/1884. Length 81.6 ft. Lost from Sydney to Nambucca, NSW, 12 November 1884. [SAN]

Eliza. Schooner, 51 tons. Built NSW, 1836; reg. Sydney,  27/1841. Length 184 ft. Lost near Anna Bay, Port Stephens, 21 February 1855. [SAN]

Eliza. Sloop-rigged longboat, 10 tons. Wrecked, off southern coastline, 1797.
All the crew from the Sydney Cove, lost on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group on February 9 1797, landed safely. About a fortnight later the long boat Eliza, with seventeen men set out for Sydney. Bad weather forced them ashore near Cape Howe where the boat was lost. [LN]

Eliza. Two-masted schooner, 51 tons. Built at Macleay River, 1836; reg. Sydney 2/1837, 22/1841. Lbd 56 x 16 x 7-3 ft. Captain John Watson. Ashore at Macleay River, NSW, 1837, probably late September. Refloated. [ASW1]

Eliza. Wooden ketch, 57 tons. #64391. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 26/1872. Length 74 ft. Ashore at Corinda, near the entrance to the Bellinger River, NSW, October 1888. Four lives lost. Her remains were not found for several weeks. [LN],[SAN],[ASR - foundered]

Eliza. Wooden sloop. Lost at Port Stephens, NSW, June 1811.  [SAN]

Eliza Ann. Two-masted wooden schooner, 43 tons. Built Manning River, NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 2/1847. Her original size appears to be 32 tons, lbd 41 x 14.4 x 7 ft, but after she capsized in 1852 she was altered to lbd 56.7 x 14.5 x 6.4 ft. Captain Hunter. From Sydney to Richmond River, drifted ashore and lost near Broken Bay, NSW, south of Barrenjoey lighthouse, 19 October 1847; one of four crew lost.  [GB],[LN],[SAN],ASW1],[JM]
On 24 May 1842, whilst on a family excursion, capsized in Sydney harbour with the loss of seven female and one male passenger; eight other passengers and the crew were rescued. [ASW1]
In February 1846 it ws reported that the Eliza Ann had been totally wrecked between Seal Rocks and Port Macquarie, but the claim was false, made by a runaway cconvict. [ASW1]
@ Located by divers in 1973.

Elizabeth Jane. Schooner, 43 tons. Built Prymont, NSW, 1846; reg. Sydney, 9/1847. Lbd 53.3 x 14.2 x 7.3 ft. Ashore in a gale between Tuggerah beach and Terrigal Head, 23 June 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [GB],[SAN]

Elizabeth Seldon. Wooden schooner, 100 tons. #36866. Built Tweed River, NSW, 1861; reg. Sydney, 29/1861. Lbd 81.8 x 20.1 x 7.7 ft. Captain McEveny. Ashore in the breakers, wrecked, at Norah Head, 7 December 1861. All crew made shore and were picked up by the steamer Paterson. [GB],[ASR],[SAN]

Elizabeth. Cutter, 13 tons. Built Moruya River, NSW, 1839; reg. Sydney 30/1844. Lbd 35.6 x 12.2 x 7.2 ft. Captain Watts. Ashore at Bellinger River, NSW, March or April 1845. Although considerably damaged, she was got off and repaired, and returned to Sydney. No loss of life. [ASW1]

Elizabeth. Cutter, 33 tons.Built 1865; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Elizabeth. Schooner, 46 tons. Built on the Brisbane River, 1862. Lbd 69 x 16.6 x 5.9 ft. Left Maryborough, Queensland for Newcastle on 15 September 1868, but disappeared. The barque Bengal sighted a vessel bottom up 20 miles SSE of Norah head. Pieces from a ship were washed ashore near Bulli, NSW, and a few days later the remains of a vessel of about 60 tons were found to the north, later identified as the Elizabeth, November 1868. [GB],[LN]

Elizabeth. Schooner, 13 tons. From Sydney to Port Phillip, ashore in a gale, wrecked,  in Batemans Bay, NSW, 1839, probably November. Owner and the crew of two reached safety. [LN],[ASW1]

Elizabeth. Schooner. Wrecked south of Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, July 1852. [LN]

Elizabeth. Wooden ketch, 23 tons. #32357. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 57/1851. Length 43 ft. Lost on the Hawkesbury River, 1876. [SAN]

Elizabeth. Wooden two masted brig, 130 tons. Built NSW, 1821-1822; reg. Sydney 7/1829, 27/1836.  Lbd 61.3 x 19 x 10 ft. Built Hawkesbury river, 1821. Sailed from Launceston for Sydney 24 November 1829, and never seen again. Wreckage was found on the coast between Sydney and Newcastle in May 1830, and mail was washed ashore in Broken Bay. [#GB],[LN],[SAN - suggests lost from Sydney to Newcastle]

Elizabeth Cohen. Wooden schooner, 43 tons. #32334. Built on the Manning River, NSW, 1850; reg Sydney, 36/1850. Lbd 53.7 x 15 x 6.7 ft. Captain Henry Cohen. Left Manning River for Sydney, was sighted off Broken Bay two days later by the schooner Lavinia, then disappeared, October 1857. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Elizabeth Gibbes. Wooden sloop, 18 tons. Built Sydney, NSW, 1836; reg. Sydney, 27/1836. Lbd 30 x 11.5 x 6.3 ft. Left Newcastle supposedly for Sydney about 26 January 1838, but disappeared. She was seen heading in an easterly direction out into the Pacific, instead of southward, the assumption then formed that the sloop may have been captured by convicts. Her fate remains a mystery.
[LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Ellen Simpson. Barque 310 tons. #41441. Built Great Britain, 1847; reg. Melbourne, 63/1863. Length 101.6 ft. Lost in a gale 8 nm north of Cape Howe, 17 May 1866. Nine lives lost. [LN],[SAN - barquentine, 297 tons]

Ellen Taylor. Steamer,  4 tons. Built 1885; reg. Newcastle, 1885. Struck off register, 1897. [ASR]

Ellen. Schooner, 54 tons. #41116. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 46/1859. Length 73 ft. Lost ashore Twofold Bay, NSW, 20 February 1872. [SAN]

Ellen. Schooner. Beached at Tathra and lost during a storm, 11 February 1878. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Ellen. Wooden barque, 499 tons. #52120. Built Canada, 1865; reg. Newcastle, 2/1884. Length 135 ft. Abandoned six days after leaving Newcastle for Noumea when she sprang a leak in a gale, early July 1891.The officers and crew were in the ship’s boat for nine days, during which time the captain and steward died from exposure and two sailors were washed overboard. When the boat reached the coast at Seal Rocks only four remained and three of these drowned when it capsized in the surf. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - barquentine, lost vicinity of Seal Rocks]

Ellen. Wooden topsail schooner,  90 tons. #74957. Built NSW 1877; reg. Sydney, 5/1878.  Length 83 ft. Lost at Trial Bay, NSW, 24 June 1879. [SAN]

Ellen White. Barque. Involved in rescue - see barque Jane Spiers, 1878. [LN]

Ellerslie. Steamship, 252/147 tons. #121151. Built NSW, 1906; reg. Sydney, 43/1906. Struck by big seas when attempting to leave the Bellinger River, NSW, wrecked across end of south wall, 22 May 1913. [LN],[SAN]

Ellesmere. Iron barque, 179 tons. #12592. Built Great Britain, 1860; reg. Sydney, 4/1903. Length 120 ft. Ashore and lost leaving Richmond River, NSW, 26 February 1873. She was in tow to the tug Vesta when the tug developed engine trouble and was forced to slip the tow line. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - barquentine, lost 26 March],[BNN]

Ellisland. Barque, 2426 tons. Built 1884. Lost from New South Wales to Chile, 1910.  [LAH]

Elliston. Schooner, 174/159 tons. #12592. Built NSW, 1903; reg. Sydney, 4/1903. Length 120 ft. Ashore and lost on the South Spit at Bellinger River, 19 February 1904.  [LN],[SAN]

Elna. Barque, 828 tons. Built 1873. Disappeared having left New South Wales, for Callao, 1889.  [LAH]

Elsie Black. Barque. Disappeared during a voyage between Newcastle and Adelaide; could have foundered off the southern coast of New South Wales, 1876. [LN]

Emanual. Ketch. Lost off Botany Bay, Sydney, 7 August 1890. [SAN]

Emily Ann. Wooden schooner,  39 tons. #49264. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 59/1864. Length 61 ft. Lost at Crowdy Head, after sunk at Manning River bar , 27 December 1864.  [SAN]

Emily Miller. Wooden ketch, 28 tons. #71820. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 10/1880. Built 63 ft. Captain Rattray. Lost ashore at Wasp Islet, 8 nm from Batemans Bay, NSW, 19 November 1879.  [SAN],[LN]

Emily T. Wooden ketch, 38 tons. #74948. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 81/1877. Length 62.6 ft. Struck the side of P.S.Emu and sank when she parted her moorings at the entrance to Bellinger River, NSW, during a gale, 31 April 1884. [LN],[SAN]

Emily Tee. Vessel lost 1870  [SAN]

Emily. Ketch, 18 tons. #64382. Built NSW 1872; reg. Sydney, 11/1872. Length 42 ft.  Beached  9 to 12 nm north of Port Stephens, NSW, 11 August 1872. [SAN]

Emily. Vessel lost in 1898  [SAN]

Emily. Wooden ketch, 30 tons. Built NSW, 1849; reg. Sydney, 66/1850. Length 46 ft. Lost on the Macleay River, April 1857. [SAN]

Emily Ann. Ketch, 38 tons. Wrecked when attempting to enter Camden Haven, 1876. One member of the crew was washed overboard and drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Emma Pyers. Wooden screw steamship, 73/49 tons. #93527. Built on Richmond River, 1886; reg. Sydney, 72/1886. Lbd 78.8 x 16.6 x 5.6 ft. Drogher on the Tweed river, northern NSW. Abandoned Tweed River beyond repair, February 1930. [MR],[ASR],[SAN]

Emma. Brig, 139 tons. Built Sydney, 1846. Missing for years. [ASR]

Emma. Schooner, 52 tons. #32423. Built NSW, 1851; reg.Sydney, 80/1851. Length 67 ft.  Lost off Shoalhaven, NSW, around l871.  [SAN]

Emma. Wooden ketch, 31 tons. Built NSW, 1846; reg. Sydney - 10/1848. Length 46 ft. Lost on the Manning River, 1853.  [SAN]

Emma. Wooden schooner,  81 tons. Built Great Britain, 1844; reg. London. Lost 15 nm south of Shoalhaven, NSW, north of Jervis Bay, June 1864. [SAN]

Emmanuel. Wooden ketch, 64 tons nett. #89269. Built NSW 1884; reg. Sydney, 55/1884. Length 79 ft. Foundered off  Botany Bay, NSW, August 1890.  [SAN],[LN],[ASR]

Emmeline. Wooden ketch, 43 tons. #74937. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 64/1877. Length 63 ft. Ashore and lost at the entrance to Port Macquarie, 21 June 1880. [LN],[SAN]

Emperor. Wooden brig, 295tons. #58019. Built Great Britain, 1868; reg. Sydney, 44/1885. Length 120 ft.  Ashore on North Head, Port Stephens, 30 March 1886. [LN - 284 tons],[SAN]

Empire Gladstone. Steel screw steamer, freighter, 7090 tons. #180134. Built and reg. at Sunderland, England, 1944. Lbd 429 x 56.3 x 35.2 ft. Captain Lennie. Wrecked on Haystack Rock near Merimbula, NSW, 5 September 1950. The forty-four crew remained on board for several days until heavy seas pounded the ship and forced them to launch the boats and land at Merimbula. [LN],[SAN],[LAH - motor vessel],[BNS]
@The wreck is popular with scuba divers. She lies in ten metres, sixty metres off Haystack Rocks, well broken up but with a few penetrations possible in the stern. Good fish life.

Empress of  India. Wooden schooner, 62 tons. #74912. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 23/1877. Drifted on to the north spit while crossing the bar and lost at Cape Hawke, Forster, NSW, 23 July 1900. A boat was launched but in the strong tide it capsized, drowning the captain and two seamen. [LN],[SAN]

Emu. Wooden screw steamer,  165/131 tons. #70183. Built New Zealand, 1874; reg.  Sydney, 21/1879. Length 120 ft. Ashore and lost during a gale about one nm north of Crowdy Bay, NSW, 9 October 1888. She had left Richmond River for Sydney with timber but sprang a leak off Seal Rocks and was taking shelter when her anchor parted. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Emu. Wooden screw steamer,  44 tons. #32274. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney , 17/1853. Length 94 ft. Struck by the ketch Emily T during a gale and lost on north spit, Bellinger River, NSW, 24 April 1884. [SAN],[LN - paddle steamer, lost 31 April 1884]

Ena. Wooden ketch, 11 tons. #75004. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 37/1879. Length 44 ft. Lost north of Broken Bay, NSW, 24 March 1890. [SAN]
Loney lists:
Ena. Steamship, 11 tons. Driven from moorings at Newcastle during a gale and apparently foundered, 2 April 1890. [LN]

Endeavour. Wooden cutter. Reported lost ashore at Port Stephens, NSW, July 1852. [LN],[SAN]

Endeavour. Wooden screw steamer, 115 tons. #89354. Built on the Bellinger River, 1884 as Rose of Sharon; renamed Endeavour in December 1890; reg. Sydney, 22/1891.  Length 110 ft. Driven ashore and lost at the entrance to the Brunswick River, 14 February 1892. [LPA],[ASR - 78 tons, built Sydney],[LN - 78 tons],[SAN]

Endeavour. Wooden cutter,  10 tons. Built NSW, 1832; reg. Sydney, 22/1838. Length 28.8 ft. Lost on the Hawkesbury River, NSW, 1850.  [SAN]

Endeavour. Wooden schooner,  31 tons. Built NSW, 1801; reg. Sydney. Lost at Shoalhaven, NSW, March 1813. [SAN],[LN]

Endeavour. Wooden schooner,  50 tons. Built c1809. Lost off Broken Bay, 12 June 1825. [LN],[SAN]

Energy. Sloop, 42 tons. #88968. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Newcastle, NSW,  6/1884. Length 86.5 ft. Lost off Norah Head, NSW, 31 May 1906. [SAN]

Energy. Three-masted schooner, 185 tons. #75074. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Auckland, 21/1881.  Length 116 ft. Ashore and lost at Yamba River, NSW, 29 March 1887. The crew reached safety at Clarence River. [LN],[SAN - lost 29 February 1887, off Clarence River, between North Bluff and Woody Head]

England. Vessel lost 1874.  [SAN]

Englebert. Vessel lost 1881.  [SAN]

Ensign. Wooden brig, 164 tons. Built USA, 1860; reg. Montrose. Disappeared between Newcastle and Hobart, 1864. [LN],[SAN]

Enterprise. Wooden schooner, 55 tons. Built Tasmania, 1830; reg. Hobart, 2/1832. Length 50.5 ft. Ran aground in gale on the Richmond River bar, NSW, 4 July 1847. Two lives lost. [LN],[ASW1]

Envy. Ketch.  Ashore Bellinger River heads, possibly refloated, October 1888. [SAN]

Eric. Wood stern wheel paddle steamer, 177 tons. Built Macleay River, 1885. Lbd 91 x 28.6 x 4.6 ft. Drogher on the Bellinger River. Wrecked at Urunga, Bellinger River, NSW. [MR]

Erica. Wooden yacht, 25 tons. Lost at Catherine Hill Bay, 1 June 1929. [SAN]

Erina. Ketch, 31 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Esperanza.  Wooden brig, 117 tons. #32580. Built in Hobart 1847; reg Melbourne, 34/1862. Lbd 77.8 x 23.4 x 11 ft. From Newcastle to Melbourne, ashore on Bird Island during a gale, 16 February 1868. The captain, his wife and child were among ten drowned. Several enormous waves struck the vessel. washing most of her passengers and crew away, and quickly destroying her. There was only one survivor.
[#GB],[LN],[LPA],[LPW],[SAN - built Victoria]

Esther Maria. Wooden ketch, 52 tons. #38830. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 30/1867. Length 70 ft. Lost 6 nm north of Beecroft Point, NSW, 29 February 1882. [SAN]

Esther. Ketch, 37 tons. #32398. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Sydney, 68/1854. Length 53 ft. Lost on the north spit, Hawke River, NSW, 6 September 1874. [SAN]

Estramina. HM colonial schooner, 120 tons. Built Callao, Spain, 1803.  Was captured on the coast of Peru on 1 October 1804 by the brig Harrington, under William Campbell. As the Estremina, she carried at the time four guns and a crew of eighteen under her commander Don Antonio Jose del Campo. After an exchange of fire, the Estramina was run aground and set alight but the crew of the harrington boarded her and put out the fire. There was doubt as to the legality of the seizure and Governor King considered Captain Campbell guilty of piracy however no chaarge appears to have been laid and the vessel was purchased at public auction by the Colonial service. Captain Joseph Ross. Drifted ashore near northern entrance Newcastle, total loss, 19 January 1816. [ASW1],[LN],[SAN],[NH]

Estremina. Spanish cruiser. See colonial schooner Estramina.

Ethel. Screw steamer,  33 tons. #88976. Built NSW 1884; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 17/1884. Length 78 ft. Lost on north beach, Port Stephens, 6 May 1898.  [SAN]
Loney reports:
Ethel. Steam tug, 88 tons. Wrecked in a gale near Morna Point, NSW, 1898. See also SS Merksworth, lost in the same gale. [LN]
Note: The "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast, occurred on the night of 5-6 May 1898..

Etmor. See SS Melinga.

Ettie. Vessel lost 1864  [SAN]

Euphemia. Wooden schooner,  25 tons. #41076. Built NSW, 1857; reg. Sydney,  30/1858. Length 58 ft.  Lost on the Macleay River, 1863.  [SAN]

Eurimbla. Steamship, bound from Sydney to Brisbane, rammed and sank the schooner Lismore off the Clarence River, October 1891.The schooner was struck on the starboard side and sank in a few minutes. The Eurimbla survived the collision. [LN]

Euroa. See Iron Crown, lost off Gabo Island, 4 June 1942. [LAH}

Euroka. Schooner, 51 tons. #52399. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 57/1866. Length 68 ft. A wreck seen by the crew of SS New England near Sandon Creek in 1875 proved to be the Euroka, which had left Sydney for the Richmond River three days before a heavy gale set in. All crew were lost. [LN],[SAN]

Euroka. Steel paddle steamer, 170 tons. #106144. Built Balmain, 1897 for the N.C.S.N.Co.; reg. Sydney, 30/1897. Lbd 120.4 x 221. x 6.9 ft. After springing a leak in heavy seas near Lake Macquarie, drifted on to Long Reef, near Narrabeen, NSW, 19 October 1913. Abandoned when the decks were almost awash and drifted nearly eight kilometres before being carried on to rocks. [LN],[MR]

Euterpe. Barque, 623 tons. Built 1865. Lost from New South Wales to San Francisco, 1883.  [LAH]

Eva Maud. Wooden ketch, 55 tons. #73326. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 99/1875. Length 69 ft. Lost Bellinger River, NSW, 4 April 1879. [SAN],[LN - lost Brunswick River, March 1879]

Evalina. Schooner, 47 tons. #59502. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 51/1868. Length 70 ft.  Lost from Sydney to Port Stephens, NSW, April 1871. [SAN],[ASR - built 1865]

Ewald. Schooner,  152 tons.  Lost at Murramarang Beach near Ulladulla, 11 June 1864. [SAN]

Examiner. Screw steamer, barque rigged. Launched at Coraki, NSW, 1870. In 1872, ashore on a sandbank at the mouth of the Clarence river; refloated five months later. [MR],[SAN records as lost on the north shore]

Excelsior. Wooden barque, 415/276 tons. Built Great Britain, 1854. Struck reef 200 metres off Bellambi, NSW, 21 October 1859. Fittings and some of her cargo of 400 tons of coal were salvaged. [LN],[SAN - barquentine],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Experiment. Wooden ketch, 63 tons. Built NSW, 1820; reg. Sydney, 19/1830. Length 57 ft. Lost, foundered, north of Sydney, January 1836. One man drowned.
[SAN],[ASW1],[LN - schooner]

Experiment. Wooden sloop. Destroyed in a gale when driven ashore on the south-east arm of Broken Bay, 12 March 1818.No lives lost. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]
Also listed:
Experiment. Small sloop. Managed to survive the gale at Pittwater that took the sloops Argument and Hazard, Broken Bay, NSW, March 1809. Returned to Sydney with the head of one of the crew from the Hazard, found in a  rockpool on shore.  [JM]

Express. Steamship. Owned by Huddart, Parker Limited. Sold to New Zealand interests, 1869.  [DG]

Express. Wooden schooner,  24 tons. Built NSW, 1838; reg.  Sydney, 54/1838. Length 36.5 ft. Lost off the Tweed River, NSW. (No date recorded). [SAN]

F.W.Tucker Brigantine, 174 tons. #61075. Built Tasmania,1875; reg. Melbourne, 17/1875. Length 116 ft. Wrecked near Clarence River, 1877.  [LPA],[SAN - lost on north beach, Clarence River bar, July 1878]

Fabius. Siamese barque. Taken in tow after flying distress flags, by the steamer Catterthun, off Hong Kong. [MGS]

Fagaras. See MV Wyangarie.

Fair Jane. Small coaster. Lost of the New South Wales coast, 1832. A boat belomging to her was washed up at Tuggerah Beach. [GB]

Fair Wind. (Fairwind). Royal Australian Navy motor vessel used by the Papua and New Guinea Administration for fisheries survey, steel, 250 tons. Left Sydney for Port Moresby in June, 1950, with four European officers and thirteen Papuan natives as crew, was last sighted near Smoky Cape, then disappeared during a cyclone. Apart from scattered wreckage near South East Rocks, her loss was never positively identified.  [LN],[LAH]
@ On 15 January 1962, two skindivers searching for a lost prawn net found the remains of Fair Wind in 15 metres of water, partly covered by sand and marine growth found a wreck near the entrance to the Macleay River. A close examination showed the dimensions of the shattered wreck to approximate those of the missing vessel and although definite identification was impossible, the timber did not appear to have lain beneath the ocean for a great many years and enough remained to leave the searchers reasonably certain of her identification. [LN]

Fairy. Two-masted wooden schooner, 36/25 tons. Built Manning River, NSW, 1838; reg. Sydney, 34/1838. Lbd 36.7 x 13.6 x 7 ft. Master-owner John Gillies. Lost on the Macleay River bar, May 1839. [SAN - lost on the Manning River bar, NSW],[LN - 36 tons],[ASW1]

Fairy. Wooden cutter,  29 tons. Built NSW, 1828; reg. 1831. Length 37 ft. Lost from Sydney to Port Macquarie, June 1834. [SAN]

Faith. Saw the wreck of the colonial brig lady nelson on Baba Island in the Serwatti Group, 1825. [ASW1]

Falcon. Wooden ketch, 35 tons. #52360. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 54/1865. Length 59 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, 18 December 1866. [SAN]

Fame. Wooden schooner, 60 tons. #31556. Built Decon, England, 1808; reg. Sydney, 59/1865. Lbd 58 x 18.1 x 9.4. Captain Hubner. Foundered after taking water between Newcastle and Sydney, probably at Broken Bay, between Cape Three Points and Terrigal,  7 November 1866. Crew picked up by the brig Vision before the schooner rolled over and sank. [GB],[LPA - foundered off Terrigal],[LPW],[SAN]

Fang 2. Yacht. Lost near Port Stephens, 1991. [LN]

Fanny Campbell. Brigantine, 151 tons. Built 1870; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Fanny Morris. Two masted wooden schooner,  40 tons. Built Hunter River, NSW, 1844; reg. Sydney, 76/1846. Lbd 46.5 x 16 x 7.1 ft.  Lost on the north spit, Tweed River bar, NSW, 21 May 1848.  [ASW1],[SAN - built 1845]

Fanny Nicholson. Barque, 285 tons. Built 1855; reg. Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Fanny. Brigantine, 164 tons. Ashore on North Beach, Port Stephens, 18 April 1885. [LN]

Fanny. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1876. Regular trader on Pittwater, NSW. Overturned off Barrenjoey, 6 June 1887. Whilst drifting, the crew were rescued by the ss Lubeck several days later.   [JM]

Fanny. Cutter, 15 tons. Abandoned when she began to leak, 60 nm east of Port Stephens, NSW, 9 June 1887. [SAN],[LN]
Also listed:
Fanny. Cutter, 15 tons. Built 1876; reg. Sydney. Abandoned off Port Stephens, NSW, July 1889. [ASR]

Fanny. Cutter. Lost on a passage from Sydney to Hobart, apparently driven ashore and wrecked, 1827. [ASW1]

Fanny. Topsail schooner, 47 tons. #49293. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 9/1865. Length 74 ft. Lost north head, Botany Bay, NSW, December 1870. [SAN]

Fanny. Vessel lost on the Manning River bar, March 1835. [SAN]

Fanny. Wooden cutter, 10 tons. Beached at Anna Bay, Port Stephens, 3 March 1850. [SAN]

Favourite. Ketch, 50 tons. #74842. Built NSW, 1878; reg.Sydney, 8/1883. Length 73 ft. Lost ashore at Cape Hawke Bay, 31 May 1897. [SAN],[LN - schooner, ashore at Foster; lists two dates, 1890 and 1897; the former incorrect],[ASR - built 1891]

Favourite. Schooner, 96 tons. Disappeared at sea, no trace, 1852. Captain Stericker. On May 9 she left Melbourne for Sydney with 13 passengers, a crew of eight, about 2000 ounces of gold dust and some general cargo. On the 17th she was seen by two other vessels near Cape Howe, sailing under reduced sail, apparently damaged by rough weather. She was not seen again. When she had been missing for about a month, SS Acheron carefully searched the coastline between Port Phillip Heads and South Head, but nothing was found. More than a year later, a seaman from a vessel wrecked near Cape Liptrap claimed having seen a head board carved with the name FAVOURITE in gilt letters on a blue banner in the possession of some settlers, who said they had found it on the beach with portion of a kauri deck a few months earlier. [LN]

Favourite. Steamship, 111 tons. #59558. Built NSW, 1870; reg. Sydney, 17/1870. Length 76 ft. Foundered on the north spit of the Clarence River, NSW, 10 June 1896. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lists as 29 tons - value in dispute],[ASR - 20 tons]

Favourite. Wooden schooner,  47 tons. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 78/1841. Length 48 ft. Lost on Tweed River bar, NSW, February 1857. [LN],[SAN - lost March]

Favourite. Wooden ketch, 15 tons. Built NSW, 1849; reg. Sydney, 91/1849. Length 43 ft. Lost Cape Howe region, 17? May 1852. [SAN]

Fawn. Wooden brig,  216 tons. #45415. Built Scotland, 1882; reg. Sydney, 49/1886. Length 103 ft.  Ashore and lost in gale at Byron Bay, 17 July 1889.  [LN],[ASR],[SAN - built 1862]

Fearless. Vessel lost 1916.  [SAN]

Fenella. Iron paddle steamer, 261 tons, 2 masts, schooner rig. Built Liverpool, UK, 1846; reg. Sydney 1856 for Hunte River S.N.Co. Several owners. Sold to Shanghai interests in 1862. [MR]

Fernmount. Wood steam ship, 269 tons. #89263. Built Scott’s Creek, NSW, 1884; reg.  Sydney, 57/1892. Lbd 134 x 25.6 x 8.4 ft. Several owners including N.C.S.N.Co. Wrecked in Gilbert islands, 24 December 1907. [MR]
On 2 June 1891, ashore in a gale at Bellinger River, NSW. Although extensively sanded, another gale three weeks later moved her on to the wrecked paddle steamer Avon, also ashore on 2 June, destroying the Avon. The Fernmount was however later refloated. [LN],[SAN - lost at Trial Bay, June 1891; no mention of being refloated]

Fiado. Steamship, 985 tons. Built 1878. Formerly of Howard Smith Co. Left Sydney for New Caledonia, February 1901 but never reached her destination. Fate unknown. [DG],[LAH]

Fido. Steel screw steamer,  1433 tons. Built Norway, 1904; reg. Tvdestrund, Norway. Length 231 ft. Lost off Tweed Heads, on a reef near Cook Island, one nm. from lighthouse, 19 July 1907. [SAN]

Fidra. Steamship, 730 tons. Built 1881. Lost between New South Wales and Hong Kong, 1883.  [LAH]

Fifeshire. Wooden single-screw steamer, 42 tons. #89273. Built at Berrys Bay, NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 59/1884. Lbd 70.2 x 14.6 x 6.2 ft. Captain Webster. Ran on to rocks and lost near Terrigal during a fog, 23 May 1886. All crew and the twenty passengers who had chartered her for a fishing trip reached safety. [LN],[#GB],[SAN]

Fingal. Steel steamship, 2137 tons. Built Norway, 1923; reg. Oslo. From Sydney to Darwin with military equipment, torpedoed off Solitary Islands, NSW, 5 May 1943. Twelve men lost their lives, including the captain, chief officer and all the engineers. Nineteen others were rescued by her escort USS Patterson, after it had attacked the submarine with depth charges.  [LN],[SAN - lost off Nambucca Heads, NSW],[LAH - lost off Nambucca Heads]

Fiona. Iron screw steamship, 728 tons. #71831. Built Scotland, 1874; reg. Sydney, 35/1875. Length 200 ft. Ashore on Seal Rock Point, NSW, 29 January 1882. [LN],[SAN - lost on Fiona Beach, 6 nm south of Seal Rocks],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, west of Treachery Head.

Fiona. Steamship. Collided with SS Cardross about 30 kms north-east of Port Jackson, 15 December 1940. The bow of the Fiona penetrated the engine room of the Cardross and the rapid entry of the sea forced the Cardross crew of 26 to abandon her. No lives were lost.
[LN]

Fire Queen. Wooden paddle steamer, 61 tons. #69753. Built Macleay River, NSW, 1872; reg. Newcastle, 9/1884. Lbd 81 x 11.3 x 4 ft.  Lost at Port Stephens, NSW; hull on beach, around l896. [MR],[SAN]

Fire King. Wooden paddle steamer, 221 tons, 3 masts schooner rig. #52385. Built Macleay River, 1866; reg. Sydney, 21/1866. Lbd 148 x 20.1 x 7.9 ft. Ashore on the beach near the Manning River bar, 30 April 1873. Enormous sea swept over her, destroying the steering rear and leaving her helpless. A line was passed to the shore, enabling passengers and crew to land. [LN],[MR],[ASR - 172 tons]
In 1870, involves in rescue - see Janet Dixon. [GB]

Fitzroy. Steel screw steamer, 623 tons. #131512. Built Scotland, 1912; reg. Sydney, 34/1912. Length 170 ft. Noprth Coast Steam Navigation Co. Capsized in a gale near Manning River, NSW, 26 June 1921. Captain James Colvin.Heavy seas extinguished her fires, leaving her drifting helplessly; her deck cargo of timber shifted, causing her to capsize. Only four of her crew of twenty-six survived. See also SS Our Jack, lost same time same place. [LN],[#MR],[SAN - lost off Cape Hawke],[LAH],[BNN - crew of thirty-five]

Fitzroy. Steel steamship, 870/504 tons. #89544. Built Scotland, 1884; reg. Sydney, 38/1887. Lbd 209.5 x 28.9 x 18.6 ft. Ashore and lost at Morna Point about 15 kms south of Port Stephens, NSW, 11 December 1897. The seventy passengers and crew reached safety. [LN],[LH],[ASR],[DG],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Flame and Fortune. Yacht. Swamped off Newcastle, 16 September 1990. [LN]

Fleetwing. Schooner, 13 tons. Lost off NSW coast, 25 March 1946. [SAN]

Flirt. Schooner. Reg. Sydney. Lost off the Tweed River bar, NSW, March 1857. [SAN]

Flirt. Wooden schooner, 34 tons. #51588. Built NSW, 1871; reg. Sydney, 33/1876. Length 60 ft. Took shelter in Seal Rock Bay but abandoned shortly before she foundered in heavy weather, 5 July 1876. [LN],[SAN - lost 16 July 1876]

Flirt. Wooden schooner,  56 tons. Built NSW, 1852; reg. Sydney, 39/1853. Length 54.8 ft.  Lost on the Nambucca River, 1860.  [SAN]

Flora Bella. Wooden brigantine, 103 tons. #32482. Built Ireland, 1849; Sydney, 47/1855. Length 70 ft.  Lost at Bondi, Sydney, 20 January 1857. [SAN]
Also listed:
Flora Bella. Schooner. On her beam ends and sank off South Head, Sydney, 20 Janury 1857.  The steam tug Washington rescued the crew of eight. [LN]

Florence. Barque, 809 tons. Built 1869. Left Newcastle in 1895 and disappeared.  [LAH]

Florence Irving. Iron screw steamer, 920/626 tons. #49300. Built London, 1864, as a paddle steamer of 453 tons; Sydney, 75/1873. Converted to screw and re-rigged and lengthened 1873. Australian Steam Navigation Co. Length 241 ft. From Sydney to Brisbane, struck rocks on the outer light near Port Stephens and abandoned, 4 December 1877. An attempt was made to raise her but divers reported extensive damage. [LN],[LAH],[SAN],[DG],[BNN]
@ Wreck lies in 19 metres, completely broken up.

Florida. Schooner, 216 tons. Built 1870; reg. Sydney. Wrecked Browse Island, NSW, September 1887. [ASR]

Florrie. Screw steamer,  tender. Sank on the bar of the Richmond River, 12 December 1882. When raised later she was found to be not worth repairing. [LN],[SAN]

Florrie Ellison. Wooden screw steamer, tug, 41 tons. #89278. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 69/1884. Length 63 ft. Aground on the South Spit while crossing the bar at the Manning River, NSW, 1902. [LN],[SAN]

Flower of Waxford. Ketch, 27 tons. Built 1852; reg. Sydney. Misisng for years. [ASR]

Fly. Brig, 100 tons. Captain John Black. Left Calcultta for Sydney on 14 May 1802, with 4,000 gallons of spirits for the Sydney firm of Campbell & Co., but was not heard if again. She presumably foundered at sea, but there is no indication as to where this may have been. [ASW1]

Fly. Cutter. Lost near Manning River entrance, NSW, October 1844. [LN]

Fly. Wooden schooner,  20 tons. Built NSW, 1839; reg. Sydney, 42/1841. Length 39 ft. Lost on the Manning River bar, 10 October 1845. [SAN],[JM]

Flying Cloud. Brig, 235 tons. Built 1867; reg Newcastle. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Flying Fish. Wooden schooner, 37 tons. #32624. Built NSW, 1857; reg. Sydney, 19/1857. Length 60 ft. Ashore at Port Stephens during a gale and soon broke up, 5 March 1870. [LN - lost February],[SAN]

Flying Fox. Wooden cutter, 14 tons. Built Shoalhaven, NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 71/1843. Lbd 32.3 x 10.4 x 5.6 ft. Captain Pulman. Struck a reef and was lost in squall off Botany Bay, 17 February 1847. Bound from Sydney to Shoalhaven; no lives lost. [LN],[ASW1],[SAN - lost 15 February]

Foam. Wooden ketch, 23 tons. #79280. Built Tasmania, 1887; reg. Littleton, NZ. Length 48 ft. Lost near Pittwater, Broken Bay, NSW, 23 December 1930. [SAN]

Forest Queen. Ketch.  Lost near inner light, Port Stephens, 23 June 1902. [SAN]

Forest Queen. Wooden ketch, 51 tons. #66532. Built New Zealand, 1872; reg. Sydney, 1/1885. Length 60 ft.  Run ashore after losing canvas in a heavy squall off Charlotte Head, Seal Rocks, NSW, 11 March 1894. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Forster Punt. Wooden barquentine. Lost at Forster, 5 January 1938.  [SAN]

Forster. Wooden paddle ssteamer, 38 tons. #83784. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 88/1883. Length 58 ft. Destroyed by fire on Lake Wallis, near Forster, 15 April 1906. [LN],[SAN]

Fortitude. Wooden brigantine, changed to schooner, 41 ton. #32538. Built Manning River, NSW, 1852; reg. Sydney, 4/1853. Lbd 48.7 x 14.5 x 6.5 ft. Captain Fittock. Collided with the steamer Thistle midway between the north and south heads of Broken Bay, 10 May 1856. Two men perished when the schooner rolled over and sank; two saved by jumping across to the steamer. [GB],[SAN],[ASR],[MR]

Fox. Schooner, 157 tons. #31993. Built Canada, 1857; reg. Newcastle, 8/1864. Length 79 ft. Drifted on to the Richmond River bar and lost, 7 January 1871. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]

Fox. Wooden schooner,  30 tons. Built on the Hawkesbury River, NSW, 1839; Sydney, 67/1839. Lbd 36.4 x 13 x 5.4 ft. Involved in a collision with the iron schooner West Hartley 2, and badly damaged. The schooner was towed to Broken Bay and beached, December 1865.  [GB],[SAN]

Francis Craig. Vessel lost between New South Wales and Iquique, 1892  [LAH]

Francis Freeling. Wooden full rig ship,  185 tons. Built Great Britain, 1807; reg. Sydney, 28/1839. Length 77 ft. Lost ashore inside Port Stephens, NSW, June 1839. [SAN]
Also listed:
Francis Freeling. Schooner. Lost near Port Stephens, June 1829. [LN]

Francis George. Schooner, 53 tons. #41092. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 8/1859. Length 67 ft.  Wrecked at the Brunswick River, NSW, 8 April 1866. [LN],[SAN - lost Bellinger River],[ASR - missing for years]

Francis. Colonial government, wooden schooner, 40 tons. Brought out from England in frame in the ship Pitt, in 1792; launched 24 July 1793; reg. Sydney. Lb 45 x 12 ft. Provided the lnk between Sydney and Norfolk Island; then operated on the Hawkesbury River, bringing the first wheat from the srea into Sydney in 1797. Captain Edwards. Driven ashore north of Newcastle harbour, 21 March 1805. Rough weather, forced to anchor, however the line parted. No lives were lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Francis. Vessel lost circa 1880.  [SAN]

Francis Hixson. Iron paddle steamer, 156 tons. #74905. Built Great Britain, 1876; reg. Sydney, 15/1877. Length 115 ft. Wrecked at Richmond River bar, Ballina, NSW, when she went to the assistance of the steamer Platypus, 17 January 1883.
[LN],[SAN - lost 12 January],[BNN]

Franz. Wooden schooner,  148 tons. #64388. Built Denmark, 1862; reg. Sydney, 73/1875. Length 82.6 ft. Wrecked in a gale at Peterborough Head, Shellharbour, 9 September 1879.   [SAN],[LN - Lost ‘a little north of Lake Illawarra’; Shellharbour is south]

Freak. Wooden schooner, 79 tons. #31953. Reg. Sydney, 46/1860. Length 77 ft.  Lost on middle bank at Port Stephens during the gale, 7 October 1864. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Fred S.White. Schooner, 52 tons. Built 1865; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Frederick Davis. Screw steamer,  61 tons. #121175. Built NSW, 1907; reg. Sydney, 23/1907. Length 86 ft. Abandon and sank in a gale at Bare Point north of Wooli, NSW, 26 December 1908.  [SAN],[LN]

Frederick. Wooden cutter. Captain Rodgers. From Sydney to Newcastle, lost near Reids Mistake, northern headland to the entrance to Lake Macquairie, NSW, 5 June 1831. All hands lost, possibly three crew and two passengers.  [ASW1],[SAN]

Frederick Griffiths. Wooden schooner, 53 tons. #32657. Built at Brisbane Water, 1847; reg. Sydney, 74/1850. Lbd 54 x 16.8 x 7.6 ft. Wrecked near Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, 13 July 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASR - lost 1872; data conflict],[JM]

Freetrader. (Free Trade). Lighter. Lost at Macquarie River heads, 29 April 1884. [LN],[SAN]

Friar’s Craig . Vessel lost near Clarence River, NSW, September 1893. [SAN]

Friend in Need. Ketch, 12 tons. Lost North Head, Sydney, 6 June 1876. [SAN]

Friend. Wooden cutter, 10 tons. When sailing between Port Stephens and Newcastle, the skipper, Adam Clarke, fell overboard while reefing a sail, May 1860. The only other person on board was the captain’s eight year old son. The vessel drifted to Terrigal where it was swamped. The boy, drifting for ten miles in a flat-bottomed boat in terrible weather, was picked up by the schooner Perseverance. [GB],[SAN - lost at Terrigal Head, 1860]

Friends. Schooner, 95 tons. #31719. Built in Millwall, London, 1825; reg. Sydney, 65/1865. Lbd 77 x 19 x 10.4 ft. Lost on Tuggerah Beach during a gale, 12 July 1866. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Friends. Wooden coastal trader, two-mast schooner, 48 tons. Built at Clarence Town, NSW, 1836. Lbd 49-9 x 14-10 x 6-10. Master Samuel Hutchins. Disappeared well out to sea in gale, off Camden Haven, NSW, December 1836. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Friendship. Steamship, 214/192 tons. #106139. Built NSW, 1897; reg. Sydney, 19/1897. Length 101 ft.  Ashore on the south beach after grounding while crossing the Tweed River bar, 28 November 1912. Next day on high tide steam was raised and the vessel freed, but heavy seas swamped her and she soon began to break up. [LN],[SAN]

G.F Manson. Barque, 1418 tons. Built  1875. Lost betwen New South Wales and San Francisco,1898.  [LAH]

Gabriella. Dutch heavy lift ship. Capsized and sank at Port Kembla while unloading machinery, 14 August 1986. Two surveyors who were below inspecting damage caused during her voyage out from Japan were drowned. The vessel was declared a total loss, refloated, then towed to sea and scuttled. [LN]

Galatea. Wooden ketch, 16 tons. # 121163. Built 1897; reg. Sydney 8/1907. Length 21ft; beam 7.3ft; depth 5.1ft. Wrecked ashore on Cronulla Beach, 29 January 1908.
[LN - 5 tons, built 1891],[SAN]

Galatea. Wooden vessel lost 1884.  [SAN]

Galava. Screw steamer, collier, 415 tons. #124391. Built Workington, Great Britain, 1906; reg. Sydney, 2/1909. Length 152 ft. Foundered without warning 3 nm east of Terrigal, NSW, 9 February 1927. The master and two firemen swam five kilometres to shore; the tug St.Olaves rescued two others, but seven lost their lives. Apparently the vessel sprang a leak near the bow, giving the crew little time to escape. [LN],[LAH],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Regarded as one of the bettewr wreck dives off the Sydney coastline, she lies sitting upright in 50 metres, bow and stern relatively intact.

Gamecock. (Game Cock).Tug. Owned by J. & A.Brown.
In 1886, ran into and sank schooner Mary Pashley near Newcastle.
In August 1895, together with tug Marion Mayfield, searched for and found the wrecksite of the steamer Catterthun, lost near Seal Rocks, NSW, 8 August 1895. [MGS]
On 28 December 1895, when operating out of Newcastle, collided with the tug Leveret out of Sydney, near North Head, Port Jackson; the Leveret sank, the Gamecock survived the collision. No lives lost. [LN]
 
 

Gazelle. Schooner.Ashore at Trial Bay, 2 June 1864. [LN],[SAN]

Geiho Maru.  Steamship. See Ringarooma.

Gem. Hulk, originally barque, 459 tons. Built New Jersey, 1861. Lbd 141.5 x 31 x 15 ft. Captain Hall. Abandoned as she sank off Barranjoey, 27 September 1895. She was being towed to Sydney by the tug Steamcock, with 700 tons of coal, when struck by heavy weather and began to leak badly. Two crew drowned. [LN],[GB]
Shipwreck Atlas of NSW records:
Gem. Wooden hulk,  478 tons. #62540. Built Great Britain, 1869; reg. London. Length 455 ft. Lost off Barranjoey, Broken Bay, 27 September 1895.   [SAN]

General Urbistende. American paddle steamer, 500 tons. Arrived Sydney June 1854. Purchased by the Australian Steam Navigation Company and renamed Ben Bolt; operated on the east coast Australia. [WL]

General Wood. Wooden barque, 171 tons. #40317. Built USA, 1849; reg. Sydney, 46/1862. Length 106 ft. Left Sydney for Queensland ports but not seen again, Feb 1868. Many believed she foundered off Cape Hawke when remains believed to have come from her were found in Charlotte Bay. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

General Bourke. Cutter. Reported capsize about three miles off Sydney Heads, 1937. [LN]

George. Schooner, 98 tons. #40199. Built Great Britain, 1846; reg.  Sydney, 10/1857. Length 70 ft.  Ashore and lost at Bulli, NSW, July 1867. [LN],[SAN]

George. Sealing sloop, wood, 28 tons. Built Sydney, 1802. Ashore, abandoned at Twofold Bay, NSW, January or February 1806. Captain Berbeck. The crew of the George clashed with hostile natives, killing several. Boast sent to Sydney and returned with rescue party. In 1803 she was driven ashore on King Island and badly damaged, remaining there for almost a year before being repaired and refloated. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

George H.Peake. Brig, 271 tons. #57068. Built Canada,1867; reg. Melbourne, 14/1873. Length 114 ft. From Newcastle for Melbourne, sank almost immediately 8 km south-east of Bird Island, central NSW coast, following a collision with the American barque Sierra Nevada in hazy conditions, 11 July 1874. All saved. Two years of legal hassles resulted in both vessels being to blame. [GB],[LN],[SAN - lost 7 nm south of Newcastle]

George S. Livanos. Greek screw steamship, 5482/4835 tons. Built Great Britain 1938; reg  Greece. Length 441.1ft; beam 57.7ft; depth 26.7ft. Torpedoed fifteen miles off Jervis Bay, 20 July 1942. No loss of life. Some reports suggest she was hot by a Japanese torpedo, but there were reports of three submarines in the region. [LN],[SA],[LAH]

Georgina Godfrey. Schooner, 15 tons. Built Sydney, 1869. Missing, February 1891. [ASR]

Georgina Davies. Ketch., 62 tons. #89377. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 80/1885. Length 70 ft. Ashore during a gale on the beach near the Bellinger River, June 1891. She was later refloated. [LN],[SAN - ashore at Trial Bay]

Gipsy. Schooner, 44 tons. #32584. Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney, 20/1850. Length 55 ft. Lost  between Sydney to Eden, 25 July 1874.   [SAN]

Gipsy. Wooden cutter,  44 tons. #32430. Built NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney, 111/1855. Length 80 ft. Lost on the north spit, Manning River bar, NSW, 24 April 1856.
[SAN],[LN - lost November 1856]

Gitana. Schooner, 113 tons. Built 1837; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Gladstone. Steam drogher on the Macleay River, NSW. [MR]

Gladys Phelps. Steamship, 13 tons. Built 1909; reg. Sydney. Broken up reg closed August 1949. [ASR]

Gleaner. Topsail schooner, 115 tons. #57511. Built Tasmania, 1870; reg. Sydney, 11/1898. Length 90 ft. Lost ashore at Bawley Point, south of Ulladulla, NSW, 8 June 1900. [LN],[SAN - lost 18 May 1900]

Glebe. See Arakoon.

Glenduart. Schooner, 40 tons. Built at Brouless, NSW, June 1847. Lbd 49.7 x 14.7 x 7 ft.. Ashore and lost near Tarrigald Head, NSW, 1857. [LN][GB- ashore Terrigal Beach]

Glenelg. Vessel lost on the NSW coast, 1900.  [SAN]

Glenfinlas. Barque, 2148 tons. Built 1882. Left Newcastle for Manila with coal in September 1897 and was not seen again. Her remains might lie off the NSW north coast. [LN],[LAH]
Shipwreck Atlas of NSW records:
Glenfilas. Iron barquentine. Lost from  Newcastle to Manila, October  1897. [SAN]
Glenfinlas. Lost at sea, July 1898. [SAN]

Glenreagh. Woden twin screw steamer, 498 tons. Built Tuncurry, 1919. Lbd 154.5 x 37.2 10 ft. Broken up in 1934. [MR]

Glenshee. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1903.  [SAN]

Glimpse. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1886.  [SAN]

Glimpse. Wooden barque, 335 tons. Built USA, 1856; reg. New Zealand. From British Columbia to Melbourne with timber, abandoned some 400 km north east of Cape Howe when struck by a severe gale, 21 October 1881. Several days elapsed before the survivors were picked up by S.S.Coonanbarra off Cape Three Points. Meanwhile, two members of the crew had died from exhaustion and exposure. [LN],[LAH],[SAN - barquentine]

Glossariel. Wooden topsail schooner,  86 tons. #74900. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 8/1877. Length 82 ft. Foundered 5 nm east of Manning River Heads, NSW, 1 March 1886. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Gloucester. Wooden barque, 591 tons. #26619. Built Great Britain, 1852; reg. London. Length 138 ft. Foundered 31 nm off Smoky Cape, NSW, 29 July 1877. All saved. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Gneering. Stern paddle steamer. The first steamer to enter the Tweed River, 1869. [MR]

Go-a-Head. Ketch, 29 tons. #59548. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Sydney, 64/1869. Length 59 ft. Lost on the north spit, Manning River bar, NSW, 20 February 1875. [SAN]

Goddefroy. Vessel lost on the NSW coast, 1880  [SAN]

Gold Digger. Wooden ketch. Foundered off Broken Bay while on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney with coal, 3 January 1862. All hands picked up by the steamer Grafton. [GB],[SAN - cutter]

Gold Seeker. Schooner, 166 tons. Built 1854. Wrecked At Richmond River 1861.  [LPA]

Golden Age. Barque. Disappeared without trace, NSW, 1866. [LN]

Golden Fleece. Wooden barque, 123 tons. Built NSW, 1845; reg. Sydney, 53/1845. Length 85 ft. In heavy seas, drifted ashore and lost on the south spit when leaving the Richmond River, NSW, 1847, probably early April. . [LN],[ASW1],[SAN - barquentine]

Golden Warrior. Trawler. Sank off Iluka, NSW, after striking a submerged object, 10 July 1990. [LN]

Goldseeker. Wooden three-masted schooner, 76 tons. #32358. Built India, 1854; reg. Sydney, 24/1858.  Length 77 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, February 1861.  [SAN]

Good Fortune. Brig. Renamed Australia,qv. Lost 13 April 1826. [LN]

Goodiron. Wooden lighter, 40 tons. #93506. Built and reg. Sydney, 47/1886. Length 62 ft. Foundered off the Richmond River, NSW, February 1895. [ASR],[SAN]

Goolgwai. Steel screw steamer, 271 tons. #148220. Built Canada, 1919; reg. Sydney 2/1929. Length 125 ft. Lost at Malabar, Sydney, 29 May 1955. [SAN]

Gorilla. Topsail schooner, 37 tons. #46433. Built NSW, 1863; reg. Sydney, 29/1868. Length 70 ft. Lost on the north beach, Manning River bar, NSW, 30 September 1872.
[SAN],[LN - lost 30 October 1872],[ASR - missing for years]

Gosford Packet. Auxiliary screw steamer, wooden, 52 tons. #73306. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 77/1875. Lbd 76.3 x 14.1 x  6.8 ft. Stranded on Five Island Point, Wollongong,NSW, 1881. Crew of five reached safety.  [LN],[SAN]

Governor Wynyard. First steamer, paddle wheeler, built in New Zealand, in Auckland 1851. Lb 52 x 13 ft. Master, part owner Captain Cook. Managed 8 knots. Came to Australia.  [WL]

Governor-General. Wooden paddle steamer, 761 tons. Built New York, 1848 as the New Orleans (qv).. Renamed in when purchased by the newly formed Melbourne Steam Packet Company, and later purchased by the A.S.N.Co. Operated on the east coast until 1861, then sold to China interests. [WL]

Governor Hunter. Wooden schooner, 35 tons. Built NSW, 1805; reg. Sydney 18 January 1805. Captain Murrell. Lost at sea, July 1816. She was sighted off Cape Howe in July while returning to Sydney from Kangaroo Island, but not seen intact again. Her remains were found years later in a lagoon fifty miles north of Port Stephens by the brig Lady Nelson. The fate of the crew is unknown, but believed killed by aborigines. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Gowanbum. Barque, 1999 tons. Built 1886. Disappeared betwen New South Wales and San Francisco, 1893.  [LAH]

Grace Lynn. Schooner, 93 tons. #88972. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Newcastle, 12/1884. Length 86 ft. Ran aground and lost at Richmond River while attempting to enter in tow of a tug, 3 June 1892.  [LN],[ASR],[SAN]
 

Grafton Punt. Wooden lighter. Lost at Grafton, Clarence River, NSW, 11 December 1943.  [SAN]

Grafton. Iron paddle steamer, 212 tons, 2 masted brig, later schooner rig. Built Birkenhead, 1854; rebuilt Sydney 1876 as a twin screw steamer. Various owners. Sold to New Zealand interests in 1878; returned to Tasmania and lost on the bar at Straghan, west coast tasmania, 1898. [#MR]
In 1862, a steamer of this name was involved in rescue - see ketch Gold Digger, 1862. [GB]

Gratia. Brig, 175 tons. #31791. Built Canada, 1839; reg. Sydney, 16/1862. Length 89 ft. Disappeared during a gale 5 nm off Cape Hawke, NSW, 17 February 1868. Seven lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Gratitude. Screw steamer, 6134 tons. #121140. Built NSW, 1906; reg. Sydney, 26/1906. Length 32 ft. Sank after colliding with SS Manapouri at Cape Three Points off Broken Bay, 23 March 1910. [LN],[SAN]

Growler. Wooden schooner, 36 tons. #75016. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 19/1879. Length 62 ft. Captain Johnson. Ashore and lost at Gerringong, Geering Bay, south of  Kiama, 18 March 1888. Crew saved. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Guatamala. Steel screw steamer, freighter, 5967/5527 tons. Built 1920; reg. Panama. Length 440 ft. Sunk 40 nm off Cape Three Points, NSW, 11 June 1941. Crew reached safety in her boats. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Guiding Star. Barque, 415 tons.  Reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Guiding Star. Schooner, 39 tons. #41109. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 38/1859. Length 57 ft.  Left Manning River for Sydney and was last seen off Cape Hawke, NSW,  shortly before a gale struck, 30 September 1864.Wreckage and a boat with her name painted on the stern were later found at Point Plummer, north of Port Macquarie. [LN],[SAN]

Gunbar. Steel twin screw steamer, 482 tons. Built Ardrossan, 1911. Lbd 150.3 x 30 x 8.7 ft. Arerive Syndey April 1912, under Captain Linton Matheson. Operated on NSW north coast run. Sold to New Zealand intersts in 1926; returned to Sydney in 1935. Saw extensive service as a mine sweeper in WW2. Sold to China interests 1946, but scrapped in Sydney. [MR]

Gundiah. See SS Hastings.

Gunga. Steamer, 1257 tons. Built Hull, UK, 1864 for A.S.N.Co. Rigged as a brig with a clipper bow.  Made several trips to China, also south Pacific. Dismantled, converted to a hulk, towed to Fremantle, stranded on a beach where (in 1928) could still be seen. [DG]
On 24 May 1878, ran on to a reef near Cagayannes Island whilst enroute Hing Kong to Sydney.

Gwydir. Screw steamship, 518/323 tons. #93529. Built South Shields, Great Britain, 1886; reg.  Newcastle, 7/1892. Lbd 186 x 28 x 12 ft. Captain Mannigal. Owned by Newcastle & Hunter Valley Steam Ship Co. Ltd. From Sydney to Newcastle, NSW, ran on to rocks one nm south of Norah Head, NSW, during a fog, 28 November 1894. An attempt by the steamer Sydney to drag her from the rocks was unsuccesful. She later slid off the rocks into deeper water in a gale.  [LN],[SAN],]ASR],[GB - wrecked at Pelican Point, NSW],[LAH],[DG]

Gwydir. Steel screw steamship, 1929 tons. #132642. Built Newcastle, NSW, 1911.  Owned by Newcastle & Hunter Valley Steam Ship Co. Ltd. Served in Spencer Gulf, and Far East waters, then Sydney-Newcastle run after WW1. Collided with S.S.New Hebrides off Norah Head, NSW, and was so badly holed she was run ashore. 14 February 1942. Salvage attempts failed and she eventually broke up. Her predecessor namesake, built in 1886, was also wrecked on Norah Head, in 1894.[ASR],[SAN],[LAN],[LAH],[DG - built as the Morialta],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known west of Norah Head.

H.M.Warfield. Three-masted barque, 157 tons. Built in the USA, 1841 as the Luna de Paita. Lbd 81.6 x 21.8 x 10.3 ft.  Captain Manson. Caught in a current which took her ashore on Bird Island Point, central NSW, 1 July 1867. All hands picked up by the schooner Alert. [GB],[LN]

Hall Caine. Wooden screw steamer, 214 tons. #131549. Built NSW, 1912, reg. Sydney, 4/1933. Length 131 ft. Foundered off Broken Bay, south east of Cape Three Points, NSW, 17 March 1937.  [ASR],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Regarded as an intresting wreck site, even if scattered in 42 metres. Boiler, winch, propellers and other wreckage to be seen.

Ham. (Ham 3). Dredge. Foundered after springing a leak near Sugarloaf Point, Seal Rocks, NSW, while under tow to the tug Kraus, 12 May 1926. Crew of three rescued. [LN]

Handa Isle. Barquentine. Hobart-owned. Whilst carrying benzine, blew up with the loss of all hands soon after clearing Sydney Heads for Melbourne, 28 September 1918. [TS2]

Hannah. Wooden ketch, 43 tons. #46459. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 8/1864. Length 59 ft. Left Sydney for Shoalhaven on March 21, 1870, but did not arrive. Pieces from her washed ashore at Bulli about a month later. [LN],[SAN - schooner, lost on Bulli Beach about half a nm north of Bellambi jetty,  26 April 1870]

Hannah Newton. Brigantine, 78 tons. Built 1867; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Hanvarden Castle. Ship, 1132 tons. Built 1869. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1890.  [LAH]

Happy Days. Wooden launch. Length 35 ft.  Lost on the Hawkesbury River, 5 May 1931.  [SAN]

Harlech Castle. Ship.Built 1867. Lbd 174.2 x 28.3 x 17.9 ft. Last seen south of Cape Howe when sailing between Melbourne and Newcastle, June, 1870. Crew of twenty-three lost. [LN]

Harp. Wooden two-masted schooner, coastal trader, 72 tons. #31587. Built Dorchester, Mayland, USA, 1846; reg. Sydney, 149/1853. Lbd 73 x 23 x 6.4 ft. Wrecked on the Richmond River bar, NSW, 1863. [GB],[SAN]
On 27 July 1857, ashore near West Head, central NSW, in gale. [LN],[GB - refloated and resumed service carrying coal from Newcastle],[JM - ashore at West Head, where the rocks quickly finished her]
Were there perhaps two vessels? Also listed:
Harp. Schooner. Lost Broken Bay, NSW, 9 August 1857  [SAN]

Harport. See steamship Mareeba.

Harriet Hope. Ketch. Captain Spain. Saw wreckage off the NSW central coast that could have come from the lost schooner Architect, 1859. [GB]

Harriet. Wooden two-masted schooner, 43 tons. Built Manning River, 1840; Sydney, 69/1840. Lbd 47 x 15.9 x 8 ft. Captain Love. Cleared Sydney Heads for Newcastle April 1844 and disappeared in a gale. Last seen near Bird Island. [GB],[SAN]

Harriete. Cutter. Ashore and lost while crossing the Richmond River bar, NSW, 11 May 1851.  [LN]

Harriett. Wooden cutter,  30 tons. Built NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 56/1846. Length 39 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, 1851.  [SAN]

Harrington. Wooden screw steamer,  51/35 tons. #89299. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 107/1884. Lenth 68.5 ft. Stranded on the Bellinger River bar and was soon destroyed by heavy seas, 20 March 1896. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Harvester. Barque. American owned. Struck Big Seal Rock, Seal Rocks, NSW, and lost, 9 June 1919. Sailing in ballast from Capetown to Newcastle. Crew took to the two boats and were picked up by SS Macleay after a cold night . (The Macleay would be lost nerby three years later). [LN],[MGS],[SAN - barquentine],[BNN]

Harvester. Wooden barquentine, 1494 tons. #95385. Built USA, 1875; reg. San Francisco. Length 210 ft. Lost at Black Head, near Hallidays Point, north of Forster, NSW, June 1900.   [SAN]

Hastings. Screw steamer. Lost on the Port Macquarie bar, 29 July 1937.  [SAN]

Hastings. Vessel lost 1906.  [SAN]

Hastings. Wood paddle steamer, 63 tons. Built Port Stephens 1883. Lbd 58.4 x 20 x 5.6 ft. Drogher on the Manning River. Scrapped 1914. [MR]
Hastings. Wooden schooner,  88 tons. #83700. Built Sydney, 1882; reg. Sydney, 82/1882. Length 73 ft. Ashore and lost in gale at Byron Bay, 17 July 1889. She was run ashore to save life when her anchors dragged. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Hastings. Wooden steamer, 193 tons. Built 1901. Lbd 117.9 x 24.5 x 7.4 ft. Renamed Gundiah. Ended her days in Tasmania. [MR]

Hawke. Ketch. Lost on north head,  Port Stephens, September 1876.  [SAN]

Hawke. Vessel lost in 1905  [SAN]

Hawkesbury Packet. Wooden sloop, 28 tons. Master T. Walker. Built Hawkesbury River, 1811. From Sydney to Shoalhaven , lost  on the reef at the Minnamurra entrance, three miles north of Kiama, NSW, August 1817. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1 - 21 tons],[JM - 21 tons]
On 20 June 1816, under Captain Edward Watson, sought shelter in Port Stephens during the Great Gale of 1816. With diminished provisions, two crew set out by foot for Newcastle, but were detained by aborigines and stripped of their clothing; one died. The other crawled the last three miles and alerted the authorities. Meanwhile, the sloop resumed her voyage to Newcastle.

Hawkesbury. Steamship, 80 tons net. #93509. Built NSW, 1886; reg.  Sydney, 51/1886. Length 125 ft. Destroyed by fire while moored at Bennett’s Wharf on the Hawkesbury River, 11 January 1891. Very little was saved after attempts to scuttle her had failed. Her successor was to be destroyed in the river under similar circumstances 25 years later. [LN - 117 tons],[ASR],[SAN - 38 tons]
Also listed:
Hawkesbury. Wooden screw steamer, 117 tons. #93509. Built NSW, 1886; reg. Sydney, 40/1892. Length 92 ft. Destroyed by fire when lying at Leet’s Vale on the Hawkesbury River, 26 November 1916.  [LN],[SAN]
Official registration number and year built is incorrect. This vessel was built after the loss of the first Hawkesbury.

Hawkesbury. Vessel owned by Andrew Thompson. In December 1804, assisted in the refloating of grounded sloop Speedwell in the Hawkesbury district, NSW. [GB]

Hazard. Wooden sloop, about 10 tons. Built 1808. Master Andrew Lusk. Left Pittwater for Sydney 17 March 1809; ashore at Box Head, Broken Bay, near Barrenjoey, NSW, March 1809.  Refloated but then later broken up. Captain drowned. One boy saved by aborigines after being washed ashore.
[LN],[GB],[SAN,[ASW1],[#JM - lost earlier , possibly 11 March]

Heath. Three-masted wooden schooner, 187 tons. #65096. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1873; reg. Sydney, 42/1874. Lbd 118.9 x 21 x 10.5 ft. Captain Theodore Bastholm. From Sydney to Newcastle, wrecked on a reef at Cape Three Points, Broken Bay, NSW, 4 January 1889. One or two crew drowned. [GB - 197 tons],[LN],[ASR],[SAN],[JM]

Heather Bell. Wooden brig, 188 ton. #32268. Built Great Britain, 1851; reg. Sydney, 32/1877. Length 102 ft. Foundered off Crowdy Head, NSW, 27 November 1880. [LN],[SAN - lost 4 nm south pf Cape Hawke, NSW]
 
 

Hector. Wooden schooner, 115 tons. #32139. Built Tasmania, 1865; reg. Sydney, 57/1873. Length 93.5 ft. Left Sydney for the Richmond River on 3 December 1875 but was not seen again. Six lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Helen Malcolm. Barque, 311 tons. Rammed by the steamer Bowen, Broken Bay, NSW, October 1873. Fate of vessels not recorded. [JM]

Helen McGregor. Iron screw steamer, 251/168 tons, 2 mast schooner rig. #56159. Built England, 1866; reg. Sydney, 71/1867. Lengthened 1867 to lbd 152.6 x 20.6 x 9.1 ft, 251 tons, 3 mast schooner rig. Struck rocks and sank quickly on a reef at south head when attempting to cross the Clarence River, NSW, 12 March 1875. One of her lifeboats had cleared the wreck when overturned by a heavy sea, drowning six of the occupants. [LN - 300 tons] [MR - 3 lives lost],[SAN - built Scotland]

Helen Nicoll. Iron steamer, 384 tons. Built Dundee 1882. Lbd 157 x 22 x 10.3 ft. Arrived in Sydney harbour 2 July 1882. Sold 1883 to South Australian interests, then Jones Bros. of Sydney in 1900. Scrapped in Berry’s Bay, NSW, in 1932. [LN],[NH],[#MR],[DG]
In December 1886, under Captain Frazer, involved in collision with SS Kielawarra, which sank, off North Solitary Island, NSW, with loss of forty-eight lives. Six of these were from the Helen Nicoll who had jumped across 'for safety'.
On 30 August 1905, under Captain Pender, was towing the schooner Jones Brothers when the line parted and the schooner was swept on to the wreck of the Adolphe, Newcastle.

Helen S.Page. Barquentine, 217? tons.  Lost ashore on north beach, Newcastle, 31 March 1868. [SAN]

Helen. Brigantine, 63 tons. #31861. Built NSW,1848; reg Sydney, 49/1866. Length 73 ft. Lost ashore between Korogoro Point and Hat Head, Smokey Cape, NSW, 9 January 1873. [ASR],[SAN]

Helen. Cutter. Parted her anchor chain and went ashore at the mouth of Bellambi Creek in a gale, 4 September 1859. [LN],[SAN - barge]

Helen. Schooner. Wrecked near Port Macquarie, 13 January 1873. [LN]

Helen. Steam launch. Lost at Yamba, 21 December 1891.  [LN]

Helen. Wooden schooner,  47 tons. #41098. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 20/1859. Length 66.5 ft. Lost on the Bellinger River, NSW, 25 February 1866. [SAN]
Helen. Brigantine, 165 tons.  Ashore and lost on North Spit, Richmond River, NSW, 12 April 1871. [LN],[SAN]

Helena. Wooden screw steamer,  2 tons. #83790. Built 1883; reg.Sydney, 98/1883. Lbd 19.2 x 5.2 x 2.6 ft. Lost near Nowra, NSW, during a storm, 1885;  hull subsequently burnt [LN], [SAN]

Helena Davies. Schooner, 54 tons. #74843. Built Sydney, 1879; Sydney, 116/1884. Length 71 ft. Capsized and sank at the entrance to the Nambucca River, 17 February 1891. Three lives lost.  [LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost 14 February]
Hennie de Fraine. (Hene de Fraine). Topsail schooner, 96 tons. #112475. Built NSW, 1899; reg. Sydney, 65/1899. Length 92 ft. Foundered off Camden Haven, NSW, 8 June 1900. Shortly after crossing the bar she was found to be leaking badly. The tug Unique attempted to take her in tow but she foundered. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lost 4 May 1900]

Helen B. Stirling. Four-masted wooden schooner, 1608 tons. Sank off the NSW north coast, 22 January 1922.  When her mainmast went over the side in a gale she sent out an SOS which was picked up by HMAS Melbourne; she hurried to the scene and used a breeches buoy to rescue the crew of twenty-two. [LN],[SAN - sank 21 January, Tasman Sea],[LAH]

Helen White. Barque, 285 tons. #43651. Built Great Britain, 1863; reg. Adelaide, 7/1873. Length 109 ft. Left Newcastle on 28 May 1882 for Adelaide but was not seen again. Her remains might lie off the NSW coast. [LN],[SAN - lists as Helena White, barquentine]

Henri. French ship, 364/264 tons. Built in France. Total wreck after breaking her back when she struck off  Reid’s Mistake, Lake Macqurie, NSW, in a heavy gale, 8 July 1852. With one exception all passengers and crew reached safety. [LN],[SAN - lost June 1852]

Henrietta. Schooner, 107 tons. Built Sydney 1845. Captain Peterson. Ashore in the Shoalhaven River, NSW, 4  February 1880. [LN],[ASR - missing for years],[SAN - 29 tons, incorrect, see below]

Henrietta. Wooden schooner,  29 tons. #64359. Built NSW, 1871; reg. Sydney, 15/1871. Length 60 ft. Lost on Crookhaven Reef, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, 1871[SAN]

Henry & Edward. Wooden brigantine, 75 tons. #31675. Built Tasmania, 1849; reg. Sydney, 54/1867. Length 65 ft. Lost off Port Hacking, 1868. [SAN]

Henry Bolte. Tug. Scuttled in 1987 as an artificial reef. Sits upright just west of the tug Tasman Hunter, south-east of boyds Tower at the entrance to Twofold Bay, NSW. [BNS]
@ Excellent wreck dive in thirty metres.

Henry. Brigantine, 101 tons.  Reg Sydney. Foundered at the entrance to the Hawkesbury River sometime prior to 1872 when her register closed. [GB],[ASR - lost 1872]

Henry. Wooden two-masted schooner,  16 tons. #32304. Built Newcastle, NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 19/1849.  Lbd 37.3 x 10.5 x 4.5 ft. Lost on the north spit, Richmond River bar, NSW, 6 March 1861. [SAN]

Herculean. Driven ashore at Port Stephens, NSW, but refloated, November 1856. The schooner Lavinia, sent to take on board her cargo, was driven ashore and lost. [LN]

Hercules. Brigantine, 139 tons. Built 1862; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Hero. Tug, 161 tons. #101078. Built Great Britain,1892; Sydney, 17/1893. Lbd 105.2 x 19.6 x 11.2 ft. Captain Robertson. Ashore in heavy seas out of Port Kembla, 13 July 1960. She had gone to assist the freighter Bulwarra, which had broken its mooring lines and was drifting ashore, but a tow rope snapped, fouled the propeller and seized the engines. Heavy seas and strong winds drove her on to the beach where she was battered by ten-foot waves. Her master ordered the five members of the crew over the side and they swam ashore. The Hero arrived in Sydney in 1892 rigged as a topsail. In 1940 she was involved in a collision on Sydney Harbour; she sank in 160 ft of water and was not refloated for four years.[LN],[SAN - lost 23 September 1940; incorrect, was refloated]
On 31 July 1905, under Captain Alexander mackenzie, attempted to salvage the Amercian barque Abby Palmer, nearly onshore at Ben Buckler Point, Coogee, NSW, when the tug smashed into the barque’s stern, damaging her rudder. The tug eventually towed the barque to safety. [MGS]

Heroine. Schooner, 123 tons. #101113. Built NSW, 1894; reg. Sydney, 16/1894. Length 93 ft. Beached in Danger Bay, NSW, during a gale, totally wrecked, July 1897. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Heroine. Wooden schooner,  36 tons. Built NSW, 1846; reg. Sydney, 51/1846. Length 45.5 ft. Lost ashore in squall 6 nm south of Long Point, off Richmond River, NSW, 28 September 1850. Six drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Hexham Bank. Steel motor vessel, 1616 tons. Abandoned when on fire near Bass Point, NSW, 21 June 1978. She was later taken back to Sydney where she was sold for conversion to a barge and towed to the Philippines. [LN]

Hilander. Brigantine, 93 tons. Built Canada,1850; reg Sydney, 22/1868. Length 68.2 ft. Lost on the north spit, Richmond River, NSW, 7 October 1872. [ASR]

Hilda. Iron screw steamer, collier, 222/135 tons. #79680. Built Glasgow, 1879; reg. Sydney - 42/1879. Lbd 125.2 x 21.2 x 10.6 ft. Captain Phillipson. Foundered soon after striking rocks off North Head, Port Hacking, 20 June 1893. No loss of life.
[LN],[SAN - built 1878],[ASR],[#MGV],[LAH]
@ Rediscovered in 1979 in twenty-one metres, badly broken up and scattered over a wide area.

Hilda. Schooner, 65 tons. #94236. Built Tasmania,1891; reg. Sydney, 73/1891. Lbd 86.2 x 21.8 x 4.4 ft. Ashore and lost in a gale at Wreck Bay two hundred yards north of Sussex Inlet, 30 July 1908. [SAN],[LN - scow]

Hilda. Vessel lost in 1895.  [SAN]

Hive. Wooden barquentine, convict ship, 485 tons. Built Great Britain, 1820; reg. London, 381/1833. Length 120 ft. On her second voyage out to Sydney with convicts, ran ashore on a sandy beach to the west of Cape St. George, south of Jervis Bay, NSW, 10 December 1835.Captain John Thomas Nutting. Carrying 252 crew, prisoners and guards, only two lives were lost; the boatswain drowned when a boat was swamped and a convict who had been ill later died on shore.The Hive was on her second voyage as a convict transport and the voyage out from England had been relatively uneventful. When off Montague Island Captain Nutting and the mate disagreed on the course set after land was sighted only a few miles away to port. The captain refused to alter course and retired to his cabin. Breakers were seen on the port bow but too late to save the ship. In the confusion the captain and mate again disagreed, this time on which boats should be launched, but after the quarter boat was swung out on the captain’s orders it immediately swamped, drowning the boatswain. A line was eventually fastened ashore and all those remaining on board reached safety. The ship’s stores and £10,000 in gold were.
[LN - lost 13 December],[LAH],[ASW6],[SAN - lost ashore at Bherwerre Beach],[ASW1]

Hixen. Vessel lost 1880.  [SAN]

Hoelien. Freighter. Sank east of Terrigal while under tow, 1985.  The guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth rescued the crew of the freighter when her cargo shifted and she took on a heavy list in high seas off Newcastle on 13 October 1985.  [LN]

Holmlea. Collier. See Kiama.

Hoolet. Wooden ketch, 32 tons. #71826. Built NSW, 1875; reg.  Sydney, 28/1875. Length 59 ft.  Forced into Seal Rock Bay, where she dragged her anchors and lost, 15 July 1876. The lighthouse boat rescued the crew but a passenger drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Hope, sloop, 16 tons. Sank near North Head, Broken Bay, NSW, 27 April 1803.  Owned by Soloman Wiseman. Laden with grain; crew of three  rescued by a passing vessel. One report suggests that she was not totally lost. [#GB], [LN indicates loss November 1803]
On 27 September 1808, left Sydney in company with 16 ton sloop Charlotte and saw her capsize with the loss of the two crew off Long Reef. [JM]
Also listed:
Hope. First vessel built by Andrew Thompson, an early pioneer of shipbuilding on the Hawkesbury River, NSW. [JM] Macken makes it clear that there were two small vessels called Hope, the one built second being owned by Soloman Wiseman.
In December 1804, a vessel by the name of Hope, owned by Andrew Thompson, assisted in the refloating of grounded sloop Speedwell. [GB]
And:
Hope. Ketch, 16 tons. Wrecked near Port Stephens, in July 1817. The two crew had gone ashore to prospect a creek for cedar, but never returned, presumed murdered by aborigines. The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale, or plundered by aborigines. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]
Shipwreck Atlas of NSW records:
Hope. Wooden sloop. Lost North Head, Sydney Harbour, 31 October 1803. [SAN]

Hope. Ketch, 30 tons. #32539. Built NSW, 1855; reg. Sydney, 25/1856. Length 54 ft.  Lost on the north spit, Bellinger River bar, NSW, 25 November 1865. [SAN]

Hope. Schooner. Struck the breakwater approaching Wollongong and sank, 23 April 1862. [SAN],[LN]

Hope. Schooner. Built at Tuross River. Lost off NSW coast, December 1866. The discovery of wreckage and two bodies on Broulee Island early in January, 1867, confirmed the loss. [LN]

Hope. Schooner. Lost on the south spit, Richmond River bar, NSW, June 1845. [SAN]

Hunter. Twin-screw steamer, 1840 tons. Built 1907. Owned by the Hunter River Steam Navigation Co.

Huntley Castle. Wooden schooner,  72 tons. #75022. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 30/1879. Length 77.8 ft.  Lost on rocks near the entrance, Port Stephens, NSW, 4 March 1883. [SAN],[LN - lost 5 March]

Huntress. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1874  [SAN]

I-177. Japanese submarine. Possibly responsible for the loss of the Liberty ship Lydia M. Childs off NSW coast, 1943.  [LAH]

I-21. Japanese submarine. Torpedoed and sank the Liberty ship Starr King, about 250 kilometres west off Port Macquarie, 10 February 1943. All saved. [LAH]

I-24.  Japanese attack submarine, 2554/3561 tons. Completed at Sasebo Navy Yard in 1941.  Sunk by USS P.C.487, fifty nautical miles north east of Attu in the Aleutians, 11 June, 1943. Saw action at Pearl harbour in December 1941; cruised off Sydney heads in May 1942, and shelled Sydney in June 1942. Attacked shipping off the New South Wales coast in June 1942, including the ore carrier Iron Crown, sank of Gabo Island, 4 June 1942 with the loss of thirty- seven lives. [LAH],[LSW]

Ida. Ketch, 23 tons, Reg. Sydney, 1863. Missing for years. [ASR]

Ida. Ketch. Dragged her anchors and wrecked ashore in Nelson’s Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, 20 June 1911. [LN],[SAN - lost 19 June]

Idant. Wooden screw steamer,  121 tons. #136446. Built 1918; reg. Sydney, 6/1919. Length 92 ft. Lost on the northern breakwater, Camden Haven River, NSW, 13 March 1940. [SAN],[ASR]

Illalong. Ketch, 68 tons. Built1870; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Illaroo. Steel screw steamer, 515 tons. Built Great Britain, 1884; reg. Sydney, 89340. Length 165 ft. Lost Catherine Hill Bay, 0.5 n.m. north of the Shamrock, 1903.  [SAN]

Iluka. Iron paddle steamer, tug, 128 tons. Built at Sydney, 1879. Lbd 110. 9 x 1 8.3 x 7.2 ft. Abandoned at Port Stephens, NSW.[LH]

Inca. Wooden barque, 950/440 tons. Built Liverpool, UK, 1862. Reg. Chile. Apparently foundered near Port Stephens in late August or early September 1911, while on a voyage from Callao to Sydney, in the same gale which destroyed the barque Laura and steamer Rosedale. Concern was first expressed when she was 140 days out on a voyage normally expected to occupy 60 days. Wreckage, including a name board, was later found on the coast north of Newcastle. [LN],[LAH],[SAN lists loss location as unknown]

Indant. Wooden coastal steamer, 121 tons. Ran into the northern breakwater at Camden Haven, NSW,  and later  sank, 13 March 1940. After striking she was refloated and was proceeding up river with  her pumps working at full pressure when she sank. The crew of eight saved. [LN],[BNN]
@ All that remains is a boiler and scattered remains, in thre metres.

Indarra. Steamship. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. In the Western Australia service. Bought by Japanese interests and renamed Horai Maru. [DG]

India. Wooden steamship, 1049 tons. #76936. Built 1873; reg. Sydney, 19/1881. Length 207 ft. Abandoned, April 1884. Ran into a heavy gale and began taking water when 100 km east of Seal Rocks,. NSW. After several hours it was decided to abandon her, enabling the passengers and crew to reach safety. [LN],[SAN]

Indus. Barque. Foundered about a hundred miles off Cape Dromedary, NSW, after springing a leak, Jan 1872. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Industry. Cutter, or sloop, 14 tons. Built Hawkesbury River, NSW, 1834; reg. Sydney 38/1841. Lbd 30 x 11.6 x 5 ft. Missed stays, shipped a two or three seas, and sank off Port Aiken, NSW, 15 December 1842; crew reached safety. [LN],[ASW1]

Industry. Ketch, 19 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1853; reg. Sydney. Lbd 47.3 x 13.3 x 4.9 ft. Captain Williams. Lost on rocks at Elliot Island (Lion Island) while sheltering from a gale in Pittwater, NSW, 10 September 1876. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM]

Industry. Schooner, 68 tons. #70803 Built NSW 1875; reg. Newcastle, 18/1875. Length 71.5 ft. Left Newcastle for Sydney on 6 April 1884 and apparently foundered at sea. [LN],[SAN]

Industry. Wooden cutter. Lost off Broulee, Sydney, June 1845. [SAN]

Inflexible. Steam tug, 175/119 tons. #87199. Built Great Britain, 1883; reg. Sydney, 71/1884. Length 118.4 ft. Sank rapidly after striking floating wreckage off Port Hacking, NSW, 26 August 1889. Crew of six reached safety at Port Hacking. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost off ‘The Sisters’, Sydney Harbour],[MGS - lost twelve miles off Port Hacking, NSW]

Ingeborg. Danish barque, 1141 tons. Built Great Britain, 1892. Length 215 ft. Sank in a few minutes after a collision with SS Arawatta off Port Stephens, 14 August 1907. The captain and six of the crew were drowned. [LN],[LAH],[SAN - barquentine, 1079 tons]

Inglis. Brigantine, 99 tons. Ashore and lost off Cape Byron during a gale, 28 August 1879. [LN],[SAN - lost 23 August 1879],[BNN]

Ino. Ketch, 40 tons. #49274. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 43/1870. Lbd 65 x 16.9 x 5.4 ft. Captain Banister. Struck rocks 200 yards east of the breakwater at Kiama, NSW, and went to pieces, 18 September 1889. [ASR],[SAN],[LN - lost 18 September 1888]

Integrity. Cutter, 56 tons. Built Sydney, launched 1804. Under Lieut. Charles Robbins. Left Sydney for Valparaiso in June 1805 with a despatch from Governor King to the governor of Chile, but never heard of again. She sailed with her commander, and a crew of ten. [ASW1]

Integrity. Ketch, 51 tons. #83798. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 111/1883. Lbd 69.8 x 18.3 x 6.8 ft. Sprang a leak 25 nm east of Broken Bay, NSW, and foundered, when on a voyage from Camden Harbour to Sydney, 11 January 1889. [GB],[LN],[SAN]

Irene. Vessel lost at Broken Bay, Cape Three Points, NSW, 1908.  [SAN]

Iris. Wooden schooner,  87 tons. #31775. Built Great Britain, 1854; reg. Sydney, 28/1859. Length 73 ft. Lost at Port Stephens, Hannah Bay, 25 January 1860.  [SAN]

Iron Chief. Steel screw steamer, 2686 tons. #139594. Built Great Britain, 1916; reg. Sydney, 20/1921. Length 312 ft.  Lost ashore at Crowdy Head, near Diamond Head, NSW, 1 April 1928. [SAN]

Iron Crown. Steamship, ore carrier, 3353 tons. Built Williamstown, 1923 as the Euroa; reg. Sydney. Owned by BHP. Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 24, near Gabo Island, 4 June 1942. The vessel sank within minutes, taking thirty-seven of the crew, inclsuing her captain, to their deaths. Only five survivors. [LAH],[ASR]

Iron Chieftain. Steel screw steamer, freighter, 4812 tons. Built Glasgow, Scotland, 1937; reg. Melbourne. Length 404 ft. Sunk by Japanese submarine 60 km east of Manly, 3 June 1942. The resultant explosion killed twelve crew and seriously injuring three others
[LN - lost 1941, clearly incorrect as Japan did not start the Pacific war till December 1941],[SAN],[LAH]

Iron Knight. Steamship, ore carrier, 4812 tons.  Built Glasgow 1937; reg. Melbourne.  Length 419 x 56.2 x 23.9 ft. Oened by BHP. Captain Ross. Torpedoed and sank within two minutes north of Twofold Bay, 30 km from Montague Island, NSW, 8 February 1943. She was was the leading ship in a convoy of ten ships escorted by HMAS Mildura and HMAS Townsville. Thity-six lost their life; fourteen rescued. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Irresistible. Steel screw steamer, tug, 136 tons. #87172. Built Great Britain, 1883; reg.  Sydney, 66/1884. Length 199 ft. Foundered 10 kms north-east of Newcastle, 27 August 1931. [LN - Irrestible],[SAN],[BNN]
In March 1906, involved in rescue of crew from Norwegian steamer Thordis off Port Stephens, but required a bribe from the Thordis’ captain to get them motivated. [MGS]
@ The wreck sits upright with engines, propeller and part of the bow visible.

Irvington. Wooden steamship, drogher, 48 tons.  #89291. Built Balmain, NSW, 1884; reg.Sydney, 54/1891. Length 70 ft. Operated on the Richmond River, NSW. [SAN - lost at Whale Beach, Sydney, 9 November 1932],[MR - broken up at Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River, NSW, on or before 1933]

Isabel . Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1911.  [SAN]

Isabel. Wooden topsail schooner, 69 tons. #101029. Built Sydney, 1891; reg. Sydney, 18/1891. Length 73 ft.  Beached in Crowdy Bay, NSW,  and soon broke up, 6 May 1898. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]
She was one of fifteen vessels lost during the "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast.

Isabella. Brig. Lost on north beach,  Port Stephens, 22 July 1876. [SAN]

Isabella. Cutter. Anchored outside the bar at Port Macquarie, NSW, on 20 September 1824, but siezed by eight men from the pilots crew who took over the vessel and headed out to sea. Some four milkes out renegade crew turned the pilot and the regular crew adrift in the ship’s boat . They presumably made it to shore safely but the Isabella was never seen again, and was presumed foundered. [ASW1],[LN]
Loney indicates lost at sea out of Port Macquarie, October 1825.

Isabella. Schooner, 114 tons. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Sydney, 91/1854. Length 83 ft. Left Sydney for Grafton, NSW, but failed to arrive, August 1854; carrying 20 passengers and crew. [LN],[SAN]

Isabella. Schooner, 23 tons. Built Western Australia, 1834; reg. Sydney. Length 38 ft. Lost from Manning to Sydney, November 1835. [SAN]

Island Girl. Yacht. Wrecked on a reef near Gosford, NSW, early March 1990. Owner drowned.  [LN]

Isle of Thanet. Wooden ketch, 28 tons. #49266. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 65/1867. Length 55 ft. Ashore at Port Stephens during a gale and soon broke up, 5 March 1870. [LN],[SAN]

Iverna. Barque. Under captain Fegan, left Melbourne for Newcastle to load coal for South America; collided with the tug Advance off Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 25 December, 1908. The tug sank taking seven of the crew of eight who drowned. The tug had left Newcastle to take the barque Inverna in tow. The tug’s master was blamed for the accident. The mate, the only survivor, was found washed ashore early next morning. [#MGS]

J.& T. Fenwick. Wooden screw steam tug, 26 tons. #74354. Built NSW, 1871; reg. Sydney, 1/1871. Length 58.7 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar when towing the schooner Colleen Dhas, 1 April 1883. The tug was hauled up on the beach, where it was decided she would not be repaired. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]

J.G.Coleson. Wooden schooner,  70 tons. Lost at the Shoalhaven River entrance, NSW, 20 June 1867. [SAN]

J.G.Kondio. Wooden schooner,  92 tons. #89277. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 68/1884. Length 89 ft. Lost from Nambucca to Sydney, 6 May 1898.  [SAN],[ASR]
She was one of fifteen vessels lost during the "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast.

J.T.Berry. Wooden full rig ship, 1420 tons. Built USA, 1885. Length 65.53 m. Found capsized, and then scuttled off Port Stephens, NSW, 9 January 1888. [SAN]

James Afflick. Wooden cutter,  8 tons. #64376. Built NSW, 1871; reg. Sydney, 48/1871. Length 33.5 ft.  Ashore and lost on the south spit, Port Hacking, 11 July 1877. [LN,[SAN]

James Watt. Paddle steamer, 141 tons reg. Built Liverpool, England, 1824. Brought to Australia in 1837, the second steamship to arrive from England (after the Sophia Jane), and was 'luxuriously fitted'. She was the first steamer to visit Melbourne, in July 1837, and the first to visit Moreton Bay. Several owners. Broken up ‘in disgust’ in 1847. Her engines were installed in the Eagle. [MR],[WL],[DG]

James. Wooden sloop, 14 tons. Built Sydney. Ashore in a gale, broke up near Broken Bay, 24 April 1804. Carrying coal and cedar from Newcastle to Sydney, she leaked badly in rough weather. Crew of five reached safety by the Resource, returning from Newcastle. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

Jane Scott. Wooden cutter, 36 tons. Built Port Macqurie, NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney, 52/1847. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. Master John Williams. Lost Tweed River, ‘half north and half south of river’, 6 May 1849. [SAN],[LN - lost off Fingal Head, NSW],[ASW1 - possibly a schooner, possibly lost on Cook Island, off Fingal Head]

Jane Spiers. Barquentine, 309 tons. #11336. Built Scotland, 1857; reg. Melbourne, 21/1873. Lbd 117.8 x 24.6 x 15.2 ft. Captain Beer. Foundered a few miles south of Green Cape, NSW, 14 January 1878. All hands took to the boats and were picked up by the barque Ellen White. A Court of Inquiry was told that the vessel had struck a shoal off Cape Everard, in Victorian waters, when visibility was limited by smoke from bush fires, and commenced to leak.  [LN],[SAN - built 1851, lost in Twofold bay, 400 yards from shore]

Jane Summerville. Schooner, 79 tons. Built 1855; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Jane. Cutter, 20 tons. Lost on the Manning River bar, NSW, 1835.  [SAN]

Jane. Schooner, 62 tons. Built 1865; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Jane. Schooner. Wrecked south of Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, July 1852. [LN]

Jane. Two masted wooden schooner,  41 tons. Built Manning River, NSW, 1836; reg. Sydney, 20/1848. Lbd 47-10.5 x 16-4.5 x 7-5.5 ft.  Master James Higgins. Lost at the bar of the Tweed river, NSW, 1 July 1848. No loss of life. [ASW1],[SAN]

Jane. Vessel type not listed. Master-owner Robert Mills. Possible crew of two. From the Hawkesbury to Sydney, was last seen off Cape Hawke, then not seen again, presumed foundered in a storm, June 1816. [ASW1],[SAN],[LN]

Jane. Wooden schooner,  51 tons. #74942. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 69/1877. Length 68 ft. Lost at Port Stephens, Shoal Bay near Nelsons Head, NSW, 6 June 1900. Bound from Port Stephens to Sydney with timber, she was battered by heavy weather which forced her to return to port, where she foundered [SAN],[LN]

Jane. Wooden cutter,  34 tons. Built NSW, 1835; reg. Sydney, 14/1836. Length 41 ft. Lost on  rocks on north side of the entrance to Trial Bay, NSW, 17 July 1836.  [SAN]

Jane. Wooden schooner,  188 tons. #32462. Built USA, 1852; reg.  Sydney, 15/1856. Length 87 ft. Lost on the Richmond River, NSW, 1862. [SAN]

Jane. Wooden brig, 160 tons. #32039. Built Canada, 1846; reg. Sydney, 18/1880. Length 89 ft. Lost at Byron Bay, Tallow Beach, 12 nm north of Richmond heads, NSW, 26 July 1886. [SAN],[LN - lost 25 July 1886]

Janet Dickson. (Janet Dixon). Two-masted schooner, 66 tons. #31841 Built Scotland, 1853; reg. Sydney - 45/1866. Lbd 65.5 x 16 x 8.2 ft. Captain Maxwell McKee. Dragged both anchors and went ashore off beach now bearing her name, Cabbage Tree Bay, 5 March 1870. The crew used the dinghy to row out to the passing steamer Fire King. [GB],[LN],[LPA],[SAN - lost Norah Head, Cabbage Tree Harbour, June 1870]

Janet Dixon - see Janet Dickson..

Janet Nicholl. Iron steamship, 772 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. Built Jarrow, UK, 1884. To Australia 1890; to new Zealand same year. Wreckaed at Kopah Inlet, Siam (Thailand), 10 May 1914 on passage to Moulmein. [MR]

Janet. Wooden schooner,  39 tons. #32663. Built NSW, 1858; reg. Sydney, 29/1858. Length 60.4 ft. Lost off the Macleay River, NSW, 1867. [SAN]

Jap. Steamer, 246/136 tons. #121105. Built NSW, 1905 as a three-masted schooner;  converted to a steamer in 1911;  reg. Sydney, 11/1911. Length 124.7 ft. Ashore at Forster, NSW,, 200 yards north of the breakwater while under tow by the tug Forster, 3 April  1934. [LN],[SAN],[ASR - lost 2 April 1934],[BNN]

Jean. Brig. Lost Newcastle Harbour, 17 March 1855.  [SAN]

Jeannie Deans. Wooden schooner, 31 tons. Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney, 8/1851. Length 49.3 ft. Drifted ashore near Broulee, 27 March 1851. All crew saved.  [LN],[SAN - lost 10 April 1851]

Jenna. Trawler. Sank off Port Stephens, 5 January 1991. [LN]

Jenny Lind. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1848.  [SAN]

Jessie Kelly. Wooden schooner, 145 tons. #52396. Built New Zealand, 1866; reg. Sydney, 91/1884. Length 103 ft.   Struck rocks and lost leaving Nelsons Bay, north head, Port Stephens, NSW, 20 November 1886.  [SAN],[LN]

Jessie. Schooner, 32 tons. Built 1856; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Jessie. Wooden cutter, 15 tons. Built NSW, 1828; reg. Sydney, 8/1829. Length 33 ft. Lost at Hog Island, between Sydney and Paterson River, March 1831.  No loss of life. [SAN - lists as Jesse, probably typing error],[ASW1]
Also listed:
Jessie. Wooden cutter. Lost on the Hunter River, NSW, April 1831. [SAN]
Jessie. Cutter, 15 tons. Driven ashore near Reid’s Mistake, northern headland to the entrance of Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, 5 June 1831. Lost with all hands. [LN]

Jessie. Wooden cutter, 13 tons. Built NSW; reg. Sydney, 20/1837. Lbd 33-3 x 9-7 x 5-3 ft. Master William Miller. From Sydney to Newcastle, driven beyond her destination and wrecked at Port Stephens, 1837. All hands lost.  [ASW1],[SAN - lost from Newcastle to Sydney, 1837]

Jessie Matilda. Wooden brigantine, 88 tons. #74929. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 51/1877. Length 86.6 ft. Ashore during a gale at Evans Rocks, near Clarence River, about 18 nm south of Ballina, NSW, 17 July 1889. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost 21 July 1889]

Jessie Sinclair. Wooden ketch, 74 tons. #75020. Built Manning River, 1879; reg. Sydney, 27/1879. Length 80.6 ft. Foundered when under tow while crossing the bar at Port Macquarie, 31 July 1898. The crew of four took refuge in the rigging and were soon rescued. Previously, she had been ashore twice - near the Bellinger River in 1891, and a few months before her loss on the Richmond River bar. [LN],[SAN]
In June 1891, ashore during a gale on the beach near the Bellinger River, June 1891; refloated. [LN]

Jessie Spears. Wooden ketch, 38 tons. #64485. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 2/1873. Length 62.3 ft. Ashore and lost at Camden Haven, NSW, when attempting to cross the bar, 23 September 1881. [LN - schooner],[SAN]

Jewess. Barque. Left Newcastle for Manila; sighted off the north coast NSW but was not seen again, 1870. [LN],[LAH - lost 1871]

John Andrew. Schooner, 57 tons. Built 1865; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

John Bull. Ship or brig, 178 tons. Captain Barkus. Sailed from Sydney on 12 May 1830, for a whaling voyage, but never returned to port, and after eighteen months was assumed lost at sea. In 1837 the Duke of York called at Pleasant Island (now Nauru), and heard that two Irishmen, convicts from Norfolk island, had taken the ship which was wrecked, probably off Pleasant island. [ASW1]

John Bullock. Schooner, 149 tons. #43407. Built New Zealand, 1869; reg. Sydney, 13/1871. Length 100 ft.  Lost on rocks at the north head, Richmond River, NSW, 2 September 1871. [SAN]

John Dory. Wooden screw steamer. Length 45 ft. Lost at Jervis Bay, 3 n.m north of Point Perpendicular, NSW, 19 February 1941. [SAN]

John Franklin. Schooner. Ashore on rocks at Broken Bay, NSW, 6 August 1858. [SAN]

John Gollan. Vessel lost at Forster, NSW, 3 December 1905.  [SAN]

John Mitchell. Ketch, 24 tons. Built 1854; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

John Weatherstone. Ketch, 15 tons. Built 1861; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

John. Sloop. Involved in rescue - see sloop/cutter John, lost sydney Harbour, 1832. [ASW1]

John. Wooden sloop. Captain T. Williams. First of two sloops of this name owned by John Palmer, who was originally the purser on the Sirius. Capsized in Broken Bay, 22 May 1803. Carrying wheat from Hawkesbury to Sydney when forced to anchor in bad weather. A hawser snapped, forcing her to stand out from the shore, but she capsized in Broken Bay, at Flint and Steel Bay. Crew of four saved. [LN],[#GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

John. Wooden sloop, sealing vessel, 30 tons. Built NSW, possibly 1803. Length approx 98 ft. Left King Island for Sydney, not seen again, November 1806. [LN],[SAN]

Johnny. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1885.  [SAN]

John Penn. Iron screw steamship, 236/199 tons. #56860. Built Great Britain, 1867; reg. Sydney, 38/1879. Lbd 160 x 22.6 x 8.1 ft. Foundered off Broulee Bay, NSW, 8 November 1879. She left Merimbula for Sydney with passengers and cargo; at Tathra more passengers and cargo were loaded, but then early next morning during a heavy fog she struck a reef at Burrawerra Head about five miles north of Moruya. A boat was sent to Bateman’s Bay and the S.S.Hunter took aboard the passengers. She then managed to free the John Penn, but while in tow for Moruya she foundered off Browlee.  [LN],[#BNS]
@ A reasonable dive as the wrecksite still resembles that of a ship, with bow and stern intact and amidships engine visible.

John T. Berry. Iron barque, 1419 tons. Built 1876. American ship. Ninety-seven days out from philadelphia, caught fire and was abandoned off the Australian coast, 2 January 1888. Almost six months later her remains were found floating a few kilometres off Port Stephens. After attempts to tow her into Broken Bay had failed, she was destroyed by explosives. See also steamship Alhambra. All crew apparently saved. [LN],[LAH]

Joker. Ketch, 28 tons. #88970. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 10/1884. Length 57.5 ft.  Ashore on north beach, Port Stephens, NSW, November 1887. Possibly refloated. [SAN]

Jolly Rambler. Wooden sloop, 37 tons. Built Broadstairs, Kent, Great Britain, 1813; reg. Sydney, 16/1835, 29/1836. Lbd 46-7 x 15-4 x 8-6 ft. Struck the Macleay River bar, lost, 11 December 1836. No loss of life. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]
Earlier in 1836, under Master George Griffin, ashore at Pverty point, NZ, in a gale and reported to have been lost but was refloated, repaired and made Sydney on 4 April 1836.

Jonathan. See Jonathon.

Jonathon. Ketch. Ashore at Camden Haven, NSW, 29 September 1883. [LN]

Josephine. Screw steamer, 16 tons. #57601. Built Tasmania, 1879; reg. Sydney, 41/1884. Length 47 ft. Lost on the Port Macquarie bar, near gaol, 2 June 1885.  [SAN],[LN]

Josephine. Wooden schooner, 80 tons. #69755. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 26/1874. Length 80 ft.  Lost at either Manning River or Clarence River heads, NSW, 24? March 1879. [SAN]

Josephine. Wooden yacht. Length 43 ft. Lost at Morna Point near Port Stephens, NSW, 31 November 1943. [SAN]

Josephine. Wooden brigantine. #32317. Built NSW, 1854; reg.  Sydney, 69/1854. Length 83 ft. Lost on middle spit at Richmond River heads, NSW, 23 November 1865. [SAN]

Jubilee. Steamer, 1620 tons. Built La Ciotat, 1862 as the Duplex. Lb 278 x 31 ft. Ran on the trans-Tasman service. Seized by Morts Dock, for debts.  [WL]

Jules Vogel. Schooner, 56 tons. #66561. Built New Zealand, 1873; reg. Sydney, 29/1883. Length 66.4 ft. Lost at Tomakin, Batemans Bay, NSW, 16 April 1890.  [SAN]

Julia. Wooden schooner, 59 tons. #49251. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 39/1864. Length 67 ft. In a gale, deliberately run ashore to save lives and wrecked in Trial Bay, 2 June 1864. [LN],[SAN]

Julie Heyn. (Julia Heyne). Barque.  Run ashore Cape St George, south of Jervis Bay when taking water rapidly, eventually a total wreck, May 1865. [LN],[SAN - Julia Heyne]

Julius Vogel. Schooner, 57 tons. Built 1873; reg. Sydney. Captain Anderson. Ashore and lost in a gale at Tomakin, NSW, 15 April 1890. All crew reached safety. [LN],[ASR]

Junior. Whaler, 460 tons. Captain Mellon. Left New Bedford, U.S.A., June 1857 for  whaling in Australian waters. Crew mutinied and committed several brutal murders while the vessel was off the New Zealand coast, Christmas night, 1857. [LN]

Juniper. Wooden barque, 340 tons. Built Canada, 1847; reg. Liverpool. Wrecked at St. George Head, NSW, 1 September 1850. Captain Stevenson. She left Oporto with a full cargo of wine in casks and cases for Sydney. The voyage out was uneventful until heavy squalls forced her ashore near where the convict ship Hive and the schooners Blackbird and Medina were lost. All reached the shore safely. Gales eventually drove the vessel broadside on the beach and she broke up rapidly, although most of the cargo was recovered.
[LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Juno. Paddle steamer, 621/362 tons.Built Greenock, Scotland, 1836. Ashore and lost 2 km north of the Manning River entrance, NSW, 22 October 1853. Lbd 159.8 x 22.8 x 16.8 ft. Brought out to Australia in 1842 by the Commercial adventurer Benjamin Boyd, the Juno operated in Australian and New Zealand. She had a spacious saloon, two staterooms, a ladies' and gentlemen's cabin each fitted out with fifteen berths, and was considered one of the best appointed vessels of her day.  The Juno ran a service to Adelaide but when Boyd’s empire collapsed she was eventually sold at auction in October, 1849. Left Sydney for Manila in the Philippines on 20 October 1853 and was battered by a succession of heavy gales which damaged her so badly she began taking water. The rising water put out her fires and she eventually went ashore and broke up quickly, 22 October 1853. Loss of six or seven lives.
[LN],[#NH],[LAH],[SAN - wooden schooner]
In September, 1847, six of the crew including ther chief engineer were drowned returning from a drunken spree at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. [LN]
Also listed:
Juno. Surveyed Broken Bay and the lower Hawkesbury in 1854. Lost in a gale in the Atlantic Ocean, February 1880.  [JM]

Juno. Wooden ketch, 17 tons. #36847. Built at Georges River, NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 20/1860. Lbd 44.4 x 12.2 x 4.7 ft. On a voyage from Sydney to Camden Harbour, reported lost after striking an unknown object five miles east of Terrigal, 26 April 1879. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Just In Time. Wooden topsail schooner, 102 tons. #89345. Built Norway,1884; reg. Sydney, 28/1885. Length 91.5 ft. Foundered 20 km off Smoky Cape, 3 April 1893. Crew landed safely at Trial Bay. [LN],[ASR - wrecked Charlotte Bay, NSW],[SAN - lost 15 miles north of Charlotte Bay, NSW, 4 April 1893]
Royal Australia Navy charts for NSW show a Charlotte Head south of Forster, NSW, but no Charlotte Bay.

K-9. Submarine, 521 tons. Built Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1924. Length 210 ft. Lost off Seal Rocks, NSW, 9 June 1945. She had been converted to an oil carrier during the war, and was in tow by the Dutch minesweeper HNMS Crynssen, when it broke free in rough seas and went shore on the beach west of Treachery Head, now called Submarine Beach. [BNN],[SAN - built 1922]

Kailoa. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1909. [SAN]

Kalang. See Sydney Queen.

Kalara. Iron paddle steamer, 166 tons. #78167. Build Queensland, 1881; reg.Brisbane, 3/1881. Length 130 ft.  Struck her own anchor and foundered while anchored off the Tweed River, 2 nm off Point Danger, 8 November 1886. [LN],[SAN]

Kalingo. Steel screw steamship, 2047 tons. #155322. Built Scotland, 1927; Sydney,   3/1928. Union Steamship Company. Lbd 283 x 43.1 x 17.5 ft. Torpedoed and sunk 110 miles east of Sydney, 17 January 1943. Thirty-two of her crew reached safety in a ship’s boat, but two firemen were killed by the explosion. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Kalipso. Wooden screw steamer,  119 tons. #157587. Built NSW, 1918; reg. Sydney, 12/1930. Length 92 ft. Lost at Cowper, Clarence River, NSW, 7 May 1939.  [SAN]

Kallatina. Steel steamship, passenger vessel, 646 tons. Built Port Glasgow, 1890. Lbd 179 x 28.2 x 11.4 ft. Hulked in 1931; lying as a breakwater on Moreton island, off Tagalooma.

Kameruka. Steel screw steamer, 515 tons. #75069. Built Greenock, Scotland, 1880; reg. Sydney, 37/1890. Lbd 179.6 x 24.5 x 15.6 ft. Illawarra Steam Navigation Co. Captain Hersee. Struck Pedro’s Reef near Moruya Head, NSW, 16 October 1897. She was steaming at full speed in a calm sea near midnight and struck about 150 yards from the shore, enabling her live deck cargo to swim ashore. Passengers were taken ashore in a cage suspended to a rope attached from the vessel to a rock. The only person injured was the captain who fell from the bridge when the ship struck. The vessel lay awash on the rocks for some time, but eventually went to pieces [LN],[LAH],[SAN],[BNS]
On 26 February 1881, under Captain Dawson, collided with and sank the ketch Esther Maria, 52 tons, near Beecroft Point, NSW, 26 February 1881. The mate drowned.
@ Wrecksite knwn, nothing of interest remains.

Kangaroo. British brig, 220 tons. Reached Sydney in January 1814  to supplement the depleated shipping then under Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Sailed from Sydney on 19 April 1815 under Lieutenant Charles Jeffreys and charted much of the innner Great Barrier Reef. Grounded on what became known as Kangaroo Shoal, 30 km south of Capre Grenville, but got off safely. Jeffreys had run foul of Governor Macquarie, and his report of the inner passage was not made public immediately. [#HH2],[#HH1]

Kangaroo.  Schooner. Wrecked on the spit in heavy weather at Macleay River, 20 February 1858. Within two hours she was a total wreck; no loss of life. Most of her cargo of 15,000 feet of timber and 200 bushels of maize was salvaged. [LN],[SAN]

Karnali. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1844  [SAN]

Karoola. Barquentine, 201 tons. #89349. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 19/1890. Length 120 ft.  Lost ashore in a gale at Morna Point, Norah Head, Port Stephens, NSW, 24 May 1896. The two men were drowned while attempting to land through heavy surf but the remainder were able to wade ashore at low water.See also topsail schooner Condong and steamsgip Byron lost in the same gale. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Karuah. Steamship, 82 tons. Built Sydney, 1882. Broken up Jervis Bay, NSW, 1894. [ASR]

Kashgar. Barque, 186 tons. Built 1868; reg. Sydney. Missing between Lyttelton and Sydney, 1896. [ASR]

Kate Waters. Barque. Stood by stricken barque Dayspring, 1871. [GB]

Kate. Barque, 341 tons. Built 1856; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Kate. Iron screw steamer, tug, 49 ft. #74943. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 70/1877. Length 72 ft. Ashore and lost at North Beach while towing a ketch to sea from the Bellinger River, NSW, 13 June 1880. [LN],[SAN]

Kate. Ketch, 28 tons. #69741. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 7/1874. Length 55 ft. Beached during heavy weather on Five Mile Beach, just south of Cape Hawke, NSW, 11 Sepetmber 1876. One crew drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Kathleen. Three-masted barque, 226 tons. #46423. Built in Nova Scotia, 1854; reg Newcastle,  2/2865. Lbd 100 x 23.2 x 13.1 ft. Ashore, wrecked two miles south from Norah head, on Tuggerah Beach, 3 December 1867. Crew saved. [GB], [LN - wrecked 8 km south of Terrigal, 4 December 1867],[SAN - barquentine, lost ashore halfway between Terrigal and Norah Head]

Kayhorse. Vessel lost in NSW waters, c l872.  [SAN]

Kedumba. Wooden screw steamer,  291 tons. #131584. Built NSW 1913; reg. Sydney, 7/1914. Length 131.5 ft. Lost off  Montague Island, NSW, 21 December 1932.  [SAN]

Keilawarra. See Kielawarra.

Kellermont. (Kellermount). Brigantine, 147 tons. #36974. Built at Greenock, Scotland, 1835; reg. Sydney, 36/1866. Lbd 77.7 x 21.1 x 13.1 ft. Captin Hamilton. From Newcastle to Sydney, ashore in a gale, wrecked, Broken Bay, 16 February 1868. [GB - indicates name as Kellermount] [LN - lost at Port Stephens],[SAN - schooner, lost Flint and Steel Bay, Hawkesbury River],[JM]

Kelloe. Iron screw steamer, 501/340 tons. #54748.  Built Sunderland, Great Britain, 1866; reg. Sydney, 17/1891. Lbd 164.7 x  28.3 x 14.9 ft. Arrived Sydney under Captain Hagan, 23 April 1891. Collided with the steamer Dunmore and sank quickly off Little Bay, Botany Bay, NSW, 13 May 1902. The crew of fifteen escaped. The Dunmore rendered immediate assistance and took on board the crew, but she was found to be taking water so rapidly she was beached in Botany Bay. Apparently both vessels were in sight of each other for some time before the collision, but no attempts were made to alter course until it was too late. The Dunmore returned to Sydney under her own steam. Wrecksite of Kelloe located. [LN],[SAN],[#MGV],[BNS]
On 11 February 1893, under Captain George Mason, collided with HMS Ringarooma in Farm Cove, Port Jackson.
@ Wrecksite in 40 metres on a reef edge, covered in growth.

Kempsey. Steel steamship, 500 tons approx. Built 1907. Beam 27 ft. Ran on the Macleay River; sold 1908 and renamed Tathra. Known for being a pretty vessel but lacking stability. Operated on the NSW north coast undr Captain Greer. On charter when foundered near Ambrym Island, New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in bad weather, 4 January 1912. [MR]

Kennedy. Iron paddle steamer, 201 tons. Built Prymont, Sydney, 1865. Operated on the east coast Australia before she went to New Zealand. Ashore in 1883, refloated, converted to a screw steamer, and ran for many more years.  [WL]

Kent. Schooner, 104 tons. #89304. Built NSW, 1884; reg.  Sydney, 112/1884. Length 98 ft. Disappeared after leaving Sydney for Tweed River, NSW, mid-January 1890. Sighted off the Richmond River on 31 January but not seen again. Some believed heavy weather destroyed the Kent and the Sussex which left Sydney at the same time, while others were convinced they had collided. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Keystone. Wooden stern wheel paddle steamer, drogher, 56 tons. Built on Nambucca river, 1884. Lbd 76 x 17 x 3.5. Abandoned beyond repaid, 1908. [MR]

Keystone. Wooden stern wheel paddle steamer, 11 tons. Built Balmain 1863. Lbd 42.2 x 8.9 x 4.3 ft. Broken up in Richmond River, NSW, December 1890. [MR]

Kiama. Collier, 555 tons. Built 1921 as the Holmlea. Foundered 8 kms off The Entrance, NSW, 19 January 1951. Only six of the crew of twelve survived. It is thought that her cargo of coal shifted soon after she left Newcastle and she developed a dangerous list which gradually increased. When she finally sank the crew were unable to launch the lifeboats and were forced to swim for their lives. [LN],[LAH]
In December 1886, attempted to pull the stricken Corangamite off rocks at St. George Head, south of Port Jervis, NSW, with no result. [MGS]
On 3 April 1914, collided with SS Dunmore at the entrance to Sydney Harbour; the Dunmore went on shore on Lady Jane Beach, and was later refloated and repaired. [MGV]

Kielawarra. (Keilawarra). Iron screw steamship, 784/485 tons. #79507. Built Great Britain, 1878; reg. Sydney, 50/1879. Lbd 200 x 29 x 17 ft. Arrived Hobsons Bay 3 February 1879 under Captain C. Jones, after a voyage of fifty-two days. Captain Nathan Buttray (Buttrey). Rammed and sunk by SS Helen Nicoll off North Solitary Island, NSW, 8 December 1886. Some passengers on the deck of the Helen Nicoll believed their vessel was about to sink as she spun around after the collision and jumped on to the deck of the Kielawarra, while some of her passengers had leaped into the sea for safety. A boat was lowered from the Kielawarra before she lurched suddenly and sank bow first with her propeller still turning, only seven minutes after the collision. The solitary lifeboat rescued some from the sea but in the darkness only a few were located and saved. Meanwhile, on board the Helen Nicoll passengers and crew threw 60 tons of cargo overboard to lighten her as she remained in the area for several hours searching for survivors. With damaged bows, she made Trial Bay with survivors. Forty lives were lost, including the six who had jumped across from the Helen Nicol at the moment of impact. Several reports place the collision ‘several miles off the north end of South Solitary Island’. [LN - Kielawarra],[LI - Keilawarra],[#MR - Kielawarra, 48 lives lost],[SAN - Keilawarra],[#MGS - Keilawarra, 36 lives lost],[LAH],[DG - Keilawarra]

Kiltie. Wooden schooner. Lost off Cape Hawke, NSW, 4 June 1921. [SAN]

Kiltobanks. Wooden screw steamer, 272 tons. #125170. Built NSW, 1908; reg. Sydney, 36/1908. Lbd 133.7 x 28 x 8.8 ft. Wrecked in a gale off Shellharbour, NSW, 21 February 1924.After loading blue-metal she was endeavouring to reach a swinging buoy used for berthing when she went aground; as the tide ebbed the rocky seabed resulted in her going to pieces.  [LN],[SAN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known, but little remains.

Kincumber. Steamship, 137/84 tons. #106198. Built NSW, 1898; reg. Sydney, 59/1898. Length 98 ft. Struck the breakwater at Manning River, NSW, and became a total wreck, 28 August 1908. Two lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lost 22 October 1908]

King Edward. Drogher on the Macleay River, NSW. Broke her back on slip, February 1925. [MR]

Kingsley. Screw steamer, 61 tons. #89233. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney,14/1884. Length 76. 4ft. In dense fog wrecked at Crayfish Beach near Morna Point, Port Stephens, NSW, 17 April 1902. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Kirribilli. Paddle steamer, 8 tons. #59518. Built NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 63/1866. Length 48 ft. Lost ashore at Port Stephens, NSW, 6 August 1879. [SAN],[ASR - broken up Mackleay River, NSW, 1891]

Kiwi. Wooden brig, 79 tons. Built New Zealand, 1849; reg.  Sydney, 98/1852. Length 61 ft.  In a gale began taking water rapidly, was run ashore near Lake Macquarie, NSW, to save the crew, January 1855. The vessel broke up quickly.  [LN], [SAN]

Koh I Noor. Wooden schooner,  101 tons. Built USA, 1851; reg. Melbourne, 115/1854. Length 88.8 ft. Lost on the Tweed River bar, NSW, 5 September 1858.  [SAN]

Komit. Fishing boat. Lost off Norah Heads, NSW, 16 July 1910. [SAN]

Konoowarra. Steamship. Involved in rescue - see barque Zodiak, 1890. [LN]

Koondooloo. Steel steamer, ferry, 535 tons. 151994. Built Great Britain, 1924; reg.    Sydney, 17/1924. Lbd 191.7 x 35.7 x 14.8. Ashore and lost whilst waiting for tug Polaris to be repaired for tow to Manila, near South West Rocks in Trial Bay, 9 January 1972. She remained a tourist attraction for many years. See also ferries Sydney Queen and Lurgurena.
[LN],[LH],[LAH - lost whilst under tow to Manila, broke loose and went ashore],[SAN],[BNN - lost whilst under tow with ferries Sydney Queen and Lurgurena, also lost]
@ Wrecksite known, but is well up in the sand dunes east of South West Rocks.

Koonya. Coastal steamer, 118/80 tons. #57614. Built Tasmania 1887; reg. Sydney, 17/1896. Lbd 107.2 x 19.4 x 9.6 ft. Ashore in misty weather on Doboy Reef, off Cronulla, Port Hacking, NSW, 25 January 1898. Immediately she struck, lifebelts were donned, and at daylight a boat took a line ashore. All fourteen passengers were soon landed and billeted at a hotel in Port Hacking. Meanwhile, rising seas soon broke the vessel up and next day the beach was littered with wreckage and cargo. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Koorangaba. (Kooroongabba).  Steel paddle steamer, ferry, of 313 tons. Built at Newcastle, 1921; reg. Sydney. Lbd 137 x 35.9 x 11.6 ft.. Foundered off Crowdy Head, south of Port Macquarie, while under tow to Manila, January 1972. [LN],[LH],[LAH],[SAN - listed as Kooroongaba],[BNN]

Koraaga. Steel screw steamer,  221 tons. #151981. Built Great Britain, 1915; reg. Sydney, 26/1923. Length 114.5 ft.  Lost 5 nm east of Gerringong, Black Head, NSW, 9 September 1931.  [SAN]

Korora. Schooner, 178 tons. #122911. Built New Zeland, 1905; reg. Sydney, 13/1915. Length 121.5 ft.  Ashore and lost at Tacking Point, Port Macquarie, NSW, 9 March 1918. [SAN],[LN - 160 tons]

Korunnah. Ketch. Ashore at Lake Macquarie Heads, NSW, during rough weather, 24 October 1902. All hands saved. [LN],[SAN]

Kurrara. Iron steamer, 383 tons. See East Star. [LH]

Kurrara. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1914. [SAN]

Kyarra. Steamship. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Whilst acting as a hospital ship, torpedoed, June 1918.  [DG]

Kyogle. Steel twin screw steamship, pasenger vessel, 702 tons. Built at Glasgow, 1902 for N.C.S.N.Co. Lbd 180.1 x 30.1 x 12 ft. Sold in 1924 to Dept of Navigation for use as a lighthouse tender; resold 1930s to Queensland cement & Lime Co, Brisbane. Ended her days carting coral from Moreton Bay to the cement works at Darra. [MR]

La Perouse. Schooner, 113 tons. #74959. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 8/1878. Length 90 ft. Lost off the Clarence River, NSW, 27 December 1878. [SAN]

Lady Alicia. Wooden launch. Length 45 ft. Lost at Patonga, Botany Bay, NSW, 28 July 1934. [SAN]

Lady Ann. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1876.  [SAN]

Lady Darling. Three-masted iron steam collier, 895/722 tons. #50499. Built Great Britain, 1864; reg. Liverpool, reg. 1/1875.  Lbd 239.6 x 28.1 x 16.4 ft. James Patterson and Co. Captain Roberts. Struck an unidentified object 5 km south of Montague Island, took water rapidly and sank, November 1880. Crew landed safely on Montague Island.  [LN],[LI],[LAH - 649 tons],[SAN],[DG],[BNS]
@ Discovered in 1996, and now regarded as an excellent dive, with the bow and much of the stern intact, in thirty metres, and civered in superb marine growth.
Byron regards this as the best wreck of dive off the New South Wales coast.

Lady Ellen. Wooden launch. Lost at Port Hacking, NSW, 1936. [SAN]

Lady Isabella. Ship, 1520 tons. Built 1882. Lost between New South Wales and San Diego, 1898.  [LAH]

Lady Lawrence. Ship, 1482 tons. Built 1868. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1895.  [LAH]

Lady Nelson. HMS. Armed tender, colonial government brig. Captain Johns. In 1824, sent to Fort Dundas, Melville Island but disappeared. She was assumed to have been captured by Malay pirates off Babu (Baba) Island, with later evidence that she had been burned on a beach in the Serawhiti (Serwatti) Group, with the crew murdered, early 1825.  The master of the Faith reported seeing her hull ashore on Baba Island.  [NH],[ASW1]
On 19 July 1810, while on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney, sighted an unidentified wreck about three miles off North Head, Broken Bay. [GB]
In 1816, sent to investigate the disappearance of the brig Trial. [NH]
In 1816,  found the wreck of the missing schooner Governor Hunter in a lagoon fifty miles north of Port Stephens, NSW, 1816. [ASW1]
On 14 January 1817, under Master Thomas Whyte, found the wreck of the brig Trial on the beach near Port Stephens.

Lady of the Lake. Wooden schooner, 41 tons. #46440. Built 1862; reg. Sydney, 36/1863. Length 54 ft. Foundered at Shoalhaven Bight, about 7 nm off land,  after she began to leak badly, 31 July  1879.  [SAN],[LN]

Lady Musgrave. Iron screw steamer, 204 tons. #87319. Built Brisbane, 1884; reg. Brisbane, 1/1891. Lbd 137.1 x 20.5 x 9.1 ft. Lengthened 1891.  Struck the Ballina, NSW, southern breakwater, Richmond River, then drifted on to the south beach, where she became a total loss, 27 March 1904. [LN],[SAN],[MR - lost 1908]

Lady of Lorn. Wooden ketch, 56 tons.  #74830. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 54/1884. Length 76.8 ft. Run ashore to save life and lost near Moonee’s Creek ( Moonee Beach near Fernmount) about 60 km north of the Clarence River, NSW, 19 July 1889. One man lost his life while attempting to reach the shore. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Lah Loo. Wooden yacht, 7 tons. #101125. Built NSW, 1890; reg. Sydney, 36/1894. Length 28 ft.  Lost at Manly, Sydney Harbour, 9 December 1920.  [SAN]

Lamoma. Barque, 1258 tons. Built 1867. Lost between New South Wales and Honolulu, 1893.  [LAH]

Lanercost. Wooden barque, 358 tons. Built Great Britain, 1865; reg. Liverpool. Lbd 123.7 x 25.9 x 17.3 ft. Lost eight miles south of Twofold Bay, 24 December 1872.
[LN],[SAN - barquentine, lost 24 November],[BNS]

Lapwing. Cutter, 17 tons. Built NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 51/1849. Length 35 ft. Operated in Victorian waters in 1850s. Struck rocks near the pier when leaving Wollongong, bound for Kiama. No lives lost, 1853. [LPA],[LN - schooner, 20 tons],[SAN - lost December? 1852]]

Lara. Wooden launch, 8 tons. #112549. Built NSW, 1901; reg. Sydney, 10/1902. Length 32 ft. Lost at Lake Macquarie, Toowoon (Toowong) Bay, NSW, 23 November 1933.  [SAN]

Lark. Schooner, 18 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Lass of Gowrie. Cutter, 17 tons. Built 1848; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Laura. Barque, 1104 tons. Built 1860. Lost between New South Wales and Tocapilla, 1904.  [LAH]

Laura. Ketch, 30 tons. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 34/1874. Length 59.4 ft. Abandoned when pumps could not contain rising water during a gale, and sank a few hours out from Camden Haven bound for Sydney, 15 nm south of Manning River heads, 9 June 1878. [LN],[SAN]

Laura. Peruvian barque, 192 tons. Captain C. Gazzolo. Apparently foundered off the NSW south coast some time in July 1911 during a voyage from VaIlao to Sydney. Wreckage was found on the Cronulla beach. See also barque Laura and steamer Rosedale lost in the same gale. [LN],SAN - brigantine]

Lavina. Schooner, 62 tons. #32625. Built NSW, 1850; reg.  Sydney, ?/1870. Length 60.6 ft. Ashore near Nelson Head, Port Stephens, NSW, 7 September 1869. [LN]
In 1857, the last to see the schooner Elizabeth Cohen, off broken Bay, before she disappeared, October, 1857. [GB]

Lavinia. Brig, 160 tons. Built Scotland, 1839; reg. Melbourne, 117/1855. Length 76.8 ft. Ship missing according to British Register, closed 1876. [SAN]

Lavinia. Schooner. Ashore and lost at Port Stephens, NSW, 1856. She had been sent to take on board cargo from the stricken Herculean which had driven ashore. [LN]

Lawrence. Twin screw steamer, 399 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. Built Sunderland, England, 1884, as the Bortonius.  Lbd 160 x 28 x 8.6 ft. Sold to New Zealand interests 1889. Wrecked 29 April 1891. [MR]

Lawrence Frost. Ship, 1522 tons. Captain Atchison. Abandoned at Twofold Bay, October 1856. Her misfortunes started when she went ashore near Point Nepean on the night of 17August when carrying general cargo from Liverpool to Melbourne. After being lightened of portion of her cargo, she floated free and was towed to Melbourne on the 28th. Some weeks after, she sailed for Sydney to be docked, but leaked so badly that she put into Twofold Bay. On 26 October her master found it necessary to run her ashore on the southern shores of the bay, and there she remained despite the removal of most of her cargo and several refloating attempts. She eventually drove off a sandbar into deep water where she broke in two. Some months later the brig Wanderer took all her moveable gear to Melbourne. [LN],[SAN - 1133 tons]

Leah. Barque, 216 tons. Built USA, 1818; reg. Sydney, 17/1865. Length 89.8 ft. Ashore on the inner point of North Head, Port Stephens, NSW, 1 May 1865. [LN],[SAN - barquentine, lost 6 May 1856]

Leewana. See SS Bonalbo.

Leila M. Long. Barque. Lost between New South Wales and Manila, 1871.  [LAH]

Leisure Hour. Wooden ketch, 18 tons. #41122. Built NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 7/1860. Length 51.5 ft. Lost on the west side of the Brisbane Water bar, NSW, 25 January 1869.  [SAN]

Leleo. Launch. Lost at Crescent Head, NSW, 26 August 1949. [SAN]

Lennie. Steamship. Foundered off Yamba, NSW, 20 November 1893. [LN]

Leonidas. Barque, 270 tons. Built 1854; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Levuka. Steamship, 6129 tons. Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. Traded to the Pacific islands, especially Fiji. Sold to South American interests August 1926. Reported wrecked.  [DG]

LHE. Wooden motor vessel, 6 tons. #179724. Built NSW, 1947; reg. Sydney, 37/1947. Length 25 ft. Lost at Jerusalem Bay, Hawkesbury River, NSW, 4 October 1947. [SAN]

Li H’sing. See SS Cavanba.

Liberty. Schooner. Involved in rescue - see Oceana, 1859. [GB]

Liffey. Schooner, 102 tons. Lost NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 53/1885. Length 95.8 ft Ashore  on rocks under the north head when under tow while crossing the bar at Richmond River, 18 July 1898. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Lightning. Ketch, 38 tons. #32386. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Sydney, 126/1854. Length 57 ft. Lost off  Seal Rocks, NSW, 19? January 1868.  [SAN],[ASR - lost 1871]

Lillian. Ketch, 33 tons. Built Balmain 1866. Lb 61.4 x 16 ft. Lost of Cape Three Points, north of Broken Bay, NSW, 10 September 1876. [GB]
Shipwreck Atlas of NSW:  Lillian. Ketch, 33 tons. Lost ashore Nelsons Head, Port Stephens, NSW, September 1876.  [SAN]
Macken: Lillian. Schooner, 43 tons. Wrecked 1876, Cape Three Points, NSW. [JM]

Lillian. Ketch, 33 tons. #52371. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Newcastle, 8/1880. Lbd 61.4 x 16.6 x 5.8 ft. From River Clyde to Sydney, sprang a leak off Batemans Bay and run ashore on Grasshopper Island where she was lost, 1882. [LN],[SAN]

Lillian. Ketch. Ashore at Nelson Head Beach, Port Stephens, NSW, 10 June 1878. [LN]

Lillian. Ketch. From Myall Creek, NSW, to Sydney, dragged anchors and went ashore at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, 1877. [LN]
Shipwreck Atlas of NSW lists:
Lillian. Schooner,  43. Lost about 5 nm off Broken Bay, 1877.  [SAN]
In July 1877, a ketch of this name collided with the schooner Caledonia at Nelson Bay, NSW. [GB]

Lillian. Schooner, 43 tons. #61065. Built Tasmania, 1874; reg. Launceston, 3/1874. Length 75.6 ft.  Lost 6 km south of  Broken Bay, 24 December  1876. [SAN],[LN]

Lillian. Steamship. Ashore at Port Macquarie,  early July 1887. She was freed but again went ashore and became a total loss. [LN]

Lillian. There appears to be several ketches by the same name lost in central NSW waters - or perhaps they are one and the same and errors exist in their records. The following ketches and schooners are listed in chronoligical order of reported loss.

Lillie. Screw steamer,  6 tons. #74993. Built 1874; reg. Sydney, 62/1878. Length 45 ft. Lost on the Clarence River, 1887.  [SAN]

Lilly. Screw steamer, 19 tons. #83885. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Newcastle, 4/1884. Length 58 ft.  Lost at Morna Point, Port Stephens, 19 March 1885. [SAN]

Lily. Screw steamer,  66 tons. #83724. Built NSW, 1882; reg. Sydney, 4/1883. Length 75.5 ft. Lost in NSW waters, 1911.  [SAN]

Limerick. Screw steamship, 8724 tons. Built Scotland, 1925; reg. London. While travelling in a convoy with seven other ships, torpedoed 32 km south-east of Cape Byron, NSW, 26 April 1943. Two lives lost from a complement of seventy-two. Atempts to take the heavily listing ship min tow failed.  [LN],[SAN],[LAH - motor vessel]

Linnet. Wooden cutter, 10 tons. Dragged her anchors, ashore, wrecked, at Broken Bay, April 1834. [GB],[SAN]

Lion. Barque, 216 tons.  Reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]
 

Lisa McKellar. Yacht. Lost near Ulladulla, 17 February 1991. One female drowned. [LN]

Lismore. Iron steamship, 339 tons, 3 masts schooner rig. #78699. Built Dundee 1880; reg. Sydney, 39/1880. Lbd 152.3 x 22.1 x 10 ft. Wrecked at Shaw’s Bay, Ballina, after grounding on the Richmond River bar, 10 May 1885. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]

Lismore. Smack, 13 tons. Built Sydney, 1857. Missing for years. [ASR]

Lismore. Three-masted schooner, 181 tons. #74836. Built Sydney, 1878; reg. Sydney, 84/1884. Length 100 ft. Rammed and sunk by the SS Eurimbla.off the Clarence River, 1 November  1891.The schooner was struck on the starboard side and sank in a few minutes. [SAN],[ASR],[LN - lost October 1891]

Little Nell. Screw steamer. Foundered during a voyage Sydney to Newcastle, 16 December 1899. Two members of the crew were trapped below and drowned; others clung to wreckage until rescued. [LN],[SAN - lost 15 December 1898, off Red head, Newcastle]

Little Pet. Schooner, 78 tons. #32383. Built Great Britain, 1851; reg. Sydney, 44/1864. Length 65.6 ft. Went on to the Bellambi Reef near Wollongong, 13 June 1884. Crew rescued. [LN],[SAN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Lizzie Blair. Schooner, 51 tons. #38802. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 85/1866. Length 64 ft. Lost on the south spit, Richmond River bar, NSW, 1 May 1869.  [SAN]

Lizzie Coleson. Schooner, 61 tons. #49263. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 34/1868. Length 75.8 ft. Lost at sea, June 1870.  [SAN]

Lizzie Davis. Schooner, 85 tons. #73343. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 7/1876. Length 77.5 ft.  Ashore and lost on Tacking Point when leaving Macquarie Heads, NSW, 15 January 1886. [SAN],[LN]

Lizzie Iredale. Barque, 711 tons. Built 1868. Lost between New South Wales and San Diego, 1887.  [LAH]

Lizzie Frost. Ketch 52 tons. #89290. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 90/1884. Length 70 ft.  Ashore on north beach as she entered the Brunswick River, 29 December 1887. [LN],[ASR - January 1888],[SAN]

Llewellyn. Wooden steam ship rigged as a three- masted schooner, 478/290 tons. #71828. Built NSW,1875; reg. Sydney, 24/1877. Lbd 151.2 x 24 x 12 ft. Captain Amora. Ashore in fog at Bellambi Point, NSW, May 1882. Being lightly laden, she ran well up on the rocks, and after daylight a line was fastened ashore. Among those landed safely were a woman passenger and two children. Soon after all landed the vessel began to go to pieces, breaking amidships, her fore part carrying against the rocks, leaving the stern, held by the weight of the engines, unmoved. [LN],[SAN]

Lobelia. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1916.  [SAN]

Loch Lomond. Ship, 1200 tons. Built 1870. Lost between New South Wales and Lyttleton, New Zealand, 1908.  [LAH]

Lochlein. Trawler. Lost off the NSW north coast, mid-July 1988. [LN]

Lola Montez. Schooner, 43 tons. Built 1861; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Lombard. Barquentine, 208 tons. #40359. Built USA, 1856; reg. Auckland, 46/1864. Length 108 ft. Lost at Nambucca Heads, NSW, May? 1867.  [SAN]

Lord Ashley. Iron screw barque-rigged steamer, 650/435 tons. #16670. Built Hull, Great Britain, 1857; reg. Sydney, 57/1869. Length 188 ft. Intercontinental Royal Mail Company. Came to NZ in 1858. Wrecked off New Plymouth, NZ, 31 August 1862. Sold to A.S.N.Co. Captain McAuley. From Newcastle for Melbourne, foundered in heavy weather near Terrigal, NSW, after being abandoned when she took water; the pumps failed to cope and eventually her fires were extinguished, 8 September 1877. There is a doubt that she may have been deliberately scuttled. [#GB],[LN],[SAN],[DG],[BNN],[WL]
@ Location known just off the edge of the reef opposite Terrigal Haven, in seven metres.

Lord of the Isles. Ketch, 28 tons. #32568. Built Sydney, 1855; reg. Sydney, 6/1866. Length 51 ft.. Lost on the centre spur of breakwater, Kiama Harbour, NSW, 19 June 1867. [SAN],[ASR - missing for years]

Lord. Ketch. Lost on Nelson Beach, Port Stephens, late June 1874. [LN],[SAN]

Lorenzo Sabine. Barque, 172 tons. #31663. Built USA, 1852; reg. Sydney, 47/1866. Length 90 ft. Known to have visited Victorian waters in the 1860s. Wrecked near Trial Bay, NSW, 10 April 1869.  [LPA],[SAN - 157 tons, barquentine]

Lorna. Wooden steamer, 41 tons. Built Sydney 1885. Lbd 62.3 x 15.5 x 5.6 ft. Drogher on the Clarence River. Hulked, 1912. [MR]

Louis & Miriam. Two masted brigantine, 126 tons. #32400. Built on the Manning River, NSW, 1848; reg. 45/1868. Lbd 74.5 x 18.6 x 11.2 ft. Captain John Walsh. Left Newcastle heading south, and entered a fierce storm before disappearing, May 1869. She would have been off Broken Bay at the time. No wreckage was ever found. The storm eventually claimed more than forty lives.   [MR],[SAN - 114 tons]

Louisa. Ketch, 11 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Louisa. Schooner, 61 tons. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 57/1848. Length 64 ft. Lost in NSW waters, 1849.  [SAN]

Lovet Peacock. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1858.  [SAN]

Lowestoff. (Lowestoft). Iron paddle steamer, 103 tons. #32701. Built Great Britain, 1841; reg. Sydney, 35/1861. Length 91 ft.  Ashore in gale on the Nine Mile Beach, north of Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1 October1864 (same gale as cuased loss of brig Gertrude and schooner James). Huge seas swept over her, extinguishing the fires and leaving her helpless, to be swept into the breakers. All the crew struggled through the surf to safety shortly before she broke in two. [LN],[SAN - indicated as Lowestoft, 96 tons]

Lubeck. Steamer. Involved in rescue - see Fanny, capsized NSW, 1887.  [JM]

Lubra. Iron screw steamship, collier, 467 tons, 2 mast schooner rig. #73592. Built Great Britain, 1875; reg. Sydney, 58/1880. Length 187 ft. After striking a sunken object was beached in Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 19  February 1920. Wrecksite known. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[MGV],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Lucknow. Ship, 1492 tons. Built 1883. Lost between New South Wales and San Francisco, 1889.  [LAH]

Lucky Chen. See SS Bangalow.

Lucretia. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1839.  [SAN]

Lucy Ann. Wooden schooner,  36 tons. Built NSW, 1838; reg. Sydney, 91/1840. Length 45 ft. Capsized in squall at Long Point, 6 nm south, between Richmond River and Clarence River, 28 September, 1850. Crew climbed on to her bottom to survive although a boy was washed off and drowned.  [LN][SAN]

Lucy Ann. Schooner. Lost ashore Bellinger River, NSW, December 1857.  [SAN]

Lucy Ravel. Ketch, 79 tons. #71872. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 63/1876. Length 85.5 ft. Left Sydney for NSW north coast ports in September, 1880, but disappeared without trace in severe gales, probably between Sydney and Cape Hawke. Lost at the same time were the schooners Minnie Loew and Naomi. [LN],[SAN]

Lucy Royal. Coaster, 3 or 6 ton. Captain Baker. Lost at Norah Head, NSW, March 1832. [GB]

Lucy. Wooden schooner, 47 tons. Built NSW, 1845; reg. Sydney, 1/1847. Lbd 49 x 15.2 x 7.8 ft. Master George Windham. Left Sydney for Port Phillip on 9 July 1847 but failed to arrive. Six lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Lucynder. Cutter, 12 tons. Lost inside Sandon River, 29 December 1867. [SAN]

Luna de Paita. Three-masted barque, 157 tons. Built USA, 1841. Lbd 81.6 x 21.8 x 10.3 ft. Renamed H.M.Warfield, and lost in 1867. [GB]

Lurgurena. Steel screw steamer, ferry, 552 tons. #151558. Built Great Britain, 1925; reg. Newcastle, 5/1950. Lbd 187 x 35.6 x 13.1 ft. Ashore and lost whilst waiting for tug Polaris to be repaired, for tow to Manila, near South West Rocks in Trial Bay, 9 January 1972. See also ferries Sydney Queen and Koondooloo. [LN],[LH],[LAH - lost whilst under tow to manila, broke loose and went ashore],[SAN],[BNN - lost whilst under tow with ferries Koondooloo and Sydney Queen, also lost]
@ Wrecksite known, in the breaker line generally covered in sand, east of South West Rocks.

Lurline. Schooner, 91 tons. #46430 Built USA, 1846; reg. Sydney, 68/1867. Length 74 ft.  Ashore in a gale in Port Stephens, 10 September 1869. [LN],[SAN]

Ly-Ee-Moon. Screw steamer; built as a paddle steamer, 1202 tons or 1001 tons. #28737. Built at Blackwall, England, 1859; reg. Sydney, 19/1878. Lbd 282.4 x 27.3 x 16.6 ft. She was the fastest paddle steamer launches in England, with a speed of 17 knots. Two funnels and three evenly-spaced masts gave her a pleasing appearance. Described as being 'an almost sister' to the Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. A long, low vessel with two thin funnels and three masts all stepped with a marked rake ‘giving the ship a most dishonest appearance’. At her trials she exceeded the ‘sensational speed’ of 17 knots, and was at the time the fastest vessel to have been built in the UK. She had a rather colourful career. In 1860 she was employed as a blockade runner off Charleston during the American Civil War, then in 1872 having been sold to ‘Far East interests’, was rammed and sunk while at anchor in Hong Kong harbour having given service in the China Sea as a mail runner - picking up mail for her owner and selected merchants in a southern port (probably Singapore) and speeding up to Hong Kong with advanced market information for a selected few. Was raised, the paddle removed, and converted to sail before returning to England for reconstruction, which included conversion to screw propulsion in 1873; gross register now 1925 tons.  She mde several trips to Australia;  arrived in Sydney in 1876, where her yacht-like lines attracted considerable attention, but she was almost destroyed on 4 November 1877 when fire gutted her pasenger accomodation during a refit, being scuttled to extinguish the fires. With an extra deck added she became an extremely popular intercolonial vessel. Purchased in 1878 by the A.S.N.Co. .
Under Captain A. Webber, she left Melbourne for Sydney on 29 May 1886. A day later she met her end on the rocks close under the Green Cape lighthouse. She was carrying a large complement of passengers for Sydney and Brisbane, many of whom were journeying north to escape the Victorian winter. Her saloon passengers were 23 adults and three children; steerage passengers numbered nineteen. The following evening she passed Gabo Island before the ship ran on to a reef in full view of the lighthouse. With heavy seas pounding her, she broke in two almost immediately, and the forward section, containing the saloon and forecastle, was swept close in shore. Dozens were trapped below and drowned as the ocean swept through the ship, smashing internal fittings to matchwood.The foremast broke and fell across rocks close to the shore, allowing two sailors to reach safety. Then, with the aid of the light keepers a line was secured to the wreck, enabling 13 survivors, including the captain, to reach the reef at the foot of the lighthouse. Five saloon passengers and 11 members of the crew survived, but all the steerage passengers were lost - total of eighty lives lost.
[LN],[NH],[LH],[LAH],[SAN],[DG],[#BNS],[WL],[DG]
In 1872, rammed by a vessel and sank in Hong Kong harbour; raised, taken to England where her engines and boilers were replaced.
@ Divers have visited the wreck but she lies in a precarious position, split in two, off the lighthouse at Green Cape, with wreckahe well scattered in shallow water.

Lydia M.Childs. Liberty ship, screw steamer,  7176 tons. Built Sunnyvale, California, USA. Length 422 ft.   Destroyed by a submarine 160 km offshore from Port Stephens; 145 km east of Newcastle, 27 April 1943. Although she sank within fifteen minutes, all sixty-two were saved. The Japanese submarine I 177 was probably responsible for the attack.
[SAN],[LN],[LAH]

Lydia. Ketch, 30 tons. #32608. Built NSW, 1856; reg. Sydney, 81/1856. Length 51 ft. Lost ashore at Crowdy Bay, NSW, 12 July 1866.  [SAN]

Lynn. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1891.  [SAN]

M.A.Doran. Schooner. While being towed out of the Yamba River, NSW, parted her tow rope and went ashore, 1889. [LN]

Maa Fu. Schooner, 70 tons. #59530. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Sydney, 52/1873. Length 75.4 ft. Lost off Long Island, NSW, August 1873. [SAN]
Loney lists:
Maafie. Schooner. Left Sydney for the Manning River but failed to arrive, Sept 1873. Eight lives lost. [LN]

Mabel White. Topsail schooner, 84 tons. #83643. Built NSW, 1881; reg. Sydney, 7/1891. Length 81.3 ft. Abandoned when found to be leaking, foundered 8 nm off Richmond River, NSW, 20 March 1894. [SAN],[ASR],[LN]

Mabel White. Schooner. Lost at Morna Point, NSW,  May 1898.  She was one of fifteen vessels lost during the "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast. [LN]

Macedon. Steamship. Collided with and sank schooner Clara, 1878. [LN]

Macksville. Wood stern wheel paddle steamer, drogher on the Nambucca River. Foundered off Scott Head, NSW, while under tow between Nambucca Heads and Port Macquarie, 2 January 1924. No loss of life. Wreckage from her later washed ashore at Trial Bay. [LN],[SAN - lost at Scotts Head, south of Nambucca Heads],[MR - abandoned on the river]

Macleay Packet. Schooner, 48 tons. #41084. Built NSW, 1858; reg. Sydney, 38/1858. Length 67.7 ft. Left Sydney for Richmond River and not seen again, March, 1864. Ten lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Macleay. Steel screw steamer, 398/291 tons. #89495. Built on the Thames, 1884, as the Woodburn; reg. Sydney, 2/1892. Arrived Sydney 22 March 1884 under Captain H. Greer. Name changed in 1890, and later became part of the N.C.S.N.Co’s fleet. . Lbd 155 x 25.3 x 10.7 ft. Fitted with tanks for the carriage of molasses, and a popular passenger steamer. Later overhauled for carrying coal. Captain Keith Donald. Struck rocks off Boondelbah Island at entrance to Port Stephens and sank quickly, 11 October 1911. Fifteen crew lost; two survivors.  [LN],[#MR],[SAN],[#MGS],[BNN]
On 19 July 1898, grounded on the Port Macquarie bar, but later refloated with the aid of the tug Thistle.
In June 1900, involved in rescue. See Harvester, lost on Seal Rocks, NSW.
In November 1906, involved in a minor collision with the steamer Tarshaw in Newcastle Harbour.
@ Wrecksite known, one hundred metres from the south-east corner of Little Island. Much of the ship is visible, although much deteriorated.

Macquarie. Steel twin screw steamer, 487 tons. Built at Hull, UK, 1909. Lbd 160.2 x 29.1 x 9 ft. Sold 1929 to W.R.Carpenter Co. and renamed Marie Moller. Lost in WW2. [#MR]

Madge Wildfire. Wooden schooner,  36 tons. Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney, 51/1850. Length 48.3 ft. Careened, filled and sank while crossing Richmond River bar during an easterly blow, 30 March 1851; five crew drowned.  [LN],[SAN - lost 28 March 1851]

Madjus. Iron twin screw steamer, 400/246 tons. Built at Sunderland, 1884. Lbd 160 x 28 x 8.5 ft. Sprang a leak during bad weather and run ashore where she broke her back and went to pieces, near Port Macquarie, 7 October 1884. On a voyage from  Sunderland, England to Sydney she was badly damaged by a gale and forced to dock at Sourabaya for repairs. Passengers and crew reached safety at Port Stephens but the steamer soon broke her back and went to pieces. [LN],[ASW6],[SAN]

Maggie Johnson. Lugger, 42 tons. #93578. Built NSW, 1888; reg. Sydney, 31/1888. Length 70 ft.  Lost at Lake Macquarie, Young Wallsend, Cockle Creek, 26 June 1902.  [SAN]

Maggie Taylor. Wooden ketch, 37 tons. #74847. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Sydney, 68/1882. Length 74 ft. Lost 400 yards off Camden Haven bar, NSW, 16 March 1889. Four crew drowned. [LN],[ASR],[SAN 16 April 1889]

Maggie. Ketch, 38/26 tons. #83866. Built Newcastle, 1881; reg. Newcastle, 5/1882. Lbd 61.1 x 16.1 x 5.4 ft. Operated in Victorian waters in the 1870s. Captain Skillen. Ashore after she dragged two anchors at Wollongong Harbour, near the lighthouse, 8 November 1890. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost 9 September 1890],[LPA - built 1867]

Maggie. Smack. Lost ashore at Broughton Island, NSW, 5 May 1894. [SAN]

Maggie Scott. Ketch, 30 tons. #59503. Built NSW,1868; reg. Newcastle, 1/1884. Lbd 59.4 x 16.7 x  4.4 ft. Sprang a leak and abandoned off Shoalhaven, north end, off Black Point, NSW, 14 June 1889. Crew picked up by the barque Veritas.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Magnet. Ketch, 17 tons. #32322. Built NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 20/1849.  Lost in Botany Bay, NSW, 1874. [LN],[SAN]

Maid of the Mill. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1855.  [SAN]

Maid of Australia. Ketch, 24 tons. Built Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Maid of the Lake. Schooner, 18 tons. Built 1860; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Maid of Riverton. Wooden schooner, 82 tons. #49290. Built Victoria, 1863; reg. Sydney, 27/1867. Length 76 ft. Forced ashore in a gale, lost Jervis Bay, entrance to Curranbene Creek, 24 December 1870. [SAN],[LN]

Maid of Cashmere. Wooden schooner, 201 tons. Built Great Britain, 1841. Ashore and lost south of Port Aiken, NSW, 19 September 1847. Loaded with a cargo of wheat and flour from Launceston. No lives lost. Some of the flour was salvaged but later stolen.
[LN],[SAN - lost just south of  Port Hacking, NSW],[ASW1]

Mailbox. Yacht. Abandoned off Ballina, NSW,  late August 1987. [LN]

Maitland. Paddle steamer, iron, 880/555 tons. #64366. Built Glasgow, 1870.; reg. Sydney, 2/1892.  Owned by Newcastle and Hunter River Steam Ship Co. Lbd 231 x 27.1 x 19.1 ft. Captain Skinner. Destroyed near Cape Three Points, Maitland Bay, NSW, 6 May 1898. Twenty-one lives lost. She left Sydney with 63 passengers and crew in the face of a tremendous gale and was soon battling through enormous seas which caused considerable damage to her superstructure. The master and crew were not alarmed as she was considered to be seaworthy and had battled through many storms during her career. Huge seas hit her just inside Sydney Heads, smashing her fanlights and extinguishing every light in the saloon. When well out to sea, she was damaged further, allowing water to sweep throughout and forcing the captain to jettison the deck cargo. Further deck cargo of machinery broke loose and stove holes near the paddle wheels. More water swept aboard, extinguishing the boiler fires and leaving her helpless.  Passengers were assembled in the saloon, issued with lifebelts and told that the ship might not remain afloat for very long. She drifted helplessly until just before dawn. At 5.45 a.m. the Maitland swept on to rocks, breaking in two between the funnels, her fore section being rolled over and over by the giant waves, drowning most of the steerage passengers in the forepart of the ship. After several attempts a line was made fast to the shore, enabling most of the passengers and crew to reach safety through the icy waves.  [LN],[#GB],[ASR],[LH],[LAH][SAN],[DG],[#JM],[BNN]
` In 1957, two fishermen recovered her bell which is now incorporated in a memorial close to what is now known as Maitland Bay.
Macken states: Fourteen vessels were wrecked along the coast of New South Wales during that night (5-6 May) in what is now known as the "Maitland Gale".
@ Remains lie scattered in shallow water down to five metres.

Maitland. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1852.  [SAN]

Makatea. See SS Yulgilbar.

Mako. Wooden yacht. Lost , Broken Bay, Lion Island, NSW, 16 January 1935.  [SAN]

Makura. Steamship, 8075 tons. Built 1908. Union StSteamship Company of New Zealand. Traded between Sydney and San Francisco.  [DG]

Malabar. On 8 December 1821, a boat crew form the Malabar put out a fire aboard the vessel St. Michael. [ASW1]

Malabar. Steel steamship, 4512 tons. #48681. Built Glasgow, Scotland, 1925 for Burns Philp & Co for the Java, Singapore, Melbourne run; reg. London. Lbd 350.9 x 48.7 x 22.7 ft. Arrived in Sydney under Captain McInnes on 17 December 1925. Captain George W. Leslie. Ashore in dense fog on the northern point of Long Bay, Miranda Point, a few miles south of Sydney, 2 April 1931. All 27 passengers, and crew, saved. The Burns Philip steamer was  bound from Melbourne to Sydney on the way to Singapore when she struck at high tide. Within two days she was a total wreck after being pounded by heavy seas, and as she broke up, cargo and wreckage began to come ashore, a bonus for the thousand or so camped along the shore. Interestingly, local residents were anxious to find a name for their suburb that disassociated themselves from the famous local goal - in 1933 they renamed the suburb Malabar. [LN],[#NH],[SAN]
@ Wrecksite known, an interesting dive as a large quantity of wreckage remains - winches, engines, propeller shaft. [#MGV],[LAH]

Malaita. Motor vessel. Lost near Narooma, NSW, 28 May 1948. [SAN]

Malcolm. Brigantine, 182 tons. #42917. Built Tasmania, 1862; reg. Sydney, 102/1882.  Lbd 105.2 x 23.5 x 12.5 ft. Sank less than 200 yards from the Bulli jetty, mid-February 1898. Wild weather battered the southern New South Wales coast during the month, destroying shipping and bringing death to a number of seamen. Siox lives were lost on the brigantine. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Mallow. Ex-HMAS, sloop, 1200 tons. Built Great Britain, 1916. Length 262 ft. Ended her days in the ‘disposal area’ off Sydney, 3 August 1935. [SAN]

Malua. Steamship, 30 tons. #89324. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 2/1885. Lbd 54.1 x 13.8 x 6.3 ft. On the rocks and lost at Port Hacking, Wata Mooli Creek, under south head, 6 June 1886. [LN],[SAN]

Manapouri. Steamship. Collided with SS Gratitude off Broken Bay, 23 March 1910. Graitude sank, Manapouri survived. [LN]

Manning. Iron paddle steamer, 89 tons. #74962. Built Sydney, 1878; reg. Sydney, 13/1878. Lbd 109.5 x 18.9 x 5.9 ft. Drogher on the Manning River, then with N.C.S.N.Co.  Lost on the Manning River at Taree, NSW, 1942. [SAN],[MR - scrapped 1937]

Manurewa. Iron barque, 371/327 tons. #89648. Built Scotland, 1884; reg. Sydney, 8/1909. Length 143 ft. Left Sydney for South America on 31 March 1922 and not seen again after passing Camden Haven on 9 April 1922. Wreckage later washed ashore at several points. Fourteen lives lost. [LN],[SAN - barquentine],[LAH]

Maple Leaf. Wooden launch. Length 35 ft. Lost at Tweed River, Cook Island, NSW, 18 April 1935. [SAN]

Marg Wildfire. Schooner. Went aground at Ballina, Richmond River, 30 March 1851. Five of her crew drowned.  [BNN]

Margaret & Mary. Wooden brigantine, 77 tons. #32359. Built NSW, 1851; reg Sydney, 13/1864. Length 72.5 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, NSW, 6 October 1871. [ASR],[SAN - schooner]

Margaret Eliza. See Margaret Elizabeth.

Margaret Elizabeth. Schooner, 54 tons. #41473. Built at Williamstown, Victoria, 1858; reg. Melbourne, 4/1858.  Lbd 53.9 x 18.1 x 9.1 ft. Captain M. McKee. Left Newcastle for Sydney with coal, foundered 10 miles east of Cape Three Points, NSW, 24 August 1864. All saved. [GB],[SAN]
Also listed:
Margaret Eliza. Schooner. Foundered off Cape Three Points, August, 1864. [LN]

Margaret Jane. Topsail schooner, 68 tons. #73307. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 78/1875. Length 75 ft. Parted her cables and drifted ashore, where she was battered to pieces in heavy seas, Macleay River entrance, Trial Bay, NSW, 31 January 1895. Authorities at the prison sent out a whale boat to take off the crew shortly before she was wrecked. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Margaret. Brig. Ashore and lost a few miles north of Twofold Bay, July, 1852.  [LN - also lists as schooner]

Margaret. Ketch, 17 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Margaret. Ketch,16 tons. Built 1872. Lbd 37 x 12.9 x 5.3 ft. Captain P. Peterson. Ashore and lost in a squall near Kiama, NSW, 28 December 1879. [LN]
Also listed:
Margaret. Ketch, 25 tons. #51558. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 61/1874. Length 52 ft. Lost at Gerringong, near Black Point, NSW, 28 December 1879.  [SAN]

Margaret. Vessels listed in chronological order of loss:

Margaret. Wooden brig. Lost ashore,  Merimbula Beach, NSW, July 1853.  [SAN]

Margaret. Wooden ketch, 35 tons. #32654. Built NSW, 1858; reg. Sydney, 20/1858. Length 56 ft. Lost at Wollongong, under Cliff Cottage, 21 June 1867.  [SAN]

Maria. Brig, 156 tons. Built 1848; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Marian. Wooden launch. Length 18 ft. Lost on Hawkesbury River, Croppy Point, 18 October 1936. [SAN]

Marian Mayfield. Wooden screw steamer, 47 tons. #83787. Built NSW, 1883;  reg.Sydney, 91/1883.  Lost at Cape Hawke, NSW, 14 December 1913. [LN],[SAN]

Marie Anne. Wrecked near Seal Rocks, NSW, Oct 1843.  [LN]

Marie Moller. See SS Macquarie.

Marion Mayfield. Government funded tug. In August 1895, together with tug Gamecock, searched for and found the wrecksite of the steamer Catterthun, lost near Seal Rocks, NSW, 8 August 1895. [MGS]

Marion. Wooden schooner, 58 tons. Built Sydney, 1853; reg. Sydney, 107/1853. Lbd 62.1 x 14.9 x 7.6 ft. One of eight vessels lost ina violent gale that hit the NSW central coast, 7 November 1856. [GB],[SAN - lost at Broken Bay]

Marion Fenwick. Steamer, 97/66 tons. #101046. Built NSW, 1892; reg. Sydney, 47/1894. Length 83.4ft; beam 21.4ft; depth 7.2ft. Ashore at Marley Point, Port Hacking, NSW, during heavy weather, 13 February 1898.  [LN - built 1894],[SAN],[ASR]

Mariposa. Two-masted wooden schooner, 164 tons. #32197. Built New Jersey, USA, 1843 as the Cayuga; renamed 1853; reg. Sydney, 9/1867. Lbd 93 x 25.6 x 11 ft. . Captain J. Phillips. From Newcastle to Sydeny, lost when anchors dragged while sheltering in Broken Bay, ashore on Juno Head, 1870. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM]

Marlborough Hill. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1906.  [SAN]

Mars. Colonial goverment cutter, wooden, 30 tons. Built NSW, launched Newcastle September 1823.  Captain Cadman. Wrecked during a gale north of Newcastle, 12 April 1826. No loss of life. [LN - lost 25 kilometres north],[SAN - sloop, lost five nm north],[ASW1 - lost nine miles north]

Martha. Ketch, 42 tons. Built 1854; reg Sydney. Lost 1871. [ASR]

Martha. Wooden schooner,  94 tons. #2052. Built Great Britain, 1836; reg. Sydney, 16/1865. Length 71.8 ft. Lost between Sydney and Port Stephens, 8 July 1869. [SAN]

Martha & Elizabeth. Schooner, 81 tons. Built Clarence River, 1843; reg. Melbourne, 277/1854. Length 67 ft. .Operated in the timber trade off Wilsons Promontory in the 1850s. From Melbourne to Newcastle, lost on the South Head of Jervis Bay, Point Perpendicular, NSW, 9 April 1855. The captain, his wife, sister and the crew, landed with only their clothes, and no boots or shoes, then forced to walk 18 miles to the nearest home for assistance. [LN],[SAN - lost 25 May 1855],[LWP]

Maruma. Schooner. Left Sydney on 10 September 1903 heading south and was not heard of again. She was apparently lost in rough weather which sprang up suddenly and prevailed for about a week. [LN]

Marvel. Steam launch, 12/8 tons. #101121. Built Great Britain; reg. Sydney, 32/1894. Length 35 ft. Foundered off Narrabean Head, NSW, 22 April 1895. The crew of four were rescued by the ketch Theresa and landed at Gosford. [LN],[SAN - lost off Mona Vale beach, south of Little Reef]

Marvel. Steamship, 71/49 tons. #93649. Built NSW, 1891; reg. Sydney, 14/1891. Lbd 75.4 x 18.2 x 7.2 ft. Captain Arthur Sprang a leak and foundered in Shoalhaven Bight, NSW, 4 nm east of pilot station, 24 November 1892. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Mary & Rose. Wooden schooner, 86 tons. #31721. Built Scotland, 1837; reg.  Sydney, 12/1859. Length 71 ft. Forced ashore at Port Stephens, at Narrowgut, near lighthouse 12 July 1866. Five crew drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Mary & Edith. Barque, 454 tons. Built 1856; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Mary Ann Christina. Topsail schooner, 41 tons. #40341. Built Great Britain, 1867; reg. Sydney, 29/1875. Length 60 ft. Lost on the north beach, entering Clarence Heads, 6 June 1876.   [SAN],[LN]

Mary Ann. Wooden ketch, 24 tons. #38810. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 100/1866. Length 46 ft. Lost at Tuross River mouth, NSW, 25 March 1870.  [SAN]

Mary Ann. Ketch, 17 tons.  #38828. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 26/1867. Length 42.6 ft. Lost at Long Island, Seal Rock Point, 22 July 1872.  [SAN],[ASR]

Mary Ann. Wooden schooner,  58 tons. Built NSW, 1837; reg. Sydney, 36/1848. Length 58 ft. Lost on the sand spit at the entrance to Richmond River, NSW, 13 August 1851.   [SAN]

Mary Ann. Wooden cutter,  18 tons. Lost on the north spit, Manning River, NSW, 26 July 1849.  [SAN]

Mary Ann. Brigantine, 116 tons. Built 1849. Operated in Victorian waters. Wrecked at Bellinger River, NSW. (No date recorded)  [LPA]

Mary Ann. Cutter, 27 tons. Built NSW, 1828; reg. Sydney, 10/1830. Length 42 ft.  Lost as per British Register list 1835. [SAN]

Mary Ann. Schooner, 32 tons. Lost Launceston to Sydney, June or July 1836. Reg. Launceston on 27 June 1834. All on board lost.  [SAN],[ASW1]

Mary Ann. Sloop. Captain Thomas Ball. In light winds but high seas, forced ashore and lost southward of Port Macquarie, 13 April 1825. She was in company with the sloop Sally, also lost, and the cutter Brisbane, refloated. [SAN - wooden schooner],[LN],[ASW1]

Mary Ann. Brigantine, 160/134 tons. #31869. Built Canada, 1851; reg. Newcastle,  5/1863. Struck the north spit of the Clarence River heads, NSW, and drifted ashore near where the Coquette had been lost about a year earlier, 13 January 1874.   [SAN],[ASR],[LN- schooner]

Mary Ann. Vessels listed in chronological order of loss:

Mary Bannatyne. Brigantine, 116 tons. #61049. Built Tasmania, 1871; reg. Sydney, 96/1883. Length 96.8 ft. Lost on the spit inside the bar, Clarence Heads, NSW, 13 January 1886. [SAN]

Mary Campbell. Brigantine, 144 tons. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Melbourne, 3/1875. Length 102.4 ft. Abandoned after springing a leak when off Cape Hawke, NSW, 28 April 1889. The crew set the pumps to work and jettisoned cargo in an attempt to save her, then stood by in a boat for several hours before she sank. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Mary Cosgrove. Wooden schooner, 31 tons. #59546. Built NSW 1869; reg. Sydney, 62/1869. Length 56.4 ft. Lost at Murramarang near Ulladulla, NSW, 22 February 1870.  [SAN]
In 1870, involved in salvage - see barque Camden, lost NSW.

Mary Grant. Brig, 138 tons. #32330. Built USA, 1856; reg. Sydney, 3/1877. Length 9-.7 ft. Lost about 12 nm north of  Newcastle, 25 September 1878. [SAN],[LN]

Mary Jane. Ketch, 28 tons. #32336. Built NSW, 1853; reg. Sydney, 56/1854. Length 50 ft. Lost off Sydney heads,  c1876. [SAN]

Mary Jane. Schooner, 46 tons. #36865. Built NSW, 1861; reg. Sydney, 24/1861. Length 60.5 ft.  Lost  Tweed River, NSW, 1872. [ASR],[SAN - lost 1860s]

Mary Jane. Wooden cutter, 32 tons. Built NSW, 1844; reg. Sydney, 10/1849. Length 42.8 ft. Broke up after stranding crossing the Richmond River bar, NSW, 1852. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]

Mary Warner. Topsail schooner, 65 tons. #64417. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 66/1892. Length 77.6 ft.  Captain Cooper. Abandoned near Kiola, NSW, after leaking badly, 20 April 1894. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Mary. Arrived at Port Jackson with news of the captured brig Trial, 1816. [NH]

Mary. Cutter, 13 tons. Lbd 29 x 9.7 x 5.5 ft. Built on the Hawkesbury River, 1842. Ashore, wrecked, near the mouth of Berowra Creek, Broken Bay, 22 April 1845. [GB],[JM]

Mary. Schooner, 47 tons. #41098. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 20/1859. Length 66.6 ft. Lost on Bellinger River, NSW, 25 February 1866.  [SAN]

Mary. Schooner, 43 tons. #51570. Built NSW, 1870; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 7/1871. Length 53 ft. Foundered about 25 km south-east of Newcastle, 7 August 1873. [SAN],[LN]

Mary. Schooner. Total wreck in Twofold Bay, 1821. Captain Heany. She had left Port Jackson for Port Dalrymple with a cargo valued at £3000. Five days later, when off Ram Head, a strong southerly drove her back north of Twofold Bay, and next day a heavy south-easterly gale and tremendous sea carried away her topsail, forcing her to shelter in Twofold Bay.Despite the desperate efforts of the crew, the vessel drove ashore where she became a total wreck. Several days were spent salvaging and stacking cargo washed ashore, but on the sixth day following the wreck the party was attacked by natives, who plundered the cargo and slightly wounded two members of the crew. No time was lost repairing the only boat, and as the party left the beach the natives attacked again, forcing them to lie off-shore in the small fifteen-foot boat, in danger of being swamped or washed ashore. Next morning, threatened by a great gathering of hostile aborigines loaded with plundered cargo, and heavily armed, those in the boat set out to return to Sydney, reached after several days of hardship. [LN],[ASW1]

Mary. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1900.  [SAN]

Mary. Vessels recorded in chronological order of loss.

Mary. Wooden brigantine, 162 tons. Built Victoria, 1854; reg. Melbourne, 13/1864. Length 34 ft. Ashore and lost in a gale in Wreck Bay, NSW, 8 February 1874. [LN],[SAN]

Mary. Wooden cutter. Having left Broken Bay, capsized central coast NSW, 4 October 1864. One lost. [GB],[SAN]

Mary Adkins.  Ketch, 120 tons. Sprang a leak and beached at Crowdy Bay, NSW, 28 September 1898. She  broke her back and was soon destroyed. [LN],[SAN - lost 4 August 1898]

Matador. Wooden barque, 296 tons. Ashore near Bulli jetty in a gale, 7 September 1867. (Same time as the barque Bright Planet).  [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Matilda Ann. Two masted wooden schooner,  48 tons. Built Broulee, NSW, 1847; reg. Sydney, 57/1847. Lbd 59.4 14.1 x 6.4 ft.  Lost on north head, entrance to Richmond River, NSW, May 1848.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Matilda. Schooner, 24 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1843; reg. Sydney, 52/1843. Lbd 45.2 x 12.9 x 5.2 ft. Lost on the north spit, entrance to Bellinger River, NSW, 24 June 1844. [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Matilda. Topsail schooner, 42 tons. #38860. Built NSW, 1868; reg.Sydney, 14/1868. Length 60 ft. Left Macleay River bound for Sydney; last seen off Port Stephens, NSW, labouring in heavy weather but was not seen again, late January 1873. Nine passengers and crew lost their lives. [LN - built 1866],[SAN],[ASR]

Matilda. Wood steamer, 11 tons. #71825. Built Lavender Bay, 1874. Various owners. Fate not recorded.  [MR]

Matilda. Wooden schooner. Reg. Sydney. Lost on the north bar, Richmond River, NSW, May 1849.  [SAN]

Maud Weston. Screw steamer, collier, 130 tons. #112522. Built NSW, 1901; reg. Sydney, 10/1901. Length 98 ft. Sprang a leak and beached near Gosford, NSW, 11 November 1904. Crew of ten reached safety. Hopes of refloating her were high until she began to break up in rough seas. [LN],[SAN - lost near Terrigal Head]

Mavis. Launch.  Lost on rcks to the south of Lake Macquarie entrance, NSW, 23 February 1914. [SAN]

May Ann. Ketch. Ashore and lost at mouth of the Tuross River, 27 March 1869. [LN]

May Queen. Schooner. Lost on the south spit, Manning River, NSW, 11 June 1868. [SAN]

Medina. Wooden schooner. Lost ashore at Ulladulla, NSW, June 1850.  [SAN]

Melbourne. HMAS. Aircraft carrier, 20,000 tons. Completed 1955. Length 701.5ft; beam 80ft. Width of flight deck 126ft. Was involved in two peace-time collisions. On 10 February 1964, she sliced the destroyer HMAS Voyager in two kiling eighty-two men, nineteen miles south-west of Jervis Bay. The damaged Melbourne returned to Sydney to undergo extensive repairs. On 3 June 1969, HMAS Melbourne sank the United States destroyer Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea. [LN]
Melbourne. HMAS. Aircraft carrier. [Z01]
In 1964, rammed and sank HMAS Voyager off Jervis Bay, killing 82 crew.
On 2 June 1969, while on battle duty off the Vietnamese coast, rammed and sank the US destroyer Frank E.Evans, killing 74 crew.

Melbourne. HMAS. Involved in rescue - see schooner Helen B. Stirling, 1922. [LN]

Melinga. Steel motor vessel, 536 tons. #155329. Built Copenhagen, 536 tons. Lbd 154.1 x 34.6 x 8.5 ft. Renamed Etmor in 1956. Hulked Brisbane. Belived in service as a dumb sand barge, mid 1990s.
On 1 November 1935, grounded at Port Macquarie and remained fixed for eight days before being refloated. [#MR]

Menai. Ship, 1435 tons. Built 1880. From New South Wales to Chile, 1895.  [LAH]

Merchantman. Schooner, 184 tons. #74923. Built USA; reg. Sydney, 39/1877. Length 95 ft. Lost near Port Hacking, September 1882. She struck Bumbora Rock, near Hacking Point. The crew took to the boats and were picked up by S.S.Phoebe, which returned to the wreck, only to find it had disappeared. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Mercury. Schooner. Lost at Shoalhaven, NSW, 2 March 1811.  [SAN],[LN - lost 1813]

Merimbula. Steel screw steamship,  1122/455 tons. #125225. Built Troon, Scotland, 1909; reg. Sydney, 3/1910. Lbd 209.6 x 32.2 x 21.1 ft. Arrived Sydney Harbour 19 December 1909. Owned by Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Co. Captain William O'Connor. Left Sydney for south coast NSW ports; ashore in heavy weather and lost near Beecroft Head, NSW, 27 March 1928. She was wrecked on a shelf of rocks about one hundred yards from shore and eventually abandoned after some cargo and fittings had been salvaged. The fourteen passengers were landed after daylight; the captain  and one of his crew walked along the beach to the lighthouse at Point Perpendicular to wire news of the wreck to Sydney.  [LN],[LH],[SAN]
@ Wrecksite known, well scattered in 6 to 15 m, engine, boiler and stern in twenty metres, off Whale Point. [#MGS],[LAH]
In July 1917, involved in the rescue of crew from the steamer Cumberland, which had hit a German mine, been patched-up, but foundered enroute to Sydney.

Merlin. Ketch, 73 tons. #106138. Built NSW 1897. Lost at Morna Point, NSW,  June 1898. [LN],[SAN]

Mermaid. American brig. Rendered assistance to the schoner Sir David Ogilby, which had made Levuka, Fiji, after being attacked by natives, killing the master and two crew, 1840. [ASW1]

Mermaid. British cutter, 84 ton. Lbd 55.7 x 18 x 9 ft. Commanded by Phillip Parker King. Sailed from Sydney on her first charting voyage on 22 December 1817 - ran through Bass Strait, across the Great Australian Bight and dropped anchor in King George Sound, where he surveyed the site for the future town of Albany.  Rounded Cape Leeuwin on 1 February 1818, and sailed north where she charted the shores and islands, arriving back in Sydney after a clockwise circumnavigation of Australia, on 29 July 1818. On a later voyage, the Mermaid bounced on a sandbank near Cape Clinton, and on her return to Sydney was pronounced unfit for further service. She was replaced by the brig Bathurst in 1822. [HH2],[HH1]

Mermaid. Cutter, 12 tons. Built NSW, 1830; reg. Sydney, 17/1846. Length 30 ft. Lost ashore Gerringong Harbour, NSW, 29 August 1849. [SAN]

Mermaid. Schooner, 24 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Mermaid. Screw steamship, 54/37 tons. #89311. Built NSW 1884; reg. Sydney, 12/1884. Length 75 ft. Deliberately ashore on the beach 15 km from Seal Rocks after springing a leak, 12 October 1899. The master decided to beach her after the boiler fires were extinguished, so sail was set and she was run ashore. All reached safety. [LN],[SAN]
A steamer of this name was involved in the salvage of cargo from the steamer Catterthun off Seal Rocks, NSW, 1895. [MCS]

Metaris. Barquentine, 244 tons. #18486. Built Great Britain, 1857; reg. Sydney, 9/1875. Length 103 ft. Lost 50 nm east of Port Macquarie, NSW, 29 July 1881.  [SAN]

Midget. Tug, 37 tons. Built 1884. After renamed Wyong, wrecked on South Solitary Island, 12 November 1901. [LN]
Also listed:
Midget. Tug. Renamed Thistle. Wrecked at Nambucca Heads, NSW, 1901. [LN]

Midshipman. Coastal trader, wooden ketch, 26 tons. #32350. Built at Brisbane Water, 1833; reg. Sydney, 116/1853. Lbd 46.6 x 14.1 x 5.4 ft. Wrecked on the Brisbane Water Bar, 1857. [GB]

Mikado. Vessel lost at Trial Bay, NSW, 25 July 1897.   [SAN]

Millewa. Ketch, 30 tons. Ashore and lost while entering the harbour at Kiama, 1878. [LN]

Millimumul. Steel screw steamship, trawler, 287 tons. #132765. Built Great Britain, 1915; reg. Sydney. Length 130 ft. Struck a mine off Barren Joey, 70 kms north-east of Sydney, 26 March 1941. Seven lives lost. [LN],[ASR],[SAN],[LAH]
Also listed:
Millmumul. Trawler. Involved in a collision with the trawler Palmerston, 18 miles south of the Point Perpendicular lighthouse, NSW, 29 May 1929. The Palmerston sank; the Millmumul survived. [LN]

Milliwa. Ketch, 30 tons. #74952. Built NSW, 1877; reg. - Sydney, 87/1877. Length 52 ft. Lost at Kiama, NSW, 5 July 1878.  [SAN]

Milo’s Del Mar. Wooden motor vessel, 300 tons. Built for the Australian Army in 1945. Purchased by Societe Maritime Caledonienne, 1965. Left Sydney on her first voyage under new ownership and sank in rough seas 350 km to the north. Crew of thirteen rescued by the Norwegian vessel Beatrice. [LAH]

Milton Badger. Schooner, 177 tons. #64801. Built USA, 1864; reg. Melbourne, 13/1875. Length 97 ft. Ashore on the South Spit, Macleay Heads, NSW,  and lost, 23 May 1877. [LN],[SAN - 185 tons]

Mimmie Dyke. Schooner, 87 tons. #31566. Built Scotland, 1854; reg. Melbourne, 31/1858. Length 78 ft. Lost south of Twofold Bay, NSW, 16 July 1866.  [SAN]

Mimosa. Iron paddle steamer, 153 tons. #31989. Built Great Britain, 1854; reg. Sydney,  3/1863. Length 162.8 ft. Lost at Bunga Head, north of Tathra, NSW, 9 Septeember 1863.  [SAN],[BNS]
Also listed:
Mimosa. Schooner. Wrecked when she struck a sunken rock off Merimbula, September 1863. Two lives lost. [LN]
@ Boilers, engine and paddle wheel arms are about all that is left at twenty metres.

Mina. Brig, 258 tons. #79341. Built Denmark, 1867; reg. Sydney, 24/1887. Length 108 ft. Captain Stirling. From Clarence River to Melbourne with sawn timber, sank off Green Cape in heavy seas, 23 June 1888.  All hands were taken on board S.S.Wendouree before the brig sank. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Mindoro. See SS Prymont.

Minerva. Wooden schooner,  45 tons. #32695. Built NSW, 1856; reg. Sydney, 2/1861. Length 64 ft. Lost on the Tweed River bar, NSW, 26 November 1865. [SAN]

Minimbah. Steel twin screw steamship, 460 tons. #125330. Built Port Glasgow, 1909, for N.C.S.N.Co.; reg. Sydney, 11/1910. Struck at the end of the Manning River wall, NSW, while crossing the bar, 13 April 1910. Broke her back and became a total wreck.Her engines were salvaged and used in S.S.Maianbar which was built to replace her. [LN],[#MR],[SAN],[BNN]

Minmi. Steel steamship, collier, 1455/761 tons. #128795. Built Meadowside, Glasgow,  1927; reg. Newcastle, 1/1927. Lbd 250 x 37.1 x  15.3 ft. Arrived Newcastle 24 September 1927 under Captain McPhall. Captain R. Callum (relieving Captain MPhall). Ashore at Cape Banks on the northern side of Botany Bay, 13 May 1937. During rescue operations one died from shock and a second was swept away and drowned. A rocket was fired from the ship to the shore, enabling the men to come ashore, where they were billeted by members of the artillery garrison stationed nearby.  Part wreckage still visible.
[LN],[LAH],[ASR],[SAN - built Newcastle, NSW, incorrect],[#MGV].[BNS]
@ Wreckage is scattered in shallow water off Cape Banks.

Minmi. Wooden lighter, 185 tons. #51581. Built NSW, 1861; reg. Sydney, 10/1882. Length 120 ft. Lost at Hawkesbury Bridge, c 1889.  [SAN]

Minnie. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1898.  [SAN]

Minnie Lowe. Schooner, 75 tons. #74904. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 14/1877. Length 81.3 ft. Left Sydney for NSW north coast ports in September, late September 1880, but disappeared without trace in severe gales.Lost at the same time were the schooners Lucy Ravel and Naomi. [LN],[SAN - lost off Port Macquarie]

Minnie Wamsley. Screw steamer, 17 tons. #89252. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 37/1884. Length 49.2 ft.  Lost in a storm near Botany Bay, 1903. [LN],[SAN]

Minnie Young. Schooner, 138/89 tons. #89292. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 97/1884. Left Newcastle on 22 September 1892 for Queensland ports, but was not seen again. Eight lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Minnydoon. Barque. Lost between New South Wales and New Zealand, 1878.  [LAH]

Minora. Brig, 249 tons. #56055. Built at Sunderland, 1867; reg. Adelaide, 3/1884. Lbd 103.2 x 26.6 x 15 ft. While on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney, sank quickly 12 nm off Broken Bay, NSW, without warning in heavy seas, 3 January 1898. Seven crew drowned; only two survived. A Court of Inquiry decided the seas badly damaged a fore hatch, allowing a large amount of water to enter. [LN],[#GB],[ASR],[SAN]

Minora. Type not indicated. Left Adelaide for Brisbane, but never arrived, and months later a board bearing her name was washed ashore on the south coast NSW, 1875. [LN]

Miranda. Barquentine. Lost ashore on south side, Brunswick River, December 1874. [SAN]

Miranda. Ferry. Destroyed by fire at Batemans Bay, 20 January 1988. [LN]

Mischief. Wooden yacht. Length 20 ft. Lost at Broken Bay, Pearl Beach, 1 January  1928.  [SAN]

Misima. Burns,Philp steamer. See SS Dorrigo.

Mitredale. Ship, 1231 tons. Built 1875. Lost between New South Wales and Callao,1898. [LAH]

Moanna Ari. Catamaran. Foundered off Byron Bay, 1 March 1990. [LN]

Moira. Paddle steamer, 90 tons. #73320. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 93/1875. Length 83.4 ft. Lost at Darling River, Wilcannia, 18 March 1904. [SAN]

Mokau. Wooden screw steamer, coastal trader, initially 162 tons.  #112543. Built NSW, 1901; reg. Sydney, 42/1901. Lbd 98.7 x 22.2 x 8.6 ft. Lengthened 1905, 194 tons, length 118.7ft. Sprang a leak under her boiler and was beached on a sandy bottom in Wreck Bay, Sussex Inlet, NSW, for repairs, but lost, 26 January 1922. Although the leak was not considered serious, rough weather sprang up shortly after she was beached and damaged her so badly she was abandoned. [LN],[SAN]

Monaro. Iron screw steamship, 521 tons, rigged as a two-masted schooner. #74892. Built Scotland, 1876; reg. Sydney, 77/1876.. Lbd 180 x 24.7 x 15.6 ft. Captain Sheed. Ashore and wrecked on Kelly’s Point, Bingie Bingie, about seven miles north from Moruya Heads, 29 May 1879. Passengers and crew saved. She later broke in two and littering the beach with wreckage. [LN],[SAN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known just south of Binge Binge Point.

Monitor. Wooden cutter,  20 tons. Built NSW, 1828; reg. Sydney, 23/1831. Length 35.5 ft.  Believed to have been lost off the north coast NSW, January 1834. [LN],[SAN]

Montgomery. Wooden motor vessel, 51 tons. #172931. Built NSW, 1941; reg. Sydney, 4/1947. Length 57.5 ft. Lost at Kiola Point, Batemans Bay, 6 August 1948.  [SAN]

Moonbill. Wooden yacht,  10 tons. Lost at Forster, NSW, 6 February 1937.  [SAN]

Moravian. Barque, 966, Sydney, 1858. Broken up, March, 1895. [ASR]

Morewa. Wooden schooner,  51 tons. #157775. Built New Zealand, 1933; reg. Auckland. Length 65.6 ft. Lost at Pittwater, Broken Bay, NSW, 1948.  [SAN]

Morialta. Steamer, 1926 tons. See Gwydir.

Morning Star. Schooner, 25 tons. #43227. Built NSW, 1862; reg. Sydney, 25/1862. Length 49 ft. Ashore and lost in Port Stephens, north-west end of Cabbage Tree Island, NSW, 28 April 1877. [LN],[SAN - ketch, lost 2 May 1877]

Morpeth Packet. Wooden schooner, ovr 110 tons. Abandoned off Sydney, 1855. She had left Newcastle for New Zealand with 110 tons of coal on 29 August 1855 but a day later began to leak so badly a course was set for Sydney. For three days the crew fought the rising water but were finally forced to abandon her. All reached Sydney safely.
[LN],[SAN - lost 1 September 1855, offshore between Sydney and Broken Bay]

Moselle. Wooden schooner,  94 tons. #31855. Built Canada, 1855; reg. Sydney, 30/1859. Length 76 ft. Ashore in gale near Bulli,. NSW, 23 March 1867. [LN],[SAN - lost 24 March 1867]

Moses Fletcher. Ketch 42 tons. #64404. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 1/1873. Captain Langton. Ashore and lost at Moruya Heads, NSW, 23 June 1891.  [LN],[SAN - lost 30 June 1891],[ASR]

Motor Gem. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1917.  [SAN]

Mount Bay. Schooner, 19 tons. Built 1854; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Mount Kembla. Vessel type not recorded, probably steamer. Struck the reef off Bellambi, NSW, and became a total wrecks, 1912. [BNS]
Not listed by Loney nor SAN. Byron indicates 'on reef a long time', and indicates wrecksite position

Mountain Maid. Wooden schooner. Captain Daly. While carrying coal from Newcastle to Sydney, ashore at Pittwater, NSW, abandoned, 7 August 1861. [SAN]

Mountain Maid. Brigantine, 52 tons.  #32583. Length 62 ft. Reg Sydney, 61/1856. Lost 1873, probably NSW waters. [ASR],[SAN]

Mountsbay. Wooden schooner. Lost at Crookhaven, 23 May 1858. [LN],[SAN]

Mourilyan. See MV Wyangarie.

Mousam. Wooden barquentine,  197 tons. #31947. Built USA, 1840; reg. Melbourne, 30/1859. Length 100 ft. Lost 16-30 nm off  Port Macquarie, NSW, 3 June 1860.  [SAN]

Mullewa. Ketch, 30 tons. Lost off  Kiama, NSW, entrance to harbour, 1878. [SAN]

Munmorah. Steel screw steamer, collier, 1273 tons. #157618. Built Scotland, 1934; reg. Sydney. Length 231 ft.  Ran on to Bellambi Reef, NSW, 18 May 1949. Hopes were held that she could be refloated however after a couple of days heavy seas battered her and she could not be saved; sold for salvage. [LN],[SAN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Murray.  Iron paddle steamer, 271 tons. #55582. Built in 1866 for the Port Adelaide-Goolwa trade and rigged as a 3 masted schooner; reg. Sydney, 93/1883.  Length 155 ft. Arrived from Liverpool in February 1866 and several months later was purchased by the Geelong Steam Navigation Company.  Struck a rock at the entrance to the Manning River and was then towed over the bar by the pilot steamer where she quickly settled in the sand, 9 February 1886.  [LPA],[LN],[MR],[SAN]

Murwillumbah. Wooden steamer, 44 tons. #93582. Built Brisbane Water, 1887; reg. Sydney, 60/1887. Lbd 63.2 x 17.3 x 4.6 ft. Lost at Tweed Heads, January 1909. [LN],[MR - #93562.],[SAN]

Myall River. Wooden steamer, 119 tons. Built at Stockton, 1912. Lbd 87.6 x 26.9 x 5.5 ft. Abandoned opposite Tea Gardens, NSW. [LH]

Myall. Schooner, 38 tons. #38791. Built NSW 1865; reg. Sydney, 66/1866. Length 69 ft. Foundered in a gale off Long Island, near Newcastle, 13 March 1880. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lost 11 March 1880]

Mystery. Ketch, 32 tons. #74951. Built at Erina, NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 61/1892. Lbd 59.2 x 16.4 x 5.7 ft. Captain Henry Benson. Sprang a leak and eventually foundered off Norah Head, NSW, 7 July 1892. Crew took to the boat and reached safety. [GB],[LN - 37 tons],[ASR],[SAN]

Mystery. Ketch. Sprang a leak when off Cape Hawke River, NSW, became disabled and eventually  lost, June 1888. [LN]

N'Gluka. Pleasure launch. Capsized at Port Stephens, NSW,  8 January 1990. Five children drowned. [LN]

Naiad. Wooden screw steamer,  15 tons. #93561. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 59/1887. Length 49.5 ft. Lost off Norah Head, 7 February 1935.  [SAN]

Nambucca. Schooner, 55 tons. #49254. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 36/1864. Length 70 ft. Ashore at the mouth of the Brunswick River, NSW, 13 March 1880. [LN],[SAN]

Nambucca. Wood twin screw steamer, 489 tons. #157636. Built at Tuncurry, 1936, for N.C.S.N.Co. Lbd 153 x 35.1 x 9.9 ft. Her machinery came from SS Kinchela (via previous vessel Nambucca built in 1922?). Saw service as a mine sweeper; lost by fire while serving with US Army in (Pacific) islands. [MR]

Nambucca. Wood steamer, 129 tons, 2 mast schooner rig.. #106191. Built Balmain, NSW, 1898. Lbd 96 x 24.2 x 7.2 ft. Transfered to New Zealand interests in 1902. [MR]

Nambucca. Wooden twin screw steamer, 415/202 tons. #150186. Built Tuncurry, 1922, for Allen Taylor; reg. Sydney, 19/1922. Lbd 148 x 35 x 8.7 ft. Her machinery came from SS Kinchela. Swept on to the south beach of the Nambuca River entrance, NSW, whilst under tow, 7 May 1934. [MR],[LN-489 tons, incorectly identified as the vessel built in 1936],[ASR],[SAN]

Namoi. Schooner, 72 tons. Last seen near Port Macquarie, NSW, 26 September 1880. [SAN]

Namoi. Steel paddle steamer, 1414 tons. Ended her days in the ‘disposal area’ off Sydney, 16 June 1933. Owned by the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company, she was at one time considered the finest paddle-steamer in Australia, and had carried thousands of passengers between Sydney and Newcastle. [SAN],[DG - scrapped Sydney, 1926]

Nancy. Sloop, 40/20 tons. Built Hawkesbury River, 1803; reg. Sydney. Arrived Sydeny on maiden voyage, 17 October 1803. Captain Demaria. Ashore in gale, broke up south of Jervis Bay, 18 April 1805. Employed originally in the timber trade, she was then used to carry seal skins and oil from Bass Strait to Sydney and was returning fully loaded with 3187 skins when lost. One crewman lost. After a long tedious walk of eleven days the captain and the one remaining crewman reached Sydney. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM - indicates she was lying offshore Nowra when the violent gale struck]

Nangus. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1867.  [SAN]

Naomi. Schooner. Left Sydney for NSW north coast ports in September, 1880, but disappeared without trace in severe gales.Lost at the saame time were the schooners Lucy Ravel and Minnie Loew. [LN]

Narani. Wood twin screw steamer, 381 tons. #136384. Built Tuncurry, 1914. Lbd 148.6 x 33.2 x 8.7 ft. Two owners when operating north coast run, NSW; sold to New Guinea interests 1951. [MR]

Narani. Wooden screw steamer. Built NSW, 1906. Length 45 ft. Lost at Port Macqurie, NSW, 31 August 1933.  [SAN]

Narara. Hawkesbury River screw steamer, 71/48 tons. #112479. Built Jervis Bay NSW, 1900; reg. Sydney, 1/1900. Length 80 ft. Captain Fred Peterson. Sprang a leak and foundered off Newport about 3 kms from Little Reef while on her usual voyage from Sydney to Hawkesbury River, 29 May 1909. [LN],[SAN],[JM]

Narara. Wooden schooner. Lost off Solitary Island, NSW, May 1849.  [SAN]
Also listed:
Narara. Cutter, 29 tons.  Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Narooma. Single screw wooden steamship, 105/56 tons. #117659. Built NSW, 1904; reg. Sydney, 23/1904. Lbd 99.4 x 24 x 6.5 ft. Ashore and wrecked in a gale near the remains of PS Maitland having left Sydney for Boat Harbour, north of Broken Bay, 3 February 1909. Crew of nine reached shore. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[JM]

Native. Coastal trader, cutter. Foundered at sea off NSW, June 1836. No loves lost. [LN],[ASW1]

Native. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1850  [SAN]

Naudra. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1909.  [SAN]

Nautilus. Paddle steamer, 22 tons. Built 1856; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Nauwai. Wooden motor vessel, 26 tons. #155348. Built NSW, 1926; reg. Sydney, 11/1929. Length 42.4 ft. Lost at Pittwater, Broken Bay, NSW, 21 December 1941.   [SAN]

Nemesis. Iron screw steamship, 1392/886 tons. #82666. Built at Whitby, England, 1881; reg. Melbourne, 59/1881. Lbd 240.2 x 34 x 17.9 ft. Owned by Huddart Parker. Entered Port Phillip Bay, 1 May 1881 after a voyage of seventy six days, brigantine rigged. Captain Lusher. Left Newcastle for Melbourne on 8 July 1904 with a cargo of coal and was last seen by the passengers and crew of SS Marloo when the vessels passed within a mile of each other east of Wollongong. A gale was raging at the time and the Nemesis, while making little progress, appeared to be handling the high seas quite well. Later that night signals of distress were seen off Point Hacking, and a couple of days later the beach for miles was littered with hatchways, fittings, lifebelts and remains of boats. Her officers and crew numbered 32; there were no survivors.  [LN],[SAN][#MGV],[LAH],[DG]
On 3 March 1885, under Captain W.F.Deary, collided with the troopship Iberia at Sydney Heads.  Two women killed and a child severley injured. Both vessels survived with minor damage.

Neptune. Wooden ketch, 15 tons. #32505. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1844; reg. Sydney, 71/1852. Length 39.5 ft. Captain Parks.  In rough weather, lost on rocks near jetty at Kiama, NSW, 10 November 1856.  [LN],[SAN],[JM - cutter]

Nereid. Cutter, 66 tons. Built ‘as a gentleman’s yacht’.  Captain Forbes. Sailing from Sydney to Manila on 18 June 1825; ashore 15 k north of Newcastle, 19 June 1825.No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Nerong. Steel twin screw steamship, 219 tons. #117630. Built Sydney 1903; reg. Sydney, 47/1903. Lbd 119.8 x 22 x 7.9 ft. Foundered in a gale 2 km off Norah Head, NSW, 19 September 1917.All took to the boat but later three died from exposure before S.S.Canonbar sighted them almost 24 hours later. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wreck fairly well intcat in 42 metres, south east of Bird island, north-east of Norah Head. Regarded as an excellent dive.

Nevada. Paddle-steamer. Built 1867. Operated on the Sydney-San Francisco route.
In October 1872, collided with the barque A.H.Badger, 100 miles from New Zealand. How this could possibly have happened in open seas, even at night, has been lost to history. What has been recorded is that the Nevada did not stop. Serious damage was done to the barque such that all hands were ordered to the boats and she sank soon after. The Nevada’s captain was not on deck at the time but his actions in not stopping were condemned. When the survivors of the barque arrived in Sydney aboard the barque Alice Cameron, it was realised that the Nevada never reported the incident, causing condemnation and anger.  [WL]

New England. Iron steamship, 359 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #60446. Built Glasgow, 1869; reg. Sydney, 10/1870. Lbd 176.4 x 22.1 x 10.7 ft. Ashore and lost in heavy seas while crossing the Clarence River bar, NSW, 27 December 1882. Eleven passengers and crew drowned. [LN],[MR],[SAN]

New Hebrides. Steamship. Survived a collision with SS Gwydir off Norah Head, NSW, 14 February 1942.  Gwydir was run ashore and broke up.  [LN]

New Moon. Wood paddle steamer, 48 tons. #41081. Built on the Hawkesbury River, 1858; reg. Sydney, 35/1858. Lbd 91 x 12 x 6 ft. Ashore in Anna Bay, just south of Port Stephens, NSW, 1 October 1864. Crew of ten lost. [MR],[LN],[SAN].
Reference is made to Hannah Bay - RAN charts show it to be Anna Bay.

New Orleans. Wooden paddle steamer, 761 tons. Built New York, 1848, and initially perated to California for the gold rush, then sent to Australia in mrach 1853 for the Australian gold rush under Captain Wakeman; arrived Sydney from San Francisco on 14 May 1853. After being renamed Governor General, operated for several years on the east coast. Sold to China interests in 1861. [WL]

Newcastle. Paddle steamer, 393 tons. Captain Summerbell. Ashore at the base of high cliffs known as Shepherd’s Hill just south of Newcastle, 12 September 1878. By a stroke of luck she ran into a narrow fissure, enabling the passengers and crew to reach the shore. [LN]

Newcastle. Schooner, 32 tons. Built NSW, 1821. Length 41 ft. Left Newcastle on 7 August 1826 and not seen again. Apparently she was heavily laden. About a month later her binnacle and cabin doors were at Reid’s Mistake, at the entrance to Lake Macqurie, twelve milkes south of Newcastle. Nine lives were lost in this disaster. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Newcastle. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1905.  [SAN]

New Guinea. Iron screw steamship, 2674 tons. #89634.  Built Sunderland, Great Britain, 1884; reg. Melbourne, 6/1893. Lbd 300 x 40.1 x  24.5 ft. Captain Coleman. Ashore during a fog at Disaster Bay, half a mile from the Green Cape lighthouse, 13 February 1911. The ship slipped back into deep water and eventually became a total loss. The Sydney Court of Marine Inquiry decided that the master had erred in following the coast too close in, and sailing at full speed when fog had reduced visibility. She lies between the wrecks of City of Sydney and Ly- ee-Moon. No loss of life. [LN],[LAH],[SAN],[DG],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite located, but in a precarious position.

Nicola. Schooner, 110 tons. #89386. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 3/1886. Length 93 ft.  Sprang a leak in rough weather and abandoned about 10 nm off  Seal Rocks, 29 July 1889. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Nil Desperandum. Cutter, 12 tons. Built 1855; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Nile. Brig, wood, 164 tons. #27371. Built Great Britain, 1859; reg. Sydney, 43/1875. Lbd 89.2 x 21.6 x 34.5 ft. Struck the north west reef opposite the breakwater at Kiama and was lost, 11 February 1883. An anchor from her is part of the museum display at Kiama jetty. [LN],[LH],[SAN - lost 12 February 1883],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.
~ Anchor on display at Kiama Museum.

Nillinga. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1908.  [SAN]

Nimbin. Steel motor vessel, 1052 tons. #155313. Built Copenhagen, 1927; reg. Sydney, 8/1927. Lbd 215 x 35.1 x 11.9 ft. First vessel operated by the N.C.S.N.Co. On the nirth coast run, NSW. Struck a mine about 13 kms off Norah Head, NSW, and sank almost immediately, 5 December 1940. Seven crew lost. The survivors were in the water for several hours before being rescued. [LN - name Nimben - incorrect],[ASR - reg.closed 1940],[#MR],[SAN - lost 25 km off Norah Head]

Nina Meg. Motor vessel. Lost on south beach, Yamba, NSW, February 1917. [SAN]

Noddlebum. Barque, 1081 tons. Built 1883. Left Newcastle, 1895, and disappeared.  [LAH]

Noongah. Steel motor vessel, freighter, 1954/1465 tons. Built 1955. Australian National Line. Foundered in a gale off Smoky Cape, NSW, 1969. Twenty-one seamen lost their lives. Carrying 1470 tons of steel, she developed a 12-degree list to starboard which could not be corrected. The crew battled the storm for several hours before abandoning ship about 35 minutes before at  she sank. Despite an extensive air and sea search, only five survived to be picked up by rescue craft. [LN],[LAH]

Noorebar. Steel steamship, 670 tons. Built at Kinghorn, 670 tons. Lbd 185.1 x 28.1 x 12.4 ft. Operated on NSW north coast. Various owners; sold to Fiji interests 1920; to Indonesian interests 1924. Was ar Rabaul during the 1937 eruptions, but possibly escaped, and may have been a victim to the Japanese during WW2. . [MR]

Nora Creina. Steamship. Involved in rescue - see barque Annie, 1858. [LN]

Norfolk. Wooden sloop,  25 tons. Built NSW, 1798. Owned by the Colonial Government. ‘Made famous’ for her circumnavigation of Tasmania by George Bass and Matthew Flinders in 1798. Lost at Pirate Point, Newcastle, October 1800. She had been seized at the moyth of the Hawkesbury River in October by fifteen convicts who had intended sailing her to the Moluccas, however when entering Port Hunter in bad weather, she went ashore. The convicts landed with some difficulty. Later, eleven convicts seized another small boat and put to see but were soon captured. Two of then were subsequently executed.  [ASW1],[SAN]

Norma. Schooner, 36 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Norma. See also Norna.

Norman. Brig, 254 tons. Built 1853; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Norman. Schooner,  51 tons. #75056. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Sydney, 15/1880. Length 68 ft.  Captain James Neill. Struck Bellambi Reef, NSW, and wrecked, 28 August 1895. [SAN],[ASR],[LN - lost October 1895],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Norman. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1914.  [SAN]

Norna. Two-masted wooden schooner, coastal trader, 43/35 tons. #32328. Built Brisbane Water, 1849; Sydney, 42/1849. Lbd 50.3 x 14.2 x 6.5 ft. Lost in a gale north of Sydney, probably at Broken Bay, 27 July 1857. Five ships were lost in the gale.
[GB],[LN],[SAN],[JM - lists as Norma]

North Briton. Sloop. Lost off the north coast of NSW in December. [LN]

Northern Firth. Steel screw steamship, 1954 tons. #145599. Built Scotland, 1922; reg. Sydney, 14/1930. Lbd 280.2 x 41.9 x 19 ft. Captain McDonald. Struck rocks off  Brush Island, NSW, 22 February 1932.A hole was torn in her side and the engine room quickly filled with water, putting the engines out of commission and leaving her at the mercy of a strong north-easterly which drove her on to a reef about ten metres off shore. Locals were quickly on the scene and some of the cargo of shoes, clothing and spirits was pillaged before officials arrived to place a guard over the wreck. [LN],[LI],[SAN],[LAH],[BNS]
@ Parts of the deck and superstructure reasonably intact, although most wreckage strewn over a wide area in fifteen metres.

Northumberland. Wooden schooner, 43 tons. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney 56/1841. Length 42 ft. Lost on south spit, Richmond River bar, NSW, 7 January 1844. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lost 1845]

Nosshead. Ship, 1104 tons. Built 1885. Lost between Sydney and Portland (USA?), 1886. [LAH]

Notion.. Two-masted brig, 109 tons. #31864. Built Sandwich Bay, Labrador, Canada, 1834; reg. Newcastle, 4/1859.  Lbd 68 x 20.8 x 12.4 ft. Captain Summerbell. From Newcastle to Sydney, sank in Broken Bay, NSW, while taking shelter in a gale, 28 April 1870. All hands saved. [GB],[LN - indicates schooner],[ASR - schooner],[SAN - hermaphrodite brig],[JM]

Novelty. Composite screw steamer, 194 tons. #127888. Built New Zealand, c1909; reg. Sydney. Length 106 ft. While entering Lake Macquarie Heads in a gale, ran on to the breakwater at Swansea and broke up, 17 June 1914. Crew of ten reached safety. [LN],[SAN]

Novelty. Cutter, 54 tons. #74930. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 52/1877.. Lbd 77.4 x 20.3 x 5.4 ft. Sprang a leak and foundered off Barranjoey, Broken Bay, NSW, 200 yds off lighthouse, 28 February 1897. She was being towed by the steamer Jenny Lind at the time. [GB],[LN],[SAN]

Nowra. Schooner, 34 tons. #32639. Built NSW, 1857; reg. Sydney, 33/1857. Lost at Wollongong, NSW, 1873. [SAN]

Nowra. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 12 December 1868. [SAN]

Nubeena. Wooden steamer, 138 tons. Built 1890. Lbd 106.6 x 21 x 9.6 ft. From Koonya to Hobart with 25 passengers, ran ashore at cremorne, NSW, 7 October 1910. All saved. Her boiler is visible in the sand. [LH]

Numba. Ketch, 34 tons. # 32501. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Sydney, 3/1874. Length 50 ft. Found to be leaking and sank off Morna Point, NSW, 21 January 1878. [LN],[SAN - lost 20 January 1878]

Nyora. See MV Comara.

Oakland. Steel steamship, 398 tons. #93635. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, 1890 for the North Coast Company; reg. Sydney, 31/1890. Lbd 154 x 24 x 10.5 ft. Arrived Sydney Harbour 7 August 1890 under Captain Archibald Duncan after a voyage of eighty-nine days. Captain Slater. Ashore on Cabbage Tree Island, near Port Stephens, during a gale, 26 May 1903. Eleven lives lost but one boat with survivors was picked up next day by SS Bellinger, after they had endured a most harrowing experience.
[LN],[#MR - #93630],[SAN],[#MGS],[LAH],[BNN]
On 24 June 1893, collided with the iron paddle steamer Sydney off Bord island, south of Catherine Hill Bay. The vessels were damaged but operatable; no loss of life.
On 29 August 1901, attempted to cross the bar of the Richmond River when she toucjed bottom and was forced ashore on the southyern breakwater. Refloated four weeks later.
@ Although explosives have been used on the wreck, she still stands upright in 30 metres, and is fairly well intact. The boilers, engine, steering gear and rudder are visible.

Oberon. Cutter, 43 tons. Built 1827; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Oberon. Ketch, 40 tons. #52351. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 44/1865. Length 69.4 ft. Ashore while attempting to leave Hawke River, NSW, 25 July 1876. [LN],[SAN - schooner]

Ocean Life. See MV Wyrallah.

Ocean Queen. Ketch, 33 tons. Built 1854; reg. Sydney.Missing for years. [ASR]

Ocean Queen. Wooden brigantine, 130 tons. Lost when drifted onto rocks at Bellambi, NSW, at mouth of harbour, south side, 1860.  [SAN],[LN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Ocean Queen. Brig, 121 tons. Built 1844; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Ocean Wave. Ketch, 55 tons. #69733. Built at Georges River, NSW, 1870; reg. Sydney, 80/1870. Lbd 67.2 x 17.7 x 7.4 ft. Possibly wrecked on Tuggerah Point Reef, central coast NSW, 27 May 1879, then salvaged, towed to Terrigal harbour, repaired and sold. [GB],[SAN]

Ocean. Brig, 189 tons. Reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Oceana. Schooner, 45 tons. Captain Farrell. Foundered in a heavy squall off Bird Island, NSW, 28 February 1859. Four men were in the water for several hours before being rescued by the schooner Liberty. Previously the schooner Rose had passed but did not see the men hanging on to a spar. [GB],[LN]

Oceana. Screw steamer,  34/25 tons. #93541. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 4/1887. Length 61.5 ft. Lost on the Manning River bar, NSW, 7 September 1903.  [LN],[SAN - lost 7 October 1903]

Oceana. Steamer, 6603 tons. (Sister Arcadia). Built Belfast, 1887. P.& O. Co. Left Sydney for London in January 1897 with £520,000 in specie on board. While at Port Melbourne, further shipments of gold was placed on board. During one of these loadings it was discovered that a bullion box was missing. Several years later, two boys found the soverigns under Williamstown jetty. Ended her days when she sank after a collision with the four-masted barque Pisagua, off Dover, English Channel, 16 March 1912. Divers recovered £700,000 in gold under very difficult circumstances. The wreck as subsequently blown up as she was a shipping channel.  [DG]

Ocean Bride. Topsail schooner, 88 tons. #73288. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 50/1875. Length 87 ft. Aground and lost on the north side of the Richmond River channel, Ballina, while being towed in during a gale, 20 May 1881. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]

Ocean Queen. Schooner. Lost on Tweed River bar, August 1851. [LN]

Octopus. Fishing boat. Lost near Sydney, 1 May 1949. [SAN]

Octoroon. Topsail schooner, 52 tons. #52357. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 49/1865. Length 68 ft. Foundered after springing a leak off Crowdy Head, NSW, 22 February 1878.  The crew landed safely. [LN],[SAN]

Oimara. Iron barquentine, 1417 tons. #71739. Built Scotland, 1875; reg. Glasgow. Length 241 ft.  Lost at Morna Point, Port Stephens, north end of Eighteen Mile Beach, 27 September 1903. [SAN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Olive Cam. Steel screw steamer, 289 tons. #143528. Built Great Britain, 1920; reg. Sydney, 6/1948. Length 128 ft. Lost at Twofold Bay, 8 nm south of Eden near Mowarry Point, 2 November 1954.  [SAN]

Olive. Wooden yawl. Lost at  La Perouse, Botany Bay, NSW, 1 June 1930. [SAN]

Oliver Frost. Brigantine, 150 tons. #40943. Built Canada, 1831; reg. Sydney, 71/1856. Length 89 ft.  Lost ashore at Twofold Bay, 9 nm south-east Goodburz Point, NSW, 6 October 1856. [SAN]

Oliver Post. Schooner. Captain McAveny. Ashore at Mowera, about seven miles south of Twofold Bay, during a heavy fog, 1856. The cutter Ebernezer approached the wreck and managed to salvage 20 cases of cigars, 109 bags of maize, 69 bags of sugar, 45 packages of beer, 65 coils of rope, 88 bags of oats and sundry articles. [LN]

Olivia. Wooden schooner, 60 tons. Built Tasmania, 1826; reg.  Hobart, 8/1827. Driven ashore by a gale near Twofold Bay, 19 November 1827. She was bound from Launceston to Sydney with a cargo of wheat, coffee and potatoes. Her eight passengers and crew reached the shore on a raft and walked overland to a station near Bateman’s Bay. [LN],[SAN]

Ombar. Wooden barque, 870 tons. #60801. Built Scotland,1868; reg. London. Lbd 186.6 x 31.8 x 19.5 ft. On a voyage from Batavia to Melbourne, disappeared off the southern NSW coast, November, 1881. Wreckage including the stern and sides with her name still legible were picked up at Botany Bay. [LN],[SAN - ship, lost between Sydney and Wollongong],[LAH]

Omeo. Iron steamship, 821 tons, 3 masts barque rig. #40338. Built at Hebburn Quay, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1858. Lbd 213.2 x 30.5 x 16.7 ft. Built to replace the lost Admella. Various owners, operating to New Zealand, and Northern Territory.  In 1881 engines removed and re-rigged as a jackass barque, trading to 'many parts of the world'.  Hulked Fremantle, 1926, and gradually broke up on a nearby beach.  [MR],[DG]

Onward. Ketch, 32 tons. #70184. Built New Zealand, 1874; reg. Sydney, 96/1884. Length 52.3 ft. Lost at the mouth of the Wagonga River, 17 September 1884. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN - schooner]

Opossum. Cutter, 18 tons. Built 1849; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Ops. Wooden ketch. Lost at Richmond River, ashore 1 nm south of the port, March 1850. [SAN]

Opua. See SS Ramornie.

Orara. Steel steamship, 1297 tons. #121193. Built at Kinghorn, 1907, for N.C.S.N.Co. Lbd 240.3 x 33.9 x 19.9 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run under Captain James Hunter. War service 1939-1945 as a minesweeper. Sold 1946 to china interests. [#MR]
In April 1910, involved in the rescue of crew and passengers from the steamship liner Satara off Sea Rocks, NSW. [#MGS]

Orara. Wooden screw steamship, 298 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #106186. Built Jervis Bay, 1898; reg. Sydney, 48/1898. Lbd 113.8 x 24.7 x 11.1 ft. Wrecked on shore north of entrance at Tweed Heads, NSW, 16 March 1899. [MR],[SAN - lost 16 February 1899]

Orara. Wooden screw steamship, 66/45 tons. #101129. Built Blackwall, England, 1894; reg. Sydney, 40/1894. Lbd 70.7 x 18.2 x 4 ft. Lost her propeller shaft and drifted helplessly until tossed ashore and wrecked near Woolgoolga, NSW, January 1896. [LN],[ASR],[MR - screw shaft snapped, wrecked 30 December 1895],[SAN - built NSW, lost 21 December 1896]

Orita. Schooner. Lost at sea after leaving port on 8 May 1869.  [SAN]
Also listed:
Oriti. Disappeared without trace off north coast NSW in a gale that claimed many ships, 1869. [LN]

Ormaia. Barque, 1354 tons. Ashore  during a gale at Morna Point, near the remains of S.S.Fitzroy, on 27 September 1903. The pilot steamer Ajax, lifeboat and rocket crew from Newcastle went to the wreck but found that all the crew had landed safely although the barque was full of water with a heavy list. [LN]

Oscar Robinson. Schooner, 61 tons. #89228. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 10/1884. Length 72.5 ft.  Lost at Macleay Heads, NSW, 6 May 1884.  [SAN]

Oscar S. Fishing boat. Lost at Ballina, Richmond River, NSW, 30 September 1930.  [SAN]

Osprey. Ketch. Lost at Cape Hawke, NSW, 1897.  [LN]

Osprey. Ketch. Lost at Cape Hawke, June 1890. [LN]

Osprey. Schooner, 73 tons. Built 1842; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]
 

Osprey. Wooden steamer, 35 tons. #75028. Built Berry’s Bay, NSW, 1879. Lbd 66.2 x 13.7 x 4.8 ft. Deleted from register 1953. [MR]

Otus. Wooden screw steamer, 80 tons. #131589. Built 1914; reg. Sydney, 13/1914. Length 90 ft. Beached near Forster, NSW, after springing a leak off Cape Hawke, 17 January 1923. Crew saved. [LN],[SAN]

Otus. Wooden steamer, 51 tons. Built Sydney, 1891. Drogher on the Richmond River, NSW. Lbd 63.5 x 16.4 x 5.2 ft. [MR]

Otway. See SS Nymboida.

Our Own. Wooden paddle steamer,  73 tons. #74982. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney,  45/1878. Lbd 88.4 x 16 x  5.8 ft. On to rocks on the south side of Bass Point, near Shellharbour, NSW, 21 August 1880. [LN],[SAN],[BNS}
@ Wreckssite known.

Ourimbah. Steel steamship, 750 tons. Built 1890. Was to operate on the NSW north coast but wrecked off the coast of South Africa on her dleivery voyage, 26 November 1909. [MR]

Our Jack. Wooden twin screw steamship, 281 tons. #121198. Built Tuncurry, 1907, for Allen Taylor & Co.; reg. Sydney, 9/1908.   Lbd 133 x 28 x 6.8 ft. To N.C.S.N.Co. in 1920. Foundered in a gale near Manning River, NSW, 26 June 1921. SS Brundah rescued four of her crew of ten. [LN],[#MR - five lives lost],[SAN - lost off Cape Hawke]

Own Glendower. Vessel ashore near Fenigal, NSW, 17 June 1857. (May have been refloated). [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Oxley. Wooden twin scew steamship, 124 tons. Built Sydney 1924. Lbd 91.8 x 25.3 x 6.3 ft. Was a drogher on the Manning River before being owned by the N.C.S.N.Co, and operated on the NSW north coast. Deleted from reg. After 1944. [MR]

P.C.E. Barque, 291 tons. #23182. Built Great Britain, 1853; reg. Newcastle, 3/1865. Length 107 ft. Ashore in gale 3 km south of Lake Macquarie, NSW, 5 June 1875. Struck by a succession of enormous waves which dismasted her, she went on to the rocks and quickly broke up. Some of the crew struggled to safety, then managed to throw a line to the wreck, enabling those still on board to land, but the Chinese cook was drowned.
[LN],[SAN - barquentine]

P.C.E. Cutter, 19 tons. Built 1874; reg. Sydney. Wrecked Collingwood Bay, May, 1897. [ASR]

Pacific Slope. Wooden barquentine, 825 tons. #72670. Built USA, 1876; reg. Sydney, 52/1881. Lost in NSW waters, 1889.  [SAN]
Also listed:
Pacific Slope. Barque, 799 tons. Built 1876. Disappeared between Sydney and Shanghai, 1889.  [LAH]

Pacific. Barquentine, 312 tons. Built USA. Lost ashore south side, Crookhaven Heads, NSW, 13 May 1864. [SAN]

Pacific. Schooner. Lost (probably) in NSW waters, 1860. [SAN]

Packet. Brigantine, 183 tons. #32508. Built Canada, 1849; reg. Sydney, 163/1854. Length 82 ft. Lost on Elizabeth Reef, off Richmond River, NSW, 24 February  1857.   [SAN]

Palermo. Brig, 133 tons. Built 1849; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Palmerston. Iron screw steamer, trawler, 463 tons. #78636. Built 1878; reg.  Sydney, 40/1888. Lbd 175.3 x 25 x 13 ft. Sunk after colliding with the trawler Millmumul when 18 miles south of the Point Perpendicular lighthouse, NSW, 29 May 1930. The sea was calm, conditions clear and both vessels carried regulation lights. The Millmumul's stem cut into the starboard side of the Palmerston about 30 feet from the bow, cutting a large hole but the vessel did not sink for almost two hours. [LN],[SAN]

Panacea. Yacht. Lost near Kempsey, NSW, 1991. [LN]

Pandora. Wooden cutter, 27 tons. Built NSW, 1830; reg. Sydney, 19/1831. Length 38 ft. From Port Stephens to Port Macquariee, ashore, wrecked, at north head Port Stephens, January 1836. Survivors were picked up by the schooner Carrington, but there were five lives lost. [LN],[ASW1]

Panic of 66. Wooden topsail schooner,  52 tons. #38800. Built NSW, 1866; reg.  Sydney, 83/1866. Length 65.5 ft. Lost on rocks at the north head, Tweed River, 20 May 1870.  [SAN] This gets the editors vote for the strangest named vessel in the book.

Papagayo. See SS Ulmarra.

Pappinbarra. Steel twin screw steamship, 518 tons. #152007. Built Glasgow, 1925; reg. Sydney, 10/1925. Lbd 153 x 34.6 x 9.6 ft. Ashore and lost in a gale at Port Stephens, NSW, during a gale, 11 September 1929. Crew of sixteen reached safety. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wreckage, including boiler and eck beams, lie scaattered in five to fifteen metres on the northern side of the Port Stephens headland.

Paris. Schooner, 87 tons. #94267. Built New Zealand, 1892; reg. Sydney, 51/1900. Length 86.5 ft. Capsized in a squall off the north coast as her remains were sighted bottom up off Catherine Hill Bay on 12 February 1912. She was later beached near Lake Macquarie. [LN],[SAN - 79 tons]

Paris. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1873.  [SAN]

Parramatta. HMAS, destroyer. Built 1910. An iron vessel of 700 tons displacement. Lbd 250 x 24.5 x 9 ft. The first vessel launched for the Royal Australian Navy. Arrived in Australian waters in 1910. Served with distinction in WW 1; scrapped at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, 1929. Privately purchased in 1933 along with her sister ship Swan for the sum of £6; aim to use them as fishermen’s huts on the Hawkesbury , but authorities objected, so used as sand and metal barges during construction of the Hawkesbury River railway bridge. Caught in a gale and grounded off Milson Island in 1934, and then drifted across to the Vines where she remained for many years.  [LH],[SAN]

Parthenope. Barque, 1563 tons. Built 1875. Lost between New South Wales and Antofagasta, Chile, 1907.  [LAH]

Pastime. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1916  [SAN]

Paterson. Wooden paddle steamer,  450 tons. #136469. Built NSW, 1920; reg. Sydney, 25/1948. Length 148 ft. Lost at Norah Head, north of Cabbage Tree Bay, NSW, 11 June 1951.  [SAN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Patterdale. Ship, 1200 tons. Built 1871. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1902.  [LAH]

Patterson. USS. Involved in rescue - see steamship Fingal, lost off NSW coast, 1943.

Peacock. Ketch, 20 tons. #32377. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1844; reg. Sydney, 46/1855. Length 45.6 ft. Lost on Manning River bar, NSW, 22 January 1876.
[SAN],[LN - ashore at Camden Haven],[JM]

Peahen. (Pea Hen). Ketch, 17 tons. #32343. Built Brisbane Water, 1855; reg. Sydney, 36/1868. Lbd 45 x 14.4 x 4.6 ft. From Sydney to Hawkesbury river, ashore in Broken Bay, 10 July 1878. [SAN],[LN - schooner, lost 13 July 1878]

Pearl. Screw steamer. Lost on upper reaches of  Clarence River, NSW, 27 July 1912. [SAN]

Pearl. Wooden schooner. Lost on Convent Beach, Yamba, NSW, 24 October 1935.   [SAN]

Pelican. Paddle steamer, 69/42 tons. #32480. Built Sydney 1854; reg. Sydney, 8/1875. Length 91 ft. Sprang a leak and foundered 5 km from Nambucca Heads, NSW, 3 April 1888. Crew rescued by the pilot boat. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Pelican. Woden schooner, 48 tons. Built at Richmond River, 1849; reg. Sydney, 103/1849. Lbd 60.4 x 14.9 x 6.7 ft. Robert Williams. Wrecked near Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, July 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Pelican. Wooden steamer, 96 tons. #93645. Built Balmain, 1890. Scrapped 1915. [MR]

Penguin. HMS. Involved in rescue - see steamer Elingamite, lost New Zealand, 1903.  [DG}

Penyard Park. Wooden barquentine,  377 tons. Built Great Britain, 1833; reg. London. Lost (probably) in NSW waters, 1854. [SAN]

Penybryn. Steamship. Involved in rescue - see SS Tahiti, 1930. [NH]

Penzard Park. Barque, 377 tons. Lost between New South Wales and New Zealand, 1854.  [LAH]

Peony. Barque, 386 tons. # 14728. Built Great Britain, 1852; reg. Newcastle 2/1877. Length 35.57 m. Sprang a leak and sank when off the Richmond River, NSW, 7 March 1877. Five of her crew of ten lost. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Peregrine. Steamer, 1660 tons. Built Dundee, 1891; later aquired by Howard Smith Co. In 1906, lengthened by 40 ft. At the end of her useful life as a luxurious and well appointed vessel, was sold to overseas interests. [DG]

Peri. Schooner, 34 tons. #57789. Reg. Sydney, 41/1872. Length 59.4 ft. Foundered off Botany Bay, Herrings Head, 21 June 1874. [SAN],[LN]

Perserverence. Iron stern addle steamer, 95 tons. #643377. Built Balmain, 1872. Lbd 120 x 22.3 x 4.3 ft. Various owners. Operated on the NSW north coast. Register closed 1944. [MR] Probably Perseverance.

Perseverance. Brigantine, 134 tons. #71795. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 66/1874. Length 104 ft.  Lost on north head, Port Stephens, NSW, May 1877.  [SAN],[LN]

Perseverance. Lighter, 25 tons. #89360. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 51/1885. Length 54.5 ft. Ashore Manly Beach,  Sydney, 1898.  [SAN]

Perseverance. Paddle steamer, 25 tons. #38846. Built NSW, 1867; reg.  Sydney, 60/1867. Length 70.7 ft.  Lost on rocks at entrance to Tweed River, beach below north head, 26 April 1870.  [SAN],[LN]

Perseverance. Whaling and sealing brig, 136 tons or 122 tons. Built Sydney by Jospeph Underwood, launched 1807. Lbd 70 x 20-5 x 8 ft. Owned by Campbell& Co. Wrecked at Campbell Island, south of NZ, October 1828. Two lives lost. [ASW1]
On 1 March 1811, ashore on Middle Ground, Newcastle.
On 11 September 1826, ashore below Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour; refloated with the assistance of HMS Fly, and sailed for Macquarie island on 13 September 1826. [ASW1]
Note: There is no positive identification that the above incidents relate to the same vessel, but it appears to be so.

Perseverance. Wooden schooner,  74 tons. #32686. Built New Zealand, 1847; reg. Sydney, 79/1853. Length 62 ft. Lost ashore on sand bank when leaving Clarence River heads, NSW, 18 April 1864.  [SAN],[LN]
A schooner of this name picked up an 8 year-old boy off Terrigal Headland, who lost his father when he fell overboard from the cutter Friend, 1860, and the boat eventually swamped. [GB]

Perseverance. Wooden cutter,  34 tons. Built Crookhaven, NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 102/1841. Lbd 42.8 x 13.5 x 6.4 ft. Master William Sheddon. Lost, probably foundered all hands, Illawarra region, NSW, 3 January 1842.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Perth. HMAS, guided missile destroyer. Involved in  rescue - see freighter Hoelien, 1985. [LN]

Perth. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1907.  [SAN]

Peterborough Lass. Ketch, 35 tons. #52363. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 56/1865. Length 61.8 ft.  From Sydney, disappeared near Seal Rocks, NSW, November 1876. [SAN],[LN - lost 1877]

Petrel. Ketch 60 tons. #83612. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Sydney, 59/1880. Length 75.2 ft. Ashore and lost when the wind dropped, off entrance Bellinger River, NSW, 14 March 1896. Crew and passengers taken off by the pilot boat. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - lost 20 March 1896]

Petrel. Schooner, 62 tons. #32661. Built NSW, 1849; reg. Sydney, 5/1864. Length 63.8 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, March 1866.  [SAN]

Petrel. Wooden schooner,  7 tons. Built NSW, 1838; reg. Sydney, 33/1838. Lbd 26.6 x 9 x 3.8 ft.  Lost from Wollongong to Sydney, January 1850. [ASW1],[SAN]

Phantom. Ketch, 18 tons. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1850. Lbd 47.7 x 13.7 x 4.5 ft. Wrecked during a squall, Lion Island, entrance to Broken Bay, NSW, 3 May 1872.
[GB],[LN],[SAN]
Also listed:
Phantom. Ketch, 23 tons. Built NSW, 1850; reg. Sydney, 65/1851. Length 47.7 ft. Lost  ashore at Trial Bay, NSW, June 1854. [SAN]
An error, apparently, in the above listing.
 

Phil Forbes. Wooden ketch, 91 tons. #106227. Built NSW, 1899; reg. Sydney, 27/1899. Length 82.5 ft. Lost 3 nm north of  Broughton Island, NSW, 5 May, 1922.  [SAN]

Philip Palfrey. Wooden topsail schooner,  96 tons. #101067. Built NSW, 1892; reg. Sydney, 90/1892. Length 87 ft. Dragged her anchors during a gale and drove ashore at Trial Bay, NSW, between South West Rocks and river entrance, 6 May 1898. [SAN],[ASR],[LN]
She was one of fifteen vessels lost during the "Maitland (qv) Gale" which ravaged the central NSW coast.

Phoebe. Barquentine. Lost possibly May 1876. A message in a bottle was found at Jervis Bay. [SAN]

Phoebe. Brig, around 24 tons. Wrecked on ‘Mioke Island’, Society Islands (now French Polynesia), May or June 1828. On 14 or 15 December 1827 she had been seized at Crookhaven near the mouth of the Shoalhaven river, NSW, by fifteen convicts with the intention of sailing her to America. With provisions running low, one man was thrown overboard and three other marooned on an island in the group. The remaining convicts landed safely when wrecked, but were not well behaved on the island, having killed two and wounded othersFive men were captured by officers from HMS Satel;ite, but the ringleaders escaped.  [ASW1]

Phoenix. Wooden screw steamer,  46 tons. #113147. Built NSW, 1903; reg. Newcastle, 7/1903. Length 68.2 ft. Lost Hawkesbury River, NSW, 25 May 1931.  [SAN]

Phoenix. Wooden paddle steamer, 212/108 tons. Built Sydney, 1846; reg. Sydney, 77/1846. Lbd 118.9 x 17.7 x 8.9 ft. Fitted out with the machinery from the Sophia Jane, the first steamer to operate in Australian waters. Stranded on Clarence River bar, NSW, then drifted on the north beach, 14 April 1852. Her crew were rescued by PS Eagle.[LN],[#MR],[SAN],[#DG]
In 1847, a steamer by this name under Captain Wiseman attempted to take in tow the upturned hull of the schooner Ann Mary, off Sydney Heads, without success. [GB]
On 3 March 1850, wrecked on the Clarence River bar. No lives lost. Raised and brought to Sydney in June 1850 where underwent a complete refit, with trails on 25 November 1850. [ASW1]

Pianet. Schooner, 99 tons. Built USA, 1844; reg. Sydney, 70/1851. Length 75 ft. Lost on  Richmond River, NSW, 24 December 1854. [SAN] I can’t help feeling this could be Planet.

Picard. Schooner, 150 tons. Captain Hopkins. After battling heavy seas, her crew abandoned ship off Cape Dromedary, 9 October 1867. The vessel's sternpost fractured in heavy seas; all hands manned the pumps, but with seven feet of water in the holds she became unmanageable. The crew eventually landed on Montague Island and were rescued a few days later by the schooner Gipsy.The captain and the mate were arrested and charged with deliberately destroying the ship.  [LN],[SAN]

Pilot. Schooner,  100 tons. Lost 5 nm east of Evans River, Ballina, NSW, 27 January   1874. Crew reached safety.  [SAN][LN - ashore and lost 8 km north of Evans River]

Pioneer. Ketch, 73 tons. #69752. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 23/1874. Length 77.4 ft. Lost on rocks at entrance to Tweed River, NSW, 13 January 1877.  [SAN]

Pioneer. Steamer or ketch, 38/33 tons. Captain Elder. Lost ashore near south head Botany Bay during a gale, late June 1875. [LN - steamer],[SAN - ketch]

Pioneer. Steamer. Lost near Cronulla, NSW, 1852. [LN]

Pioneer. Steamship, 51 tons. Lost off Botany Heads, 1883. No lives lost. [LN]

Plover. Two-masted schooner, 7 tons. Built at Shoalhaven, 1848; reg. Sydney, 10/1850. Lbd 26 x 7.8 x 4 ft. Reported wrecked at Brisbane Water bar, west spit, NSW, 1855. [GB],[SAN]

Pluto. Sydney registered vessel lost from  Sydney to Brisbane, June 1863.  [SAN]

Plutus. Iron steamship, 1259 tons. #85138. Built Great Britain, 1882; reg. London. Lbd 250 x 36 x 13.5 ft. Ashore at Sandy Beach, 10 miles south of Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, 9 December 1882. (The ketch Alfred Edward was lost in the same gale). She carried fifty-one passengers and crew; believed all saved. First reported by an aboriginal who saw her go ashore.
[LN],[SN - lost north of Jervis Bay on sand near Plutus Reef]
@ Often sanded over, but ‘worth a dive’ - located north of Currarong. [LAH]

Polaris. Diesel tug of 570 tons displacement. Lbd 143 x 34 x 14.5 ft. Originally RAN tug. Sold to Philippine interests and renamed Polaris. [LH]

Polly Hopkins. Vessel lost ashore Port Stephens, NSW, 12 November 1857.  [SAN]

Polly Hopkins. Brigantine, 59 tons. #326552. Built Canada, 1853; reg Sydney, 24/1870. Lost between Newcastle and Sydney, 12 March 1873. Length 68 ft. [SAN],[ASR - lost 1872]

Pomona. Schooner, 52 tons. #46437. Built NSW, 1863; reg. Sydney, 5/1863. Length 74 ft. Lost on the north spit, Manning River bar, NSW, 19 October 1878. [SAN]

Pompey. Wooden schooner, 36 tons. Built at Brisbane Water, 1847; reg. Sydney, 63/1852. Lbd 46.4 x 13.5 x 7 ft. Captain Henry Chapman. Wrecked near Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a gale, July 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM - wrecked in a storm north of Terrigal, NSW, 1852]

Poonbar. Steel twin screw steamship, 909 tons. #131557. Operated in Tasmanian waters, then NSW north coast. In 1947, sold to Hong Kong interests and renamed San Ernesto. Scrapped in 1951. [MR]

Porpoise. Wooden schooner, 39 tons. #41079. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 34/1851. Length 46 ft. Wrecked on the Wagonga River bar, NSW, 24 May 1866. [LN],[SAN - lost 15 May 1866]

Port Jackson. Iron screw steamer, tug, 108 tons. #83769. Built New Zealand, 1883; reg. Sydney, 71/1883. Length 103.8 ft. Ashore and losst 8 km south of Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 12 February 1910.   [SAN],[LN]

Port Macquarie Packet. Schooner. Lost ashore Port Macquarie, NSW, July 1835.  [SAN]

Port Phillip. Wooden schooner. Beached at Solitary Island, NSW, 26 August 1848.  [SAN]

Port Stephens. Screw steamer,  118/80 tons. #128781. Built NSW, 1911; reg. Newcasatle, 3/1911. Length 95.9 ft. Lost ashore 2 nm north of Norah Head, NSW, 5 November 1911. Crew saved. [SAN],[LN]

Portable. Dredge. Lost at Belmont, Swansea, NSW, 1910. [SAN]

Portland. See Colonial government brig Elizabeth Henrietta.

Portmar. Iron scew steamship, 5551 tons. #219283. Built USA, 1919; reg. New York. Length 409 ft. Torpedoed off Coff’s Harbour, 16 June 1943. Two lives lost. [LN],[SAN - lost off Smoky Cape]

Portunia. Brig. Velocity. Owned by blackbirder Ben Boyd. Operated to the Loyalty Islands (Fiji) on the first Australian blackbirding expedition. [NH]

Poseidon. Steel dredge. Ended her days in th ‘disposal area’ off Sydney, 9 May 1947.  [SAN]

Possum. Screw steamer, 32 tons. #89229. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 8/1884. Length 60.5 ft.  Lost Hastings River, NSW, 1911.  [SAN]

Pots & Paul . Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1906.  [SAN]

Power Chief. Wooden launch. Length 30 ft. Built NSW, 1934. Lost at Brisbane Waters at Green Point near Woy Woy, 21 October 1934. [SAN]

Powerful. HMS. Involved in rescue. See steamer Buninyong, 1906. [MGS]

Premier. Ketch, 135/114 tons. #106137. Built NSW, 1896; reg. Sydney, 2/1897. Length 105 ft. Ashore and lost at Nambucca Heads during a gale, 24 May 1916. [LN],[SAN]

Prima Donna. Schooner, 81 tons.  Captain Lopez. Capsized 4 nm off Bondi during a squall and sank, 29 March 1882. Six lives lost, the captain the only survivor. [LN],[SAN]

Primo. Wooden brig,  197 tons. #32612. Built Denmark; reg. Sydney, 1/1857. Length 80 ft.  Lost 85 nm east-north-east of  Sydney heads, 24 January 1857.  [SAN]
 

Prince Arthur. Barque, 420 tons. #31751. Built Canada, 1850?; reg. Melbourne, 24/1860. Length 115 ft. Abandon when 170 kilometres off Newcastle when she sprang a leak, 1864. Out of Newcastle for Dunedin, the crew worked the pumps without a break but were finally forced to return.All crew saved in the boat. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Prince James. Vessel of 499 tons. Left Newcastle, disappeared, 1895  [LAH]

Prince of Wales. Iron paddle steamer, 548 tons. #43221. Built Great Britain, 1861; reg. Sydney,  18/1862. Lbd 216.9 x 27 x 12.5 ft. Australiasian Steam Navigation Co. Struck a rock near Camden Haven and leaked so badly that she was beached at Camden Head, 3 October 1862. SS Diamantina, sent from Manning River to rescue the passengers and crew, found them all safe on the beach but a boat from her was capsized in the surf and three drowned. [LN],[LAH],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wreckage scattered in only three metres, with little to recognise her as a vessel.

Prince of Wales. Schooner, 238 tons. Built 1845; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Prince Patrick. Wooden schooner, 110 tons. Captain Patching. Beached and lost in Montague Bay, NSW, 23 January 1867. [LN],[SAN]

Prince Victor. Wooden barquentine, 294 tons. #50886. Built Canada, 1864; reg. Melbourne. Length 125.5 ft. Abandoned off Seal Rocks, NSW, September 1881.   [SAN]

Prince Alfred. Ketch, 56 tons. #38857. Built NSW, 1868; reg.Sydney, 23/1891. Length 75 ft. Left Sydney on 22 May 1891 for Mosquito Bay. She was sighted by the schooner Result on 1 June when off Jervis Bay, but was not seen again. [LN],[SAN],[ASR - foundered off Wollongong]
In 1872, involved in rescue - see schooner Caledonia, 1872. [GB]

Prince George. Wooden cutter, 51 tons. Built Hastings, Great Britain, 1832 as a revenue cutter for the port of Sydney; reg. Sydney 20/1846. Lbd 52 x 16.3 x 8.8 ft. Arrived at Port Jackson on 30 August 1833 and remained in government service till 1845, when sold. Captain J.C. Miller. Drifted ashore, broadside on to a ledge of rocks, near Wollongong, NSW, 20 March 1846. No lives lost as sge canted over toward the land enabling the crew and passengers to reach shore, with some difficulty, via the mast. [ASW1],[LN],[LPA],[SAN]

Prince of Wales. Steamer, 60/41 tons. #74956. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 4/1878. Lbd 92 x 16.4 x 7.3 ft. Sank after collision with  S.S.Peterborough 12 nm north-east of Botany Bay heads, 16 July 1886. The engineer and fireman went down with the vessel. [LN],[SAN]

Princess Charlotte. Wooden brig. Built NSW, 1819.  Lost from Hobart to Sydney, September 1820.  [SAN]

Princess Alexandra. Schooner, 51 tons. #46443. Built NSW, 1863; reg.Sydney, 49/1867. Length 76.5 ft.  Wrecked near the Bellinger River, Port Macquarie south beach, NSW, 10 April 1874. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Princesse Marie. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1910.  [SAN]

Princess Marie. Ketch., 66 tons. #71796. Built NSW, 1874; reg.  Sydney, 63/1874. Length 96 ft. Lost on north spit at Camden Haven, NSW, 11 April 1876.  [LN],[SAN - lost 11 May 1876]

Priscilla. Cutter. After capsizing between Port Stephens and Newcastle, wreckage drifted ashore near Port Stephens, NSW, December 1849. All crew drowned. [LN],[SAN - lost at Anna Bay],[ASW1]

Priscilla. Cutter. Ashore at Crowder (Crowdy) Bay, NSW, 1836. Refloated. [ASW1]
Also recorded:
Priscilla. Cutter. Lost on  Stockton Beach, Newcastle, NSW, June 1837.  [SAN]

Prompt. Schooner. Ashore against the wharf  and lost at Botany Bay during a storm, 30 January 1881. [LN]

Prospector. Wooden schooner, 56 tons. #32381. Built NSW, 1854; reg. Sydney, 130/1854. Length 66.4 ft. Wrecked in gale at Bellambi, 18 November 1860. Two drowned.
[LN],[SAN],[BNS]
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Prosper Coulon. Schooner,  74 tons. #73368. Built NSW, 1870; reg. Sydney, 37/1876. Length 83.6 ft. Ashore and lost on the bar at Bellinger River, NSW, 16 June 1884. Shortly after PS. .Despatch ran foul of her remains and was also lost. [LN],[SAN - lost 14 May 1884]. Loney lists this as ‘Prosper Colon’. I do hope he is wrong.

Prosperity. Wooden schooner, 125 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1868. Wrecked, 19 February, 1902. Loss of two lives.  [JM]

Prosperous. Wooden ketch, 15 tons. Built NSW, 1846; reg. Sydney, 78/1851. Lenth 41 ft. On her beam ends and sank in squall, out of Sydney for Brisbane Water, 1856. Both of her crew launched the boat but it upset in the rough seas and one drowned; the survivor clung to a spar and rescued by the ketch Caroline. [LN],[SAN - lost in Sydney Harbour, between heads],[JM]

Protector. Paddle steamer, 158 tons. #89331. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 11/1885. Length 106 ft. The engines from the lost paddle wheeler Francis Hixon (qv) were used. Capsized while attempting to cross the Richmond River bar during a gale, 1 July 1901. Crew of five and one passenger drowned. [LN],[SAN],[BNN]

Providence. Ashore in a storm on the south spit at the entrance to the Manning River, NSW, April 1836. Refloated. [ASW1]

Providence. Colonial naval vessel.
In August 1795, visited Port Stephens and picked up convict George Conway, who had survived a wrecking, and was living with the aboriginals. [JM]

Psyche. Steel lighter, 2135 tons. Built Great Britain, 1898. Length 300 ft. Lost Port Stephens, Salamander Bay, 1940.   [SAN]

Pulganbar. Steel steamship, 1160 tons. #131509. Built Graangemouth, 1912. Lbd 225 x 35.1 x 12.5 ft. A ‘fine large passenger ship’. Saw war service in 1939-46. Sold to China interests in 1948 and renamed Yang-tse River, then Tamara. Scrapped 1951. [MR]

Pyrmont. Wooden steamship, 215 tons. #112559. Built Coopernook, NSW, 1902, for Allen Taylor & Co.; reg. Sydney. Lbd 122.6 x 25 x 8.1 ft. Sold to N.C.S.N.Co. In 1904; to Burns,Philp & Co. In 1910 and renamed Mindoro. Wrecked in New Guinea 1913. [MR],[SAN - indicates possibly wrecked Manning River, NSW, 9 August 1909]
Also listed:
Pyromont. Steamship. Struck on the Manning River bar, NSW, and sank rapidly, 6 August 1909. One life lost. [LN]

Quail. Ketch, 11 tons. Built 1848; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Queen Emma. Barque. Huddart, Parker Limited.  [DG]

Queen of the South. Iron paddle steamer, 198 tons. #74793. Built 1877. Lbd 126.2 x 22.1 x 7.8 ft. Operated on northern NSW coast. Sold to New Zealand interests; lost near Cape Campbell, 10 May 1919. [MR]

Queen. Ketch, 8 tons. #32570. Built NSW, 1856; reg. Sydney, 50/1856. Length 87.5 ft. Lost 1 nm south of Anna Bay, 1876.  [SAN] Either tonnage or length is probaly incorrect.

Queen. Wooden schooner, 71 tons. #75014. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 18/1889. Length 76.4 ft. Left Sydney for Port Macquarie and was seen near her destination; heavy weather then set in and she was not sighted again, 24 February 1892. Five lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Queen Bee. Wooden screw steamer, collier, 173 tons. #121174. Built 1907, reg.Sydney, 31/1907. Length 110 ft. Foundered 4 kms north of Broken Bay, NSW, 2 September 1922. The first warning that all was not well came when the engineer discovered that she was leaking in the bows and the crew of nine was forced to hurriedly abandon her. [LN],[SAN]

Queen of Nations. Wooden barque, 878 tons. #29238. Built at Aberdeen, 1861; reg. Aberdeen. Lbd 190 x 32.3 x 20 ft. Out of London for Sydney, struck Bellambi Reef, north of Wollongong, NSW, 31 May 1881. When her mainmast and fore topmast went over the side her crew defied the captain and mate and abandoned ship, but one man was drowned while landing. They claimed that burning coal heaps on Mount Keira had been identified by the captain as the light on South Head, Port Jackson, while the lights of Wollongong were those of a town near Sydney. Both the captain and mate refused rescue for two days, but as soon as it became obvious that the ship could not be refloated.
[LN],[ASW6],[LAH],[SAN - barquentine, ashore at Corrimal Beach, Wollongong],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known.

Queensland. Barque, 414 tons. #46441. Built USA, 1862; reg. Newcastle, 3/1873. Length 122 ft.  Lost between Newcastle and Auckland, February 1879.  [LAH],[SAN - barquentine]

Queensland. Paddle steamer, 309 tons. Built Sydney, 1861. Converted into hulk 1887. [ASR]

Quiraing. (Quarang). Iron screw steamer, 1166 tons. #83682. Built Scotland 1881; reg.  Sydney, 45/1887. Length 220 ft. A.S.N.Co., then Australasian United Steam Navigation Company. Ran for many years on the Gulf of Carpentaria to Brisbane run. Left Newcastle for Dunedin on 22 July 1902 and never heard of again; lost in the Tasman Sea. Twnety-three lives lost.
[WL],[DG],[LAH],SAN]

Radical. Ketch, 40 tons. Lost when entering Cape Hawke River, NSW,  ashore north side of entrance, 12 September 1873.  [LN],[SAN]

Rainbow. Schooner,  320 tons. # 94229. Built 1890; reg. Auckland 6/1890. Length 39.95 m. Lost between Melbourne and Clarence River, November 1890. [SAN]

Rainbow. Wooden paddle steamer, 110/89 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #36852. Built NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 33/1860. Lbd 149.8 x 18.2 x 6.6 ft. Foundered in a gale in Seal Rock Bay at Sugarloaf Point, NSW, 1864. Crew saved, and walked to Port Stephens.
[LN - 70 tons],[MR],[SAN],[MGS - boiler on beach],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, at eal Rocks, north-west of Sugarloaf Point.

Rainbow. Wooden ketch, coastal trader, 18.5 tons. Built at Brisbane Water, 1844. Lbd 40 x 11.7 x 4.8 ft. Captain Boyd. Ashore and lost in storm near Terrigal (Fenigal), NSW, 17 June 1857. Next morning a second vessel, the Owen Glendower, loaded with coal, also ran ashore nearby. Captain Boyd fastened a rope to his waist and succeeded in bringing the crew of four to safety. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM - schooner]

Rakaia. Two-masted brig-rigged, screw steamer, 1456 tons. Built Glasgow, 1865. Lbd 260 x 32 x 26 ft. Owned and operated by the Panama, New Zealand and Australian Royal Mail Company on a regular run between Australia to Panama in order to connect with the trans- isthmus railway to Colon on the Atlantic coast, commencing 24 June 1866 from the Panama end, under Captain Wright.   Taken over by West India Royal Mail Co. In 1869 and renamed Ebro, then sold to Spanish interests and renamed Baldomera Inglesais. [WL]

Ramornie. Iron stern wheel paddle steamer, 86 tons. #59528. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Sydney, 57/1891. Lbd 92.9 x 22 x 4.7 ft. Several owners including N.C.S.N.Co. Operated on northern NSW coast. Eventually ‘rotted away’. Reg. Closed 1944. [MR],[SAN - lost 31 January 1893, Clarence river, NSW]

Ramornie. Steel twin screw steamer, 546 tons. Built at Glasgow, 1902. Lbd 148.2 x 28.1 x 9.6 ft. Several owners. Operated for a time on the NSW north coast run, and in New zealand waters. Sold to NZ interests in 1920 and renamed Opua; lost at Tora near Pallister Bay, NZ, 2 October 1926. [MR]

Randwick. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1916.  [SAN]

Ranger. Cutter. Lost in Sydney Harbour, 24 November 1881.  [SAN]

Ranger. Schooner, 42 tons.Built 1837; reg Newcastle. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Ranger. Schooner. Lost from Napier, New Zealand to Sydney, May 1847. [SAN]

Ranger. Screw steamer, tug, 40 tons. #89346. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 29/1885. Length 56 ft. Drove ashore, lost, one nm south of the Macleay River, NSW, 13 February 1887. [SAN],[LN],[ASR - 287 tons]

Ranger. Wooden schooner,  42 tons. #40921. Built NSW, 1837; reg. Newcastle, 3/1862. Length 48.5 ft. Lost ashore Richmond River heads, NSW, 7 November 1865. [SAN],[LN]

Rangoon. Wooden barque, 379 tons. Built Great Britain, 1853, reg. Melbourne, 15/1867. Lbd 114.5 x 26.5 x 18 ft. Ashore at Kiama in strong winds, 22 March 1870. Wedged between two rocks there was hope she would survive, but a heavy gale about a month later completely destroyed her. [LN],[LAH],[SAN - barquentine, lost at  Minnamurra, east side of small island at mouth]

Rapid. Coastal trader, two masted schooner, 44 tons. Built Sydney, 1838. Lbd 80? x 14.3 x 6.8 ft. Lost north of Sydney in gale, 27 July 1857. One of five ships lost in the gale. [GB],[LN],[JM]

Rapid. Paddle steamer, 54 tons. Built Newcastle, 1883.  Broken up April, 1893. [ASR]

Rapid. Schooner, 94 tons. Built USA, 1844; reg. Sydney, 42/1852. Length 76 ft.  Lost Broken Bay, near West Head, NSW, 1857. [SAN]

Raven. Brigantine, 1148 tons. #32524. Built USA, 1848; reg. Sydney, 150/1853. Length 73.5 ft.  Lost ashore in a gale 9 km south of Crowdy Head, NSW, 15 February 1868.  [SAN],[LN]

Raven. Wooden cutter, 26 tons. Built NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 61/1850. Length 86 ft. Lost on north head, Macleay River entrance, NSW, October 1850.   [SAN]

Raymond. Wooden brig,  399 tons. #38070. Built Canada, 1858; reg. London. Length 119 ft. Lost 2.5 nm north of Cape Hawke, NSW, 1879. [SAN]

Reaper. Schooner, 40 tons. Ashore and lost in a gale at Bellambi, 12 June 1864.
[LN],[SAN],[BNS]
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Rebecca. Schooner, 115 tons. #31720. Built Sunderland, 1846; reg. Sydney, 65/1866. Lbd 73.6 x 21 x 11.9 ft. On a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney, wrecked during a squall on a reef near the entrance to Broken Bay, 5 October 1878. Crew saved. [LN],[GB - possibly brigantine],[SAN - brigantine, lost 3 October 1878, ashore at Cape Three Points]

Rebecca. Schooner, 69 tons. Built 1846; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Rebecca. Schooner. Lost in NSW waters, 1869.  [SAN]

Recina. Yugoslav steamship, 4732 tons. Built 1930.  Length 400.8ft; beam 54.2ft; depth 24.8ft. Whilst travelling in convoy with twelve other merchant ships, was torpedoed on her starboard side by a Japanese submarine and sank within a minute, 32 km north of Cape Howe, 11 April 1943. Of her crew of forty-two, only ten survived to be picked up by HMAS Moresby. She was in a convoy from Melbourne to Newcastle, escorted by H.M.A.S.Moresby and H.M.A.S.Bendigo. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Recovery. Schooner, 30 tons. Built Glenelg, SA, 1841; reg. Port Aledaide, transfered to Sydney on 15 January, 5/1842. Lbd 44.8 x 12.4 x 7.0 ft. Wrecked between Newcastle and Sydney, June 1842; one seaman lost. [LN],[ASW1]

Recovery. Wooden sloop, 14 tons. Built 1810. Regular trader between Sydney and Broken Bay. Master-owner George Hibbs or Peter Hibbs. Wrecked near Port Stephens, during the great gale of June 1816. She had blown out to sea while sailing between the Hawkesbury and Sydney; beat back to land, only to be wrecked. The crew of two and a woman passenger reached the beach, then followed the coast down to Newcastle, but on the way were stripped of their clothing by aborigines. They were given a passage on the sloop Windsor, 22 tons, which in turn was wrecked near Collaroy. No lives were lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Red Rover. Schooner. Lost at Broulee, NSW, 1841. [LN]

Regent Bird. Schooner. Lost in NSW waters, July 1863. [SAN]
 

Reliance. Schooner, 74 tons. #73367. Built Sydney, 1876; reg. Sydney, 36/1876. Length 78.5 ft. Captain Henry Pearce. Foundered between Brunswick and Tweed Rivers, NSW, after springing a leak, 21 July 1887. Crew landed safely. [ASR],[LN],[SAN - lost east of  Mount Warning]
In 1880, involved in rescue. See ketch Sea Bird. [GB]

Reliance. Wooden screw steamship, 32/22 tons. #113151. Built 1907; reg. Newcastle, 1/1907. Length 55.3 ft. Destroyed by fire, Port Stephens, Tea Gardens, 22 October 1928. [LN],[SAN]

Relief. Sloop, Hawkebury River trader. Built 1804, maiden voyage 7 April 1804. Master Lawrence May. When sailing between Hawkesbury and Sydney, sank off Parresol, near Broken Bay, June 1805. Crew abandoned ship, all saved. [LN],[GB],[ASW1],[JM]

Renard. Schooner, 81 tons. Built 1873; reg. Sydney. Missing since June 1894. [ASR]

Renown. Vessel lost on breakwater, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 1933. [SAN]

Repton. Wooden screw steamer, tug, 89 tons. #155326. Built Sydney 1928; reg. Sydney, 7/11928. Length 86.6 ft. Struck the breakwater at Bellinger Heads, NSW, and wrecked, 26 January 1933. [LN],[MR],[ASR - 10 tons],[SAN]

Rescue. Iron paddle steamer, tug, 144 tons. #64794. Built Great Britain, 1874; reg. Melbourne, 31/1874. Length 113 ft. Lost when she went to assist the steamship Sophia Ann, on inner south spit, Richmond River entrance, NSW, 9 April 1908. [LN],[SAN]

Reserve. RAN diesel tug of 570 tons displacement. Lbd 143 x 34 x 14.5 ft. Sold to Philippine interests and renamed Polaris. [LH]

Resolute. Schooner, 64 tons. #38840. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 48/1867. Lbd 72.3 x 19.8 x 6.6 ft. Captain James farrell. From Richmond River to Sydney with timber, ashore near West Head, Broken Bay, 14 May 1877. Salvaged and re-registered; reg. Closed 1918. [GB],[LN indicates that she was lost],[SAN],[JM]
Macken states that one report says she was battered to pieces on the rocks, whilst another report indicates she was refloated, repaired and returned to service.

Resolute. Schooner. Ashore during a gale between Sydney and Crowdy Head, 24 June 1879.No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Resolute. Wooden steamer, 144 tons. Ashore and lost, July 1894. When off Five Islands she sprang a leak; with the pumps unable to keep up, a course was set for Wollongong. The water gained rapidly submerging the coal bunkers and forcing the crew to keep the fires alight using the coal kept on deck for the donkey engine. [LN]

Resolute. Wooden screw steamer, 211 tons. #83800. Built New Zealand 1883; reg. Sydney, 113/1883. Lbd 131 x 23.3 x 9.9 ft. Ran on to Bellambi Reef, off Wollongong, NSW, and lost, in calm seas, during a voyage from Kiama to Sydney, 12 July 1907. As the tide rose she drifted further in among the reefs and finally jammed between two rocks only about seventy feet from the shore. [LN],[SAN],[BNS]
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Restless. Brig, 258 tons. #49256 Built USA, 1862; reg Sydney, 15/1866. Length 117 ft. Foundered off the North Solitary Islands, NSW, 24 August 1872. No lives lost. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Result. Fully rigged ship. Lost near/in Port Stephens after taking water in heavy seas, 21 June 1875. [SAN], [LN - lost July 1875]

Result. Schooner, 56 tons. #82715. Built New Zealand, 1882; reg. Sydney, 33/1886. Length 82.7 ft. Captain Graham. Ashore due to careless navigation at Crookhaven Heads, NSW, 30 September 1893. [LN],[SAN - lost  Shoalhaven Bight, near Abrahams Bosom],[ASR - lost near Jervis Bay]

Result. Wooden barque, 724 tons. Built Medford, USA, 1852. Left Newcastle for Geelong with 1100 tons of coal on 30 September 1880; last sighted 4 October as she approached Bass Strait but then not seen again. The sloop Victoria serached without success. Thirteen lost, including the master’s wife and child. [LAH]

Retriever. Brig. Disappeared between Sydney and Tasmania, October 1857. Her remains might lie off the south coast of NSW. [LN]

Revenge. Ketch, 22 tons. Built 1853; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Rhoderick Dhu. Wooden schooner, 76 tons. #32416. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 22/1851. Length 77 ft. Lost 14 nm south of Port Stephens, Stockton Bight, 13 July 1866.  [SAN]

Rialta. Barque, 303 tons. #25733. Built USA, 1852; reg. Geelong, 2/1870. Length 113.5 ft. Wrecked at Newcastle, 1000 yards north of breakwater, during a gale, 26 December 1870. Crew rescued by the lifeboat. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Richmond. Iron steamship, 240/135 tons, three masts schooner rig. #78683. Built Dundee, 1878. Lbd 136.1 x 20.2 x 9.5 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run. Lost when drifted on to rocks while leaving the Hastings River, Port Macquarie, 21 January 1884. [MR],[LN],[SAN]

Richmond. Steel steamship, 628 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #89094. Built Dundee, 1885. Increased size to 700 tons, 1887 with lbd 178 x 27.7 x 10.5 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run until sold to New Zealand interests, 1889. [MR]

Richmond. Vessel lost off Newcastle, 24 November 1934.   [SAN]

Richmond. Wooden schooner, 42 tons. Built Tasmania, 1834; reg. Launceston, reg. Sydney, 2/1835. Lbd 47 x 15 x 7 ft. Lost crossing the bar at Macleay River, NSW, March 1837. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Rifle. Ketch, 23 tons. Built 1865; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

Ringarooma. Steamship, 1096 tons. (Sister Arawata). Built Glasgow, 1875. Brig-rigged with painted ports, and straight stems, with luxurious fittings. U.S.S.Co. First vessel to enter Duke's Dock, Yarra River. Operated on east coast. Sold in 1901 and renamed Samoa; traded to the Pacificc, then to Japan under the name Geiho Maru. [DG]
Also listed:
Ringarooma. HMS. On 11 February 1893, collided with SS Kelloe, in Farm Cove, Port Jackson. [MGV]

Ripple. Lugger. Lost at Seal Rocks, NSW, May 1889. [SAN]

Ripple. Wooden fishing boat. Lost at Cronulla, NSW, 2 February 1934. [SAN]

Riptide. Wooden motor vessel, 26 tons. #179742. Built NSW, 1948; reg. Sydney, 8/1948. Length 47 ft. Lost near Tathra, NSW, 5 June 1949.   [SAN]

Rita. Brig, 198 tons. Built 1852; reg. Sydney.Broken up, 1889. [ASR]

Rita. See MV Wyangarie.

River Chief. Wooden brig,  159 tons. #32578. Built WA, 1845; reg. Sydney, 96/1854. Length 72 ft. Lost at Richmond River heads, NSW, 25 November 1865.  [SAN]

Rob Roy. Ketch, 41 tons. #101107. Built NSW, 1894; reg. Sydney,  6/1894. Length 55 ft. Foundered between Sydney and Camden Haven,  24 September 1894. Last seen off Port Stephens; heavy weather blamed for her disappearance. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Rob Roy. Topsail schooner, 87 tons. #71817. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 16/1875. Length 80 ft. Lost on north beach, Clarence heads, NSW, 17 May 1878.  [SAN],[LN]
 

Robert Towns. Barque, 260 tons. Built 1852; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Robert J Walker. Liberty ship, steel screw steamer,  7180 tons. Built Portland, Oregon, USA, 1943. Lbd  422.8 x 57 x 34.8ft. Torpedoed by German submarine U862 and sank 64 km due east of Bermagui, 24 December 1944. She was severely damaged, but remained afloat for some time, enabling her crew to abandon ship to the rafts, and were rescued soon after. However, two lives were lost in the explosion. [LN],[SAN - lost 26 December 1944],[LAH - built 1944, lost 25 December]

Robyn May. Woo den motor vessel, 20 tons. Length 50 ft.  Lost off Cape Barrenjoey, Broken Bay, 16 May 1945. [SAN]

Rocket. Paddle steamer, 23 tons. #74990. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 57/1878. Length 62.3 ft. Ashore and lost on the bar at Macleay River, NSW, 27 May 1882. [LN],[SAN - schooner]

Rocklily. Wood steamship, 218 tons. Built Kincumber, NSW, 1906. Lbd 117.7 x 27.9 x 9 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run, and to Brisbane. Scrapped 1927. [MR]

Rocklily. Wooden paddle steamer, 132 tons. #106221. Built Manning River, 1898. Lbd 82.5 x 23.2 x 4.1 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run. Broken up 1928. [MR]

Roderick Dhu. Schooner. Wrecked at Norma Point, 14 miles south of Port Stephens, 1866. All hands saved. [LN]

Rodney Darling. Murray River paddle steamer. Captain Dickson. Burnt, 1894. [MJ]

Rodney. Paddle steamer, 133 tons. Built 1875; reg. Sydney. Burnt at River Darling, NSW, August 1894. [ASR]

Rosa. Italian brig, wooden, 164 tons. Length 164 ft. Ashore on rocks (Rosa Gully), near Macquarie lighthouse, July 1853. While trading in the South Seas, the Rosa was attacked by about 150 natives when taking on fresh water in the Kingsmill Islands, killing six of the crew including the captain and mate. The Second Mate took charge and set a course for Sydney although the vessel was undermanned. On the morning of 11 July land was sighted, but in the heavy sea it was found impossible to keep the vessel off shore. An anchor was dropped when she was about half a kilometre off the Macquarie lighthouse but in a heavy squall the anchor parted and the vessel was run ashore where she struck a cleft in the rocks and went to pieces almost immediately. Although the crew of six reached safety nothing was saved.
[LN],[SAN - 134 tons],[BNS]

Rosa. Schooner, 28 tons.  Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Rose of Liverpool.  Wooden sloop, 60 tons; reg. Liverpool. Owned by Captain Harrison. The stern of a vessel with this name ‘Rose of Liverpool’ was washed on to Tuggerah Beach in January 1835, together with a dead body and a small boat. Possibly lost 9 January 1935. [GB],[SAN]

Rose of Sharon.  Wooden steamer, 115/78 tons. Built on the Bellinger River, 1884; reg. Sydney. Renamed Endeavour in December 1890.  Driven ashore and lost at the entrance to the Brunswick River, February 1892. [LPA].[ASR]

Rose of Eden. Wooden schooner,  50 tons. Built NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 87/1849. Length 57.8 ft. Lost in bay between Broken Bay and Barranjoey heads; ashore south of Broken Bay, NSW,  July 1852. Homeward bound from Macleay River with a cargo of tallow, hides and furniture; all passengers and crew lost. [LN],[SAN],[JM]

Rose. Cutter, 28 tons. Built Brisbane Waters, NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 77/1842. Lbd 38.2 x 13.8 x 7.1 ft. Possibly lost at Tweed Heads, January 1847.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]

Rose. Iron paddle steamer, schooner rigged, 200 tons. Built at Milwall on the Thames, 1840. Lbd 150 x 20 x 6.5 ft. Came to Australia under Captain Stewart, 158 days out of London, for the Hunter River Steam Navigation Co, the first iron steamer to arrive in Australia. [MR],[WL],[DG]
On 28 January 1846, a steamer of this name collided with the barque Alfred off North Head, Port Jackson, sinking the barque with no loss of life.  [LN
In 1851, a steamer of this name attempted to tow free the brig Two Friends, driven ashore at South Head, Port Jackson. [LN]
Also listed:
Rose. Steamer. Assisted in rescue - see schooner Bessy, lost NSW, 1844.

Rose. Ketch, 11 tons. #51592. Built on the Hunter River, NSW, 1872; reg. Newcastle, 6/1873. Lbd 37 x 11.2 x 4.2 ft. Master John Buckley. Left Newcastle for Lake Macqurie, wrecked in gale near Terrigal, NSW, 11 May 1877. Two lives lost. [GB],[LN],[SAN - lost 12 May 1877 on beach opposite Towan Reef, 23 nm south of Lake Macqurie]

Rose. Schooner. Passed near survivors of the foundered schooner Oceana, central coast NSW, 1859, without seeing them. [GB]

Rose. Screw steamer,  43, tons. #83636. Built NSW, 1881; reg. Sydney, 53/1898. Length 67 ft. Destroyed by fire at Tea Gardens, Port Stephens, 7 October 1916.   [SAN],[LN]

Rose. Wooden schooner. Wrecked on Terrigal Beach, NSW, after leaving Richmond River, 16 June 1852. One of ten vessels wrecked during storms that lasted two weeks. [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Rosedale. Iron screw steamship, 274/164 tons. #74672. Built Dundee, Scotland, 1877; reg. Sydney, 21/1892. Lbd 140 x 26.1 x 8.5 ft. Owned by the N.C.S.N.Co. Left Nambucca River for Sydney 15 September 1911 with 30 passengers and crew; was seen off Crowdy Head battling her way through rough seas, but was not sighted again. One theory presented was that she turned to run for Trial Bay but struck Fish Rock and foundered. Some time later wreckage from her washed ashore. See also barques Inca and Laura lost in the same gale. Eighteen crew and ten or twelve passengers lost. Captain McDonald of SS Cape Finisterre, and Captain Farrell of Burringbar, reported sighting of extensive wreckage
[LN],[#MR],[SAN],[#MGS],[LAH]
In January 1911, stranded on the bar at Bellinger River for three weeks before being refloated. [MGS]
@ The wreck was located near Port Macquarie in 1995.

Rose M. Barque, 366 tons. Built 1865; reg. Newcastle. Foundered during a voyage from Kaipara, New Zealand, to Melbourne, 1891. About 15 metres of the deck of a wooden vessel with winch attached was washed ashore on 16 March between Manning River and Crowdy Head, and identified as part of the barque. [LN],[ASR]

Rose of Australia. Wooden brig, 262 tons.  #45153. Built Great Britain, 1862; reg. Newcastle, 7/1864. Lbd 98.9 x 26.2 x 16.2 ft. Ashore in Wreck Bay, NSW, during a fog, 22 January 1874. No lives lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Rosetta Joseph. Wooden barquentine,  265 tons. Built NSW, 1847; reg. Sydney, 82/1847. Length 88.9 ft. Lost on Elizabeth Reef, off Richmond River, NSW, 1 December 1850.  [SAN]

Rosita. See SS Canonbar.

Rotumah. Barque, 282 tons. Built 1854; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Rover. Schooner. Lost in Broulee Bay, NSW during a violent storm, 13 October  1842. She was returning to Sydney from Twofold Bay. Local residents helped ten to safety, but two lives were lost. [LN]

Rover. Wooden cutter. Foundered in gale between Sydney and Newcastle, April 1831. No survivors.  [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Rover. Wooden schooner,  87 tons. Built NSW, 1841; reg. Sydney, 29/1841. Length 86.6 ft. Lost at Broulee Bay, NSW, 14 October 1841.[SAN],[BNS]
@ Wrecksite known, off Mossy Point. Little remains.

Rover. Wooden cutter, 10 ton. Built Hawkesbury River, 1839; reg. Sydney, 86/1840. Lbd 26 x 10.5 x 4.5 ft. Lost after striking the hull of the Denmark Hill, Pittwater, Broken Bay, NSW, 3 November 1842. No loss of life. She was carrying a cargo of lime from Pittwarer to Sydney, which became saturated when the vessel sank, and burst her sides.
[LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, in shallow water, at the entrance to Pittwater, lying above the Denmark Hill.

Royal Alfred. Paddle steamer, 89 tons. Built 1868; reg. Sydney.Broken up Berry’s Bay, NSW, 1892. [ASR]

Royal Exchange. Barque, 222 tons. Reg Newcastle. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Rozelle Breeze. See SS Ulmarra.

Rozelle. Schooner, 98 tons. #106113. Built NSW, 1896; reg. Sydney, 10/1896. Length 95 ft.  Lost near Tuggerah Lakes, NSW, 17 October 1914.  [SAN]

Ruahine.  Two-masted brig-rigged, screw steamer, 1503 tons. Built Millwall, UK, 1865. Lbd 260 x 32 x 26 ft. Owned and operated by the Panama, New Zealand and Australian Royal Mail Company on a regular run between Australia to Panama in order to connect with the trans-isthmus railway to Colon on the Atlantic coast, commencing  1866.  Taken over by West India Royal Mail Co. In 1869 and renamed Liffey. Ran ashore, wrecked, on the Uruguay coast, 1874 [WL]

Ruana. Ketch, 48 tons. Built 1907; reg. Sydney. Vessel lost. Reg closed 1943. [ASR]

Ruby . Topsail schooner, 83 tons. #74919. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 62/1888. Length 89.3 ft. Sprang a leak and foundered 25 km off Newcastle, 17 November 1894. [SAN],[ASR],[LN]

Ruby. Ketch, fishing boat, 8 tons. #89373. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 73/1885. Length 30 ft. Lost on Sir John Young Banks, Beecroft Head, NSW, 9 December 1895. [SAN],[LN]

Ruth. Cutter, 12 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

S.A.Hayward. Ketch, 63 tons. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 14/1885. Length 77 ft. Missed stays and ashore on rocks at North Head while entering Port Stephens, 13 March 1913. [LN],[SAN]

Sabrina. Wood steamer, 16 tons. #59543. Built Balmain 1869. Lbd 53.2 x 12.2 x 4.1 ft. Operated as a drogher in NSW. Reg. Closed 1952. [MR]

Saint Albans. Screw steamer, coaster, 64 tons. #83637. Built NSW, 1881; reg. Sydney, 40/1881. Lbd 81.8 x 15 x 9 ft. Captain John Dalton Ashore on Yellow Rock between Sydney and Kiama, 16 May 1882. [LN],[SAN - lost 17 May 1882, on north head, Long Bay]

Saint Francisco & St. Paulo. Spanish brig. Captured by Captain Campbell of the brig Harrington, 1804. Became a war prize.  [NH]

Saint George. Ketch. Wrecked 50 km north of Port Macquarie in a gale, 1903. Two drowned. [LN]

Saint George. Steel screw steamer, 515 tons. Built Sunderland, 1895. Lbd 161 x 25.5 x 12.7 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Sold 1915, and ran to the Pacific islands. [MR]
On 23 December 1903, under Captain Baillie, beached at Seal Rocks, NSW, after hitting South Seal Island. Salvaged two days later and taken to Newcastle, then Sydney, for repairs. [MGS],[SAN]

Saint Leonard. Schooner, 55 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Saint Olaves. Tug. Involved in rescue - see collier Galava, 1927. [LN]

Saint. Some vessel may have been registered as the abbreviated St.

Sakerryvore. Wooden brig, 214 tons. Built Great Britain, 1839; reg. Liverpool. Lost 15 nm north-east of Sydney Heads, 11 March 1860. [SAN]

Sally. Coastal trader. Disaappeared at sea in gale, off NSW, April or June 1836. [LN],[ASW1]

Sally. Cutter, 18 tons. Built NSW, 1827; reg.  Sydney, 10/1838. Length 36 ft. Lost as per British Register list 1851. [SAN]

Sally. HM colonial sloop, wooden cutter. Captain Thomas Hanson. In light winds but high seas, lost ashore at Port Macquarie entrance, NSW, 13 April 1825. She was in company of the sloop Mary Ann, also lost, and the cutter Brisbane, rerfloated. [LN],[SAN - lost 18 April 1825],[ASW1]

Sally. Sydney registered vessel lost at Reeds Mistake, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 16 July 1812.  [SAN]

Sally. Wooden brigantine, 34 tons. Built NSW, 1838; reg. Sydney, 36/1838. Length 45 ft.  Lost at Long Island, NSW, 10 nm south of Seal Rock, 16 September 1843.  [SAN],[LN]

Sally. Wooden vessel possibly lost between Hawkesbury and Sydney, August 1826. [SAN]

Samoa. Schooner, 163 tons. #74881. Built Sweden, 1866; reg.  Sydney, 62/1876. Length 111 ft.  Captain Brooks. Parted her moorings, went ashore and lost at Kiola, 6 July 1893. [LN],[SAN - ashore 5 July 1893],[ASR]

Samoa. Steamship. See Ringarooma.

Samson. Wooden stern paddle wheeler, 101 tons. #93638. Built on Myall River, 1885; reg. Sydney, 38/1890. Lbd 90 x 20 x 4.5 ft. Foundered after being abandoned off Crowdy Head, NSW, 24 December 1908. [LN],[MR],[SAN - lost off Manning River heads]

Samuel Merrit. Barque, 259/158 tons. #69768. Built USA, 1854; reg. Sydney, 47/1874. Length 129.5 ft.  Lost ashore on north spit, Richmond River, NSW, 13 January 1877. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Samuel. Schooner, 66 tons. From Sydney to Hobart, reported wrecked at Wycatta, NZ, 1831, probably November. The vessel Bee arrived in Sydney from NZ on 19 April 1832 with ‘part of her wreck’, probably the sails and rigging. [ASW1]

San Ernesto. See SS Poonbar.

San Ricardo. See steamer Arakoon.

Sancho Panza. Wooden schooner,  146 tons. Built Great Britain, 1828. Lost on Bellinger River bar, NSW, 1861 [SAN]

Sao. Cutter, 10 tons. Built Sydney, 1884. Broken up 1897. [ASR]

Sapphire. Paddle steamer, 39 tons. Built Sydney, 1877. Broken up at Balmain, NSW, 1892. [ASR]

Sappho, HMS. Built 1837. Length 100.5ft; beam 32.3ft;  depth 15.2ft. 428 tons. Armed with sixteen cannon. From England, sighted a few miles off Cape Otway, Vic, on 18 Feb 1958, and then not seen again. Despite an extensive search in Bass Strait and a report that the masts of a ship were seen protruding from the sea near Wilson’s Promontory, no definite trace was ever discovered. Some gratings which could have belonged to a vessel of her type were found washed up on Flinders Island more than a year later but were never positively identified. Unknown. It was reported in the late 1980s that a wreck had been discovered by divers a short distance off-shore somewhere north-east of Eden. Definite identification was impossible, but the discoverers claimed a number of brass cannon lay scattered over the ocean floor. It is possible that this was HMS Sappho, lost in 1858, but there has been no confirmation. [LN]

Sarah Ann. Wooden ketch, 19 tons. #41115. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 45/1859. Length 49.8 ft. Lost near entrance Lake Macquarie, NSW, 15 January 1870.  [SAN]

Sarah Ann. Brigantine, 135 tons nett. Built 1849; reg. Sydney. Ashore and lost on the north spit, Richmond River, when her steering failed, 4 October 1871.
[LN],[SAN],[ASR - brig],[BNN]

Sarah Barr. Topsail schooner, 64 tons. #49262. Built NSW, 1864; reg.  Sydney, 57/1864. Length 76.4 ft. Beached and lost in Trial Bay during a gale, 12 July 1866. Crew saved. [LN],[SAN]

Sarah Dent. Ketch, 17 tons. #41113. Built NSW, 1859; reg. Sydney, 43/1859. Length 42.8 ft. Out of Newcastle for Port Stephens, struck by a squall and sank instantly between north head of Port Stephens and Cabbage Tree Island, 17 October 1863. Crew of five lost. [LN],[SAN]

Sarah Jane. Ketch. Lost on north spit, Crookhaven heads, Shoalhaven, NSW, 12 June, 1864.  [SAN - also lists: Sarah, ketch, Crookhaven heads, June 1864]

Sarah. Brig, 120 tons. Foundered under Crescent Head, 23 December 1870. She bumped heavily when crossing the Clarence River bar and began leaking; then ran into a squall. Her crew reached Port Macquarie. [LN],[SAN - lost ashore 24 December 1870]

Sarah. Brigantine, 46 tons. Built Wollongong, NSW, 1837; reg. Sydney 24/1838. Lbd 54.8 x 14.5 x 6.8 ft. Master William Winkworth. Left Sydney for Port Phillip but was lost only a few miles south of Sydney Heads, 22 June 1838. [LN],[ASW1]

Sarah. Cutter, 33 tons. Built NSW, 1838; reg. Sydney, 61/1838. Length 42.8 ft. Lost between Sydney heads, June 1839. [SAN]

Sarah. Cutter. Involved in salvage - see cutter Dart, lost Port Macquairie, 1832. [ASW1]

Sarah. Ketch, 41 tons. Reg. Brisbane. Lost south of Sydney, 1868. [SAN]

Sarah. Two masted wooden schooner, 50 tons. Built Balmain, NSW, 1842; reg. Sydney, 16/1846. Lbd 68 x 14.9 x 5.2 ft. Onto rocks in heavy seas near north head, entrance to Richmond River, NSW, 22 May 1848. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

Sarah Beattie. Schooner, 46 tons. #75072. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Sydney, 43/1880. Length 70.1 ft. Ashore and lost while crossing the bar. at Wagonga Heads, NSW, 16 November 1888. [LN],[SAN]

Sarah Fenwick. Screw steamer, 94 tons. #101033. Built NSW, 1891; reg. Sydney, 3/1895. Length 80 ft. Originally Cato. Drifted on to the Richmond River north breakwater and lost, 27 March 1900. When crossing the bar she touched the north spit, damaging her propeller shaft and breaking the rudder post, becoming unmanageable. As Cato, previously ashore while leaving the Brunswick River, 1893 [LN],[SAN]

Sarah Nicoll. Schooner, 68 tons. #52381. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 31/1871. Length 82 ft. Foundered 5 nm north of the Bellinger River, NSW, 19 February 1875. Five crew lost.  [LN],[MR],[SAN]

Sarsfield. Brigantine, 175 tons. #83734. Built Sydney, 1883; Sydney, 22/1883. Length 114.5 ft. Aground on the south spit, Richmond River bar, NSW, whilst under tow, and lost, 10 February 1887. [ASR],[LN - three-masted schooner],[SAN - barque],[BNN - Sarfield]

Satara. Steel, steamship, 5272/3409 tons. #113995. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, 1901; reg. Glasgow. Owned by British-India Steam Navigation Compnay. Lbd 410 x 50.7 x 32 ft. Made her first of seven voyages to Australia in 1902, under Captin C. Goss. Under Captain Charles Hugill, sank after being holed near Seal Rocks, NSW, 2 km off Treachery Head, 20 April 1910. An explosion was heard resulting from water reaching the boilers and the vessel sank by the head in deep water. The weather was squally at the time but 86 of her passengers and crew took to the boats and were later picked up by two vessels which rushed to the scene. A newspaper report indicated that when the ship sank two coolies employed below lost their lives, but this proved to be false. North Coast Steam Navigation Company’s Orara observed the sinking Satara, and assisted in rescue. The N.C.S.N.Co’s Dorrigo also assisted. Despite the conditions, no lives were lost, and the even the captain’s dog managed to make it to shore, bedraggled and hungry.[LN],[NH],[SAN],[#BNN],[#MGS],[LAH]
@ Wrecksite 'officially' located in 1984 (a buoy was position on the wreck when found), in 45 metres, several miles off Yagon Gibber Headland. At 410 ft, there is a lot of the ship to see, sections rising some thirty feet from the seabed. She lies on her port side with bow and stern well intact, engines a nd boilers exposed amidships.

Saucy Jack. Schooner, 156 tons. #71805. Built NSW 1874; reg. Sydney, 75/1874. Length 100 ft.  Ashore 2 km south of Coffs Harbour, 12 June 1893. Crew being picked up off Trial Bay.  [LN],[SAN - brigantine, lost 24 June 1893],[ASR]

Saxonia. Iron screw steamship, 357/243 tons. #28362. Built Great Britain, 1856; reg. Sydney, 42/1896.  Sydney, 1856. Lbd 162.4 x 24.3 x 13.1 ft. Ex Sirius. Struck Bellambi Reef, NSW, after leaving Wollongong, 17 May 1898. [ASR],[LN],[SAN],[BNS],[DG]
@ Wrecksite known.

Schoolboy. Barque, 160 tons. #49284. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 92/1864. Lost  near Port Stephens, on One Mile Beach, late October 1881. Wreckage including portion of the stern, logs, lifebuoys and a boat with a dead body lying near it were the only indications of the loss. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Scotia. Schooner. 52 tons nett. #32441. Built NSW, 1840; reg. Sydney, 14/1861. Length 56.3 ft. Captain Crowley. Struck rocks and lost at Kiama north of the blow hole, 26 December 1889. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Scotia. Wooden schooner, 104 tons. #31545. Built Tasmania1841; reg. Melbourne, 8/1863.  Length 67.6 ft. Ashore and wrecked when entering the Richmond River, NSW, October 1869.  [LN],[LPA - 112 tons],[SAN],[BNN]

Scotsman. Brig, 231 tons. Built 1857; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Scottish Queen. Wooden launch. Lost  Lake Macquarie, NSW, 21 December  1919.   [SAN]

Scout. Steel screw steamer, 77 tons. #89382. Built NSW, 1885; reg.  Sydney, 87/1885. Length 81.6 ft.  Lost at Byron Bay, NSW, 12 February 1887.  [SAN]

Scud. Ketch, 27 tons. Built NSW, possibly 1850; reg. Newcastle, 1/1850. Length 47.6 ft. Foundered between Newcastle and Sydney, 11 May 1850; loss of four lives. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]
In 1850, involved in rescue - see schooner Pilot, lost at Newcastle. [ASW1]

Sea Bird. Vessel lost at Laurieton, between Crowdy Head and Port Macquarie, NSW, 12 February 1916. [SAN]

Sea Breeze. Ketch, 57 tons. #74949. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 82/1877. Length 72 ft. Captain Tozer. Lost at north head, Botany Bay, NSW, 15 May 1883.  [SAN],[LN]

Sea Gull. Schooner, 62 tons. Built Sydney, 1849. Missing for years. [ASR]

Sea Gull. See Seagull.

Sea Lark. Wooden fishing boat.  Lost at Woody Head, near Hat Head, north of Port Macquarie, May 1931. [SAN]

Sea Nymph. Wooden ketch, 93 tons. #83770. Built NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 83/1883. Length 79.4 ft. Lost at Manning River heads, 10 May 1885.  [SAN]

Sea Ripple. Schooner, 126 tons. #53976. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 18/1870. Length 107 ft. Ashore and lost on North Head in Port Stephens, NSW, 13 May 1875.  [SAN],[LN - brigantine, lost 1874]

Sea Serpent. Schooner, 58 tons. Built 1852; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Sea Sovereign. Wooden yacht. Length 35 ft. Built NSW, possibly 1935. Lost on northern breakwater, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1 January 1938.  [SAN]

Sea Spray. Wooden brig,  296 tons. #43236. Built Great Britain, 1864; reg. Newcastle, NSW. Lbd 120.9 x 27.3 x 12.6 ft. Abandoned when pumps could not control rising water, south of Botany Bay, April 1878.  Foundered about 15 nm offshore, 25 nm south of Sydney. [LN - built 1876],[SAN]

Sea Witch. Schooner, 62 tons. Reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Sea Bird. Ketch, 23 ton. #70804. Built Lake Macquarie, 1875; reg. Newcastle, 20/1875. Lbd 55 x 13.8 x 4.3 ft. Ashore at Bird Island during a squall and lost, 9 May 1880. One crew member drowned. The schooner reliaance picked up the three survivors.  [LN],[GB],[SAN]

Sea Foam. Ketch, 66 tons. #74997. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 69/1878.  Length 78 ft. Dragged anchors and ashore Shoal Bay, Port Stephens, 30 January 1894.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Seagull. Could be Sea Gull but all listed here as Seagull.

Seagull. Cutter, 12 tons. Built 1883; reg. Sydney. Wrecked in Hughes Bay. Reg closed 1942. [ASR]

Sea Nymph. Schooner. Ashore during a gale on the beach near the Bellinger River, June 1891. She was later refloated. [LN]

Secret. Wooden schooner, 100 tons. #43233. Reg. Sydney, 39/1860. Length 68 ft. Ashore in Providence Bay, NSW, in a gale that claimed several ships, 9 May 1869. One man lost.  [LN],[SAN]

Secundus. Ketch, 26 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1846; reg. Sydney 95/1846. Lbd 46.2 x 14 x 5.4 ft. Wrecked crossing the bar at the entrance to Richmond River, NSW, May 1848. [LN],[ASW1]

Seivadis. Charter boat. Destroyed by fire when off Watsons Bay, Port Jackson, 5 March 1989. [LN]

Seladon. Barque, 1102 tons. Built 1877. Lost between New South Wales and Honolulu, 1896.  [LAH]

Sena Caroline. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1866.  [SAN]

Settlers Friend. Schooner, 65 tons. #38822. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 16/1867.  Length 72.8 ft. Lost at Nambucca Heads, NSW, 10 November 1874. [SAN]
Shipwreck Atlas of New South Wales also lists:
Settlers Friend. Schooner, 65 tons. #38822. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 31/1875. Length 72.8 ft. Lost at the mouth of the Tweed River, March 1878. [LN][SAN]

Settlers Friend. Possibly ‘Settler’s Friend’.

Settler’s Friend. Wooden stern wheel paddle steamer, 49 tons. #52389. Built 1866. Operated on NSW north coast un. Reg. Closed 1908. [MR]

Shamrock. Iron screw steamer, 1301 tons. #76233. Built Great Britain, 1878; reg. Sydney, 57/1902. Length 256.8 ft.  Dismantled after springing a leak when leaving Catherine Hill Bay, 31 March 1903. With her decks awash, an examination showed her bottom to be badly damaged and after several attempts to refloat her had failed, she was dismantled. Wrecksite located. [LN],[SAN],[MGV],[BNN]
@  Wrecksite known, and fairly well intact with hull clearly visible.

Shamrock. Iron steamer, 3 mast schooner rig. Built Bristol, England, 1841. Lbd 150 x 20 x 6.5 ft.  Came to Australia for the Hunter River Steam Navigation Co, one of the first iron steamers in the country, arriving Sydney 26 October 1841, only four and half months after the first iron vessel, Rose. In 1857, sold to Chinese interests. Lost in the China Sea, 22 March 1860. [MR],[WL],[DG - built 1840]

Shamrock. Ketch, 34 tons. Length 64 ft. Reg. Newcastle, 1867. Foundered off Port Stephens, 8 May 1889. Crew saved. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Shamrock. Tug, 21 tons. Destroyed by fire at Camden Haven, NSW, 20 February 1911. [LN]

Shar Hormuzier. Left Sydney for England on 24 April 1793, and called in to Norfolk Island. [JH]

Shelbourne. Ketch, 61 tons. #94702. Built NSW, 1887; reg. Newcastle, NSW, 3/1887. Length 79 ft.  Foundered off Crowdy Head, NSW, 14 February 1893. [LN],[SAN]

She’s Apple. Yacht. Sank off Forster, NSW, 1990.  [LN]

Sierra Nevada. Involved in collision with brig George H.Peake which sank, 1874. [LN]
See Victoria listing for loss of Sierra Nevada.

Silberhom. Barque, 1853 tons. Built 1884. Lost between New South Wales and Iquique, 1907.  [LAH]

Sinar Surya. See MV Wyrallah.

Sir George. Ketch, 94 tons. #101072. Built NSW, 1892; reg. Sydney, 98/1892. Length 94 ft.  Lost 2 nm north of Smoky Cale, 12 November 1903.  [SAN]

Sir John Harvey. Screw steamer, 670 gross tons. Built Massachusetts, USA, 1852. Lb 170 x 27.5 ft. Sold to British owners in 1854, and arrived in Australia soon after. Transported troops to the Crimean War. Operated between Melbourne and Sydney on her return. [WL]

Sir William Wallace. Steamer. In 1896, involved in salvage operation on the steamer Catterthun, lost off Seal Rocks, NSW, 8 August 1895. [MGS]

Sir Henry Hardinge. Ship, 608 tons. Built Great Britain, 1844; reg. Limerick, Ireland. Ashore in gale near Trial Bay, NSW, 21 June 1854. Twenty-five passengers, and crew reached safety in a boat and proceeded overland to Port Macquarie. [LN],[SAN - lost south side Smoky Cape]

Sirocco. Ship, 1133 tons. Built 1856. Disappeared having left Newcastle, 1883.  [LAH]

Sir Robert Peel. Troopship, 724/610 tons. Built Great Britain, 1847; reg. London. ‘One of the finest vessels to have sailed to the colonies’. Captain Champion. Ashore and lost in Avoca Bay, near Cape Three Points, NSW, 17 January 1847. In hazy weather, she ran on to a sandy beach, where she remained upright, allowing the passengers and crew to reach safety in daylight. The steamer Thistle reported her predicament and returned to offer assistance. [LN][#GB],[SAN],[ASW1 - Captain W. Campion]

Siskin. Ketch. Ashore at Brunswick River, NSW, during a gale, 11 September 1886. [LN]

Sisters. Schooner, 37 tons. #64445. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 73/1873. Length 59.6 ft. Ashore on the Richmond River north spit while calling in at Ballina late, NSW, 5 May 1880. [LN],[SAN]

Skagerak. Motor vessel. Collided with steamer Zvir about 110 miles south of Port Kembla, 15 November 1942. The Zvir sank. No loss of life. [LAH]

Slippery Charlie. Wooden schooner, 56 tons. #49296. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 13/1865. Length 72.8 ft. Ashore at Nambucca Heads, quickly destroyed by raging seas, July 1866. Only one survivor from 16 passengers and crew. [LN],[SAN]

Snipe. Vessel type not recorded. Possibly Captain Jameson. Sailed from Calcutta for Sydney in 1826 but did not make her destination. [AS1]

Socotra. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1897.  [SAN]

Somaki. Wooden motor vessel, 11 tons. #174709. Built NSW, 1933; reg. Sydney, 10/1945. Length 32.7 ft.  Destroyed by fire at Port Macquarie, NSW, 12 December 1946. [SAN],[ASR]

Songariti. Wooden launch, 10 tons. #157629. Built NSW, 1935; reg. Sydney, 13/1935. Length 32 ft. Lost at Pittwater, NSW, 9 January 1938.  [SAN]

Sophia Jane. Wooden paddle steamer, 256/153 tons. Built England, 1826. 50 hp. Lbd 126 x 20 x 6 ft. First steamer to come to Australia, arriving 1831; commandered by Lieut. Edward Biddulph. Operated on NSW north coast run. She is thus the first steamer to operate in Australian waters; see also Surprise, the first steamer built in Australian waters, and launched, but not completed, shortly before the Sophia Jane arrived. Scarpped in 1845, her engines were used in the paddle steamer Phoenix, built 1846. [#MR],[#WL],[#DG]
In 1839, assisted the stricken barque Denmark Hill, Broken Bay, 1839. [GB],[BNN]
In 1845, touched a reef off Wollongong and suffered extensive damage.  [MR]

Sophia. Schooner. Driven ashore in gale, Twofold Bay, 1825. [LN]

Sophia Ann. Wooden steamship, 165/91 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #83877. Built Tomakin, NSW, 1883; reg. Sydney, 10/1890. Lbd 121.3 x 21.6 x 7.2 ft. Aground and lost Richmond River, NSW, inside the Ballina entrance, 9 April 1908. The tug Rescue went out to help the Sophia Ann but she also went ashore and was lost. [LN],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]
In 1896, involved in salvage operation on the steamer Catterthun, lost off Seal Rocks, NSW, 8 August 1895. [MGS]

Sophia Maria. Wooden vessel. Ashore, broke up near Collaroy, NSW, 14 June 1803. She had left the Hawkesbury River for Sydney when struck by a squall.  No lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Sophy and Mary. Incorrectly named - see Sophia Maria, lost NSW, 1803.

South Bulli. Steamship. Involved in rescue - see SS Myola, 1919. [LN]

Southern Light. Ketch 50/30 tons. Built Brisbane Water, 1863. Left Brisbane Water with six passengers and crew; capsized, lost, during a gale which blew from 26 to 28 November 1864, Broken Bay, NSW.  All drowned.  [GB],[JM],[LN - lost 1863],[SAN - lost April 1863]

Sovereign. Steamer, 214 tons. Lbd 122 x 16 x 5-6 ft. Built Prymount, Sydney, 1841. Was fitted with a 70hp engine salvaged from the wrecked paddle steamer King William IV, after the latter was lost in July 1839. Wrecked in a fierce south easterly on the bar of the South Channel of Moreton Bay, Queensland, while bound from Brisbane to Sydney, 11 March 1847. Forty-four lives were lost, only ten survived, including the captain. The salvaged engines broke down just as she was about to negotiate the last line of waves.[ASW1],[DG]
In April 1844,  Possibly the last to see the schooner Harriet off central NSW before she foundered . [GB]

Spartan. Brig, 213 tons. Built 1853; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Spartan. Vessel lost at Tweed Heads, NSW, 19 April 1930.  [SAN]

Spec. Schooner, 17 tons. #32576. Built NSW, 1856; reg.  Sydney, 14/1864. Length 43 ft. Foundered off Kiama, NSW, 1.5 nm off Black Head near Gerringong, 17 October 1865. Two lives lost, including the captain. [LN],[SAN]

Speedwell. Sloop, 21 tons. Built on the Hawkesbury River. Ashore in gale in the Hawkesbury, 1814. Four convicts seized the boat and attempted to escape to the north in her;  loss of four lives. [LN],[GB],[SAN]
On 14 October 1804, a vessel of this name grounded in a creek near Lion Island, Hawkesbury region, and abandoned. In December 1804, refloated with the assistance of vessels Hope and Hawkesbury.
Berry gives a good account of the ‘saga of the three Speedwells’.
The third was of 21 tons owned by Nicholas Thompson. [GB]
Bateson enters the debate with:
Speedwell. Sloop, 18 tons. Owned by Andrew Thompson. Aground in a creek near Mt.Elliot, Broken Bay, NSW, 14 October 1804; refloated 5 December. [ASW1]
Bateson also states that ‘a report that she was wrecked near Port Stepens the previous July is incorrect. Macken also mentions her.  [JM]

Speedwell. Three-masted iron barque, 350 tons. #13683. Built Cork, England, 1856; reg. Newcastle, 11/1876. Lbd 138.7 x 23 x 14 ft. Captain Stephen Sampson. Wrecked on rocks between Bird Island and Bungaree North, 14 April 1888. All saved. [GB],[ASR],[SAN- barquentine, lost Norah Head reef],[LN - lost 1884],[BNN]

Sphene. Steel screw steamer, 411 tons. See Dellie, lost NSW, 1941.

Spindrift. Launch, 7 tons. #117606. Built NSW, 1902; reg. Sydney, 19/1903. Length 24.3 ft. Lost near Gosford, NSW, 1911.  [SAN]

Spitfire. Brigantine, 114 tons. #32484. Reg. Sydney, 71/1853. Length 73.8 ft. Wrecked on Richmond River bar, NSW, 21 January 1857. [LN],[SAN - schooner]

Spray. Brig, 142 tons. #40331. Built Tasmania, 1850; reg. Sydney, 29/1860. Length 78.4 ft.  Lost at the Coal Cliffs near the Bulli jetty, NSW, 28 April 1870. No lives lost.  [LN],[SAN - lost 24 April 1870]

Spurwing. Schooner, 90 tons. #89387. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Sydney, 5/1886. Length 88.5 ft. Ashore and lost in gale at Byron Bay, 17 July 1889.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Sri Mahkota. See MV Wyrallah.

St. (Saint) - see Saint....

Stag. Barque, 307 tons. #53572. Built Canada, 1865; reg. Sydney, 33/1883. Length 133 ft.  Drifted on to south side of North Head, Port Stephens, 7 February 1885. Crew reached safety. [LN],[SAN - barquentine, lost 27 January 1885]

Star of the North. Ketch, 35 tons. Built 1854; reg. Sydney. [ASR]

Star of Australia. Steamer, 231 tons. Left Sydney for Rockhampton but failed to arrive, January 1865. She carried 24 passengers and crew. [LN]

Star of Peace. Schooner, 50 tons. #43214. Built NSW, 1862; reg. Sydney, 9/1862. Length 78.3 ft. Lost on north shore beach, Newcastle, 15 July 1864.   [SAN]

Star of Sydney . Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1865.  [SAN]

Star. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. #32360. Built Balmain, NSW, 1852; reg. Sydney, 102/1855. Lbd 73.4 x 10 x 6.8 ft. From Sydney to the Hawkesbury, ashore on Black Beach inside Broken Bay, NSW, 11 August 1857. One man drowned attempting to swim ashore. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM]

Star. Schooner, 12 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Starfish HMAS. Launch. Lost two nm south off the Wollongong lighthouse, 6 September 1943. [SAN]

Star of the Sea. Schooner, 59 tons. #38831. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 34/1867. Length 75.6 ft. Lost on south spit near entrance to the Brunswick River, NSW, March 1878. [LN],[SAN]

Starr King. Liberty steamship, 7176 tons. Built Sunnyvale, California, 1942. Length 442 ft. Torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I 21, about 250 kilometres west off Port Macquarie, 10 February 1943. The crew abandoned her when she settled by the stern; an attempt was made to tow her in by the destroyer HMAS Warramunga, but she sank the following day. All saved.  [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Stella. Iron screw steamer. See Dandenong.

Stirling. Salvage steamer. Captain John Hall; divers Arthur Briggs and William May. Involved in the salvage of many vessels and cargo, including the Catterthun, 1895. [#MGS]

Storm King. Schooner, 91 tons. #32492. Built USA, 1853; reg. Sydney, 5/1856. Length 77.4 ft.  Sank after springing a leak 14 nm off  Seal Rocks, NSW, 30 March 1877.  [SAN],[LN]

Stormbird. (Storm Bird). Schooner, 95 tons. Totally dismasted and drifting ashore in Twofold Bay, NSW, when abandoned by her crew, who landed safely at Eden, 30 March 1870. A few days later the wreck was sighted by SSYou Yangs about three miles inside Green Cape, lying broadside on to the beach. [LN],[SAN]

Suakim. Ship, 1618 tons. Built 1877. Lost betwen new South Wales and San Francisco,1889.  [LAH]

Suffolk. Barque, 231 tons. Caught fire and abandoned off Cape Howe, May 1879. [LN]

Suffolk. Wooden brig, 380 tons. Built at Yarmouth, England, 1845. Captain Allen. From Launceston, ashore in a gale, wrecked, on Tuggerah Beach, NSW, 4 September 1859. [GB],[LN],[SAN - built Canada]

Sumatra. Iron screw steamer, 584 tons. Built Kiel, Denmark, 1889. Length 171.3 ft. Foundered off Port Macquarie during a gale, 26 June 1923. Forty-six lives lost. First indication that she had been lost was the recovery of two bodies near Crescent Head. Belonging to the New Guinea Administration, she was returning to Rabaul after undergoing extensive repairs in Sydney. [LN],[LAH],[SAN]

Summer Rose. Vessel lost on north spit, Richmond River, NSW, 19 August 1876.  [SAN]

Summer Rose. Schooner, 83 tons. #73363. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 60/1888. Length 86.4 ft. Left Newcastle on 23 January 1890 and not seen again, possibly foundering in a severe gale. A board with her name, companion ladder, water barrel, lifebuoy, hatchways, doors, parts of a mast and figurehead were picked up south of Yamba on 6 February 1890. [LN],[SAN - lost on Pippie Beach],[ASR]

Summercloud. Wooden barquentine, 336 tons. # 35486. Built Great Britain, 1855; reg. Newcastle 3/1868.  Length 39.28 m.  Lost ashore at Wreck Bay, Summercloud Bay, ashore, 5 October 1870.  [SAN]

Sun Foo. Steamer. Owned by Eastern and Australian Steamship Company. [MGS]

Sunbeam. Ketch, 33 tons. #75010. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 11/1879. Length 56.4 ft.  Left Sydney for Brisbane on 30 October 1896 and not seen again. [LN],[SAN - lost north of Camden Haven],[ASR]

Surprise. Paddle steamer. Probably the first steamship to be built in Australia, 1831. Built in NSW, possibly on the Parramatta River, by shipbuilder Henry Gilbert, to operate on the Parramatta River. Later operated in Tasmanian waters. Between the time of her launching and her completion, the British paddle-wheeler Sophia Jane arrived in Australia, being thus the first steamer to operate in Australian waters. The fate of the Surprise is not recorded.  [MR],[WL],[DG]

Surprise. Schooner, 71 tons. #89248. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 32/1884. Length 79.5 ft. Lost ashore Seal Rocks, NSW, 18 June 1884. [SAN]

Surprise. Schooner, 115 tons. #89286. Built at Bellinger River, NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney. Lbd 95.8 x 23.1 x 7.1 ft. Abandoned after she sprang a leak off Terrigal whilst in tow of the tug Augusta, 28 January 1891.  [LN],[GB],[SAN - lost 29 January 1891],[ASR]
 
 

Susan. Schooner, 53 tons. Built NSW, 1837; reg. Sydney, 79/1848. Length 47.8 ft. Lost at Clarence River, NSW, inside the bar, August 1850. [SAN]

Susan. Two-masted wooden schooner, 23/13 tons. Built Hawkeesbury River, NSW, 1840; reg. Sydney, 29/1847. Lbd 35.8 x 13 x 5 ft. Master-owner William Pulman. From Bermagui to Sydney, lost on Ulladullah Reef, NSW, 3 July 1849. Went to pieces in ten minutes. No lives lost.  [LN] [SAN],[ASW1]

Susan. Wooden ketch, 27 tons. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 68/1861. Length 46.9 ft. Lost at Crookhaven, ashore 8 nm south of Shoalhaven River, 11 July 1853. [SAN],[LN - lost 1852]

Susannah. Wooden topsail schooner,  43 tons. #38861. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 15/1868. Length 64.9 ft. Lost ashore on Sandy Beach, Crowdy Bay, NSW, 17 June 1868.  [SAN]

Susannah Booth. Schooner, 111 tons. #46422. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 5/1856. Length 89.3 ft. Washed on to the Richmond River bar and lost whilst in tow to the steamer Andrew Fenwick, 23 April 1876. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Susie. Schooner, 44 tons. #75006. Built Sydney, 1878; reg. Sydney, 6/1879. Length 58.6 ft. Ashore 15 km south of Port Stephens, 14 January 1891. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Sussex. Schooner, 96 tons. #89379. Built Sydney 1885; reg. Sydney, 85/1885. Length 94 ft. Disappeared after leaving Sydney for Tweed River, NSW, mid-January 1890. Sighted off the Richmond River on 31 January but not seen again. Some believed heavy weather destroyed the Sussex and the Kent which left Sydney at the same time, while others were convinced they had collided.  [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Sussex. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1870.  [SAN]

Swallow. Steel barge, 859 tons. Built Scotland, 1908. Ended her days in the ‘disposal area’ off Sydney, 22 August 1946. [SAN]

Swallow. Wooden cutter,  26 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1836; reg. Sydney, 13/1837. Lbd 38.6 x 13.4 x 6.4 ft. Lost Macleay River bar, NSW, June 1839.  [SAN],[LN],[ASW1]
She was probably raised, because also listed:
Swallow. Wooden cutter, 26 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, 1836. Lbd 38.6 x 13.4 x 6.4 ft.  Lost at Gerringong harbour entrance, south coast NSW, 15 March 1842. A man and a boy were drowned. [ASW1], [SAN]

Swan. HMAS, destroyer, 700 tons displacement. Built at Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney in 1915-16. Lbd 250 x 24.5 x 9 ft. Privately purchased in 1933 along with her sister ship Parramatta for the sum of £6; aim to use them as fishermen’s huts on the Hawkesbury , but authorities objected, so used as sand and metal barges during construction of the Hawkesbury River railway bridge. Caught in a gale and foundered at the entrance to Jerusalem Bay, NSW, 2 February 1934.  [LH],[SAN]

Swan. Wooden cutter, 40 tons. Built Ulladulla, NSW, 1835; reg. Sydney, 10/1835. Lbd 41-8 x 15-2 x 6-2 ft.  Master John Swan. Foundered after leaving Wollongong, 27 February 1836. A crew of four, and eighter ten or fourteen passengers, lost. An extensive search failed to locate any trace of her, but about a fortnight later some wreckage was recovered at several points along the coast, including Seven Mile Beach, Bondi Beach and off Sydney Heads .
[LN],[SAN - lost off Seven Mile Beach, Botany Bay],[ASW1 - reg. 18/1835]

Swansea. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1916.  [SAN]

Swift. Two masted wooden schooner, 45 tons. Built Moruya, NSW, 1848; reg. Sydney, 58/1848. Lbd 53.8 x 14.1 x 7 ft.  Captain Tirrell. Capsized in squall north of Cape Byron, NSW, 6 May 1849; several passengers and crew drowned. The vessel drifted ashore north of the Brunswick River, where her only two survivors were released after being trapped in the hull. [LN],[SAN - lost ashore north of Brunswick River],[ASW1],[BNN]

Sydney Cove. East India Company vessel.  Ran ashore on what was later to be known as Preservation Island, Furneaux Group, eastern entrance to Bass Strait, after a rough voyage lasting more than three months. from Bengal to Port Jackson, February 1797. Few vessels ever visited this remote corner of the globe, so it was decided that the mate, Hugh Thompson; the super- cargo, William Clark; the carpenter; two European seamen and twelve Lascars should set out for Port Jackson as soon as possible. On 19 April many had reached the limits of their endurance and nine were left to fend for themselves, reducing the walkers to ten.  A week or so later only five remained. On 14 May 1797,  Hugh Thompson and the carpenter could go no further.  Next day, sixty-two days after the Sydney Cove had been beached, Clark, one European seaman and a Lascar struggled on to the beach south of Port Hacking and attracted the attention of a fishing boat which took them on to Sydney. A whaleboat was sent south immediately to search first of all for Thompson and his companion, then the others.  They were never found.  A few blood-stained articles belonging to Thompson and his companion provided a grim picture of their fate.  The wreck of the Sydney Cove was to have far-reaching effects for it led to the discovery of Bass Strait and the rapid extermination of millions of seals and sea elephants which inhabited this remote area. [LN]

Sydney. Iron paddle steamer. Owned by Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company. Formerly City of Brisbane. Under Captain Skinner, collided with the steamer Oakland off Bird Island, south of Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 24 June 1893. Both ships damaged but operable and no loss of life. Converted into hulk at Sydney, 1909. [MGS],[DG]

Sydney. Ship, East Indiaman, 900 tons. Built Java; reg. Calcutta. Captain Austin Forrest. Out of Sydney for Calcutta, was wrecked on the New Guinea coast, 1806. No loss of life. [ASW1]

Sydney Queen. Steel screw steamer, ferry, 1460/535 tons. #152025. Built Great Britain,1926; reg Sydney, 25/1938. Lbd 187 x 35.6 x 13.l ft. Ashore and lost whilst waiting for tug Polaris to be repaired for tow to Manila, near South West Rocks in Trial Bay, 9 January 1972. See also ferries Koondooloo and Lurgurena. At one stage she was named Kalang. [LN],[LH],[LAH - lost whilst under tow to manila, broke loose and went ashore],[SAN],[BNN - lost whilst under tow with ferries Koondooloo and Lurgurena, also lost]
@ Wrecksite known, in the breaker line generally covered in sand, east of South West Rocks.

Sylph. Ketch, coastal trader, 18 tons. #32395. Built NSW1849; reg. Sydney, 1/1850. Length 43 ft. Left Lord Howe Island for Sydney in April 1873 with a cargo of onions, eight passengers and crew, but was not seen again. [LN - built 1845],[SAN],[ASR]

Sylvanus. Schooner, 50 tons. #36867. Built NSW, 1861; reg. Sydney, 36/1865. Length 63.4 ft. Lost on rocks at the north head, Richmond River, NSW, 13 April 1871. [SAN],[ASR]

T.S. Mort. Wooden screw steamer. Constructed from the burnt-out hull of the ship Sovereign of the Seas, burnt at Sydney 1861. Put into service in April 1863. [ASW6],[SAN indicates lost of ulladulla, 1863]

Tahapo. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1913.  [SAN]

Talbot. Schooner, 19 tons. #106129. Built NSW, 1896; reg. Sydney, 44/1896. Length 56.5 ft. Lost at Fingal Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, 8 February 1899.  [SAN]

Tallong. Ketch, 6 tons. #131552. Built NSW 1912; reg. Sydney, 19/1913. Length 29.7 ft. Lost at Morna Point, NSW, 11 August 1913. [LN],[SAN - lost at Port Stephens, near Fisherman Beach]

Tam O'Shanter. Wooden cutter, 12 tons. Built Brisbane Water NSW, 1844; reg. Sydney, 69/1844. Lbd 30 x 10.7 x 4.5 ft. Master Smith or McGregor. Capsized in heavy seas on Manning River bar, NSW, 22 February 1846. Her master was lost but the other members of the crew escaped. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Tamar.
As is often the case when two steamships are of the same name and the same era, maritime writers often become confused as to which is which. The editor is no exception. What is known is that we have a paddle steamer, built Greenock, 1834 and owned at one time by the Australian Steam Navigation Company and ran off the NSW coast. The second is a steamer of 453 tons, built Glasgow 1869 for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company. There is much confusion over details on the 'tug Tamar', 'paddle steamer Tamar' and 'steamer Tamar', with no agreement amongst the authors listed. Thus it is best to indicate what they record.
Gregory: Tamar. Wooden paddle steamer, tug, (possibly) 130/88 tons.Built at Greenock, Glasgow, 1834. Lbd 96.3 x 17.8 x 9.8 ft. Arrived Sydney 5 December 1834; to Newcastle 8 December 1834, operating till 1836, when hull lengthened in Prymount to 124 x 16 x 10, with increased tonnage to 200, and placed on the Hunter River, then Clarence River and Moreton Bay run. From 1850 to 1855 run under Australasian Steam Navigation Co. Altered to tug in 1863, and for ten years acted as such at Newcastle. Sprang a leak and was beached at Cabbage Tree Beach; boiler removed. [DG] There is no mention of this vessel being in Tasmanian waters.
Loney: Steam tug Tamar, 130 tons, Sydney to Newcastle, after damage in heavy seas, run ashore at Norah Head, 11 January 1873. Byron [BNN] lists this, with 'nothing left of the wreck'.
Berry: Tamar, paddle wheel steamer, 130 tons, built Greenock, 1833, lengthened 1836 (to 200 tons), came to the colonies on order of Australian Steam Navigation Co, and for many years was a passenger vessel between Sydney and Newcastle; under Captain Thomas Hunter, lost at Cabbage Tree Bay, 11 January 1873. The hull broke in two pieces and her paddle wheels can still be seen when the sand clears. [GB]
Richards: Tamar, 88 tons, built Greenock 1833, lengthened 1836, came from Launceston (to NSW), owned by Hunter River Steam Navigation Co, later sold, wrecked Norah Point, 11 February 1873. [MR]
Shipwreck Atlas, NSW: Tamar, wooden paddle steamer, 200 tons, built Scotland 1833, lost at Terrigal, Norah Harbour, nearby beach, 11 January 1873, reg Sydney 29/1856, official # 32543. [SAN]
In March 1864, towed burning ship Phoebe Dunbar at Newcastle. [LN]
Also:
Tamar. Steamer, 453 tons. Built Glasgow, 1869 for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company, specifically for the Launceston-Melbourne cross Bass Strait run - 'a splendid sea boat with excellent accommodation'. Subsequently acquaired for the coal trade and ran between Sydney and Newcastle, ending her days as a hulk in Sydney Harbour.
Broxam and Nash list several salvage events in Tasmanian waters between 1856 and 1859, then again between 1883 and 1886  involving  'paddle steamer tug Tamar', and 'steamer Tamar'. Cox mentions the 'Marine Board tug Tamar' in connection with the loss of the Esk, Tasmania, 1886.  All very confusing.

Tamara. See SS Pulganbar.

Tamata. See MV Wyrallah.

Tamban. See SS Kinchela.

Tambar. Steel twin screw steamer, 456 tons. #131522. Buiult Grangemouth, 1912. Lbd 145.2 x 30.1 x 8.7 ft. Owned by N.C.S.N.Co., and operated on the NSW north coast run. Sold to New guinea interests 1919; to Tasmania Government in 1928, then Holyman & Sons. Scrapped melbourne late 1960. [MR]

Tango II. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1915.  [SAN]

Tannadice. Steamer, 2180 tons. (Sister Catterthun). Built Sunderland, UK, 1881. Owned by Eastern and Australian Steamship Company. Sister ship to the ill-fated Catterthun (qv), lost off Seal Roccks, NSW, in 1895. Sold to Singapore interests in 1890.  [WL], [MGS]

Taramung. Iron screw steamship, 1281/814 tons. #79517. Built Glasgow, Scotlandd, 1880; reg. Melbourne,  17/1880. Lbd 246.5 x 33.6 x 16.5 ft. James Patterson & Co. From Newcastle to Melbourne, disappeared near Twofold Bay,  southern NSW, 31 May 1891. Twenty-three lives lost. She was last sighted off the southern NSW coast on May 31, but failed to pass Gabo Island. Several days later wreckage from her washed ashore. She was employed in the coal trade between Melbourne and Newcastle.
[LN],[LAH],[ASR],[SAN - lost in or near Wreck Bay],[DG]

Tarana. Fishing trawler. Struck rocks off Port Stephens and wrecked,  9 November 1989. [LN]

Tarra. Screw steamer,  20 tons. Built Victoria, 1869; reg. Melbourne, 25/1870. Length 53 ft. Lost in NSW waters, 1874. [SAN]

Tasman Hauler. Tug. Stranded on rocks at Twofold Bay, 6 July 1988. Was refloated, but after being declared a total loss was scuttled at sea on 1 October 1988. [LN],[BNS - scuttled in 1987]
@ A superb dive as the vessel is intact, upright in thirty metres.

Tasmania. Collier. Attempted, unsuccessfully, salvage of stricken Corangamite, on rocks at St. George head, south of Jervis Bay, December 1886. [MGS]

Tassie II. Lost at Byron Bay, NSW, 1944. [SAN]

Tatham. Wooden steamer, 37 tons. Built Sydney, 1889. Lbd 60.6 x 15.5 x 4.7 ft. Owned by N.C.S.N.Co, and operated on NSW north coast run. Broken up 1915. [MR]

Tathra. See SS Kempsey.

Taufahau. Brigantine, 135 tons. #74921. Built NSW, 1872; reg. Sydney, 37/1877. Length 94 ft. Struck a reef near the Solitary Islands, NSW, and sank, 6 November  1879. [LN],[SAN - lost 5 November 1879, on west side of Seal rocks, NSW]

Tayfield. Schooner. Lost on the Richmond River bar, 1 December 1859.  [SAN]

Tea Tephi. Schooner, 23 tons. #101026. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 77/1891. Length 45.2 ft.  Foundered Twofold Bay, NSW, after being struck by a whale, 27 August 1894. [ASR],[SAN],[LN]

Teal. Hulk, 34 tons. Built 1864; reg. Sydney. Broken up Manning River, NSW, 1890. [ASR]

Teazer. Trading schooner, 58 tons. Built Victoria 1844; reg. Melbourne, 162/1854. Length 49 ft. Timber carrier, operating out of Wilsons Promontory in the 1850s. On her beam ends in a squall and lost, off Twofold Bay, NSW, 11 October 1854. Bound from Launceston to Melbourne, she was blown far off course by the gale and was leaking badly when Cape Howe was sighted between squalls. Her captain decided to make for Twofold Bay, but when only a few miles away the vessel lost her foremast, rudder and wheel, becoming unmanageable. As a last resort the mainmast was cut away, but the vessel heeled on to her beam ends as the crew pumped desperately to keep her afloat. Eventually, she was sighted by the schooner Sophia, and all were saved. [LN],[SAN - brigantine],[LWP]

Teetpookana. Wooden yacht. Lost on Seal Rocks, NSW, 10 September 1937.  [SAN]

Tekapo. Iron screw steamship, 2439/1544 tons. #81826. Built Greenock, Scotland, 1881; reg. Dunedin, NZ, 4/1886. Lbd 291.5 x 38.1 x 26.2 ft. Ex Cape Clear. Ashore in a dense fog on the southern side of Maroubra Bay, 16 May 1899. Rockets and signal guns were fired, while five tugs and the pilot steamer hurried to the scene, but did not move her as it was feared she might founder if towed into deep water, her fore and main holds being full of water. Two days later she was abandoned as a total loss and a start was made to remove her fittings.
[LN],[LAH],[SAN],[#MGV],[BNS],[DG]
@ Wrecksite located, but little remains.

Telegraph. Iron paddle steamer, 521/367 tons. #31799. Built Scotland, 1854; reg.Sydney, 27/1859. Length 221 ft.  Owned by A.S.N.Co. Arrived Australia 1854. Became the fasted ship on the coastal run between Melbourne and Brisbane. Captain Fitzsimmons. Struck a rock about a kilometre off Point Perpendicular, south of Port Macquarie, 9 October 1867. The 20 passengers and their luggage were landed but the vessel broke up completely within a week.
[LN],[SAN,[WL],[BNN],[DG]
Loney puts her loss as 8 October, but this was the day she left Sydney.
@ Wrecksite known and visited as a reasonable dive.

Tell. Barque, 302 tons.  Reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Terara. Iron paddle steamer, 152 tons. #89336. Built Sydney, 1885.  Lbd 125.3 x 20 x 6.7 ft. Steam tender, and later a ferry at Newcastle. Operated on NSW north coast. Sold 1914 to NSW government. Abandoned opposite Tea Gardens, NSW. [LH],[MR]

Terranora. Steel paddle steamer, 349 tons. #75005. Built Glasgow, 1878, for Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Lbd 141.5 x 27.1 x 10.4 ft.  In 1890 sold to New Zealand interests. [MR]

Terranora. Wooden screw steamer, 59/40 tons. #106125. Built NSW, 1896; reg. Sydney, 39/1896. Length 67.6 ft.  Lost on the north breakwater, Tweed River, NSW, 22 February 1933. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Terrara. Topsail schooner, 50 tons. #32636. Built NSW, 1857; reg. Sydney, 53/1862. Sprang a leak and sank quickly about 20 kilometres north off Port Stephens, NSW, 5 February 1868.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR - lost 1873]

Terrigal Jack. Ketch, 23 tons. #59539. Built NSW, 1869; reg Sydney, 41/1869. Length 75.5 ft. Lost off Seal Ricks, NSW, 30 March 1873. [ASR],[SAN]

Tethys. Vessel losst in NSW waters, 1907.  [SAN]

Teven. Wooden screw steamer. Lost near Coraki, Richmond River, NSW, 9 September  1937. [SAN]

The Billy. Familiar name given to the paddle steamer William the Fourth (qv). [DG]

The Grand. Steel steamer, 66/45 tons. #79545. Built Melbourne, 1883; reg. Sydney. Lbd 90.2 x 13 x 7.8 ft. Broken up 1892. [ASR]

The Pathfinder. Wooden motor vessel, 44 tons. #139371. Built Queensland,1929; reg. Sydney, 10/1933. Length 59.6 ft. Lost 1.5 nm east of  Terrigal, NSW, 9 April 1934.  [SAN]

The Queen. Schooner, 71 tons. Built 1879, reg. Sydney. Foundered off Port Macquarie, NSW, February 1892. [ASR]

Theophane. Ship, 1587 tons. Built 1868. Lost between New South Wales and Mollendo, 1891.  [LAH]

Theresa. Ketch, 24/18 tons. #74972. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 89/1892. Length 48.7 ft.  Lost at Broken Bay, Barranjoey Head, off lighthouse, 9 October 1913. [LN],[SAN - lost 11 October 1913]

Thistle. Iron steamer, schooner rigged. Built at Milwall on the Thames, 1840. Lbd 150 x 20 x 6.5 ft. Came to Australia for the Hunter River Steam Navigation Co, one of the first iron steamers in the country, arriving 22 April 1841, 130 days out from England.  [MR],[WL]
On 24 October 1846, under Captain Mulhall, ran into the cutter Black Swan soon after leaving Newcastle for Sydney, killing two of the three crew who were knocked overboard and drowned. The Black Swan was not extensively damaged and was taken to Newcastle. Going for the double, the Thistle managed to run down a small boat when entering Darling Harbour, killing the sole occupant. [MR],[ASW1],[DG]
In 1847, reported the stranding of the troopship Sir Robert Peel, and gave assistance.
In 1856, collided with and sank the schooner Fortitude off Broken Head, NSW, with the loss of two lives. Two others managed to jumop from the schooner to the steamer. [GB],[JM]

Thistle. Schooner, 139 tons. #88990. Built NSW, 1886; reg. Sydney, 4/1888. Length 109.2 ft. Lost Forster bar, NSW, 13 February 1907.  [SAN]

Thistle. Screw steamer, tug, 64 tons. #101077. Built NSW, 1892; reg. Sydney, 102/1892. Length 78.6 ft. Lost at Nambucca River heads, NSW, 9 August 1901. [SAN],[LN - lost September 1901]

Thode Figeluid. Steel screw steamer, 4352 tons. Built Great Britain, 1904; reg. Norway, Tonsberg. Length 355 ft.  Possibly lost at Cronulla Beach, 1908.  [SAN]

Thomas & Henry. Schooner, 55 tons. #38824. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Sydney, 20/1867. Lost on the Nambucca River bar, NSW, 18 June 1877. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Thordis. Steel screw steamship, 3735/2414 tons. Built Sunderland, Great Britain, 1899; reg. Tonsberg, Norway. Lbd 339 x 48 x 19 ft. Captain Berg. Ashore and lost at Port Stephens when caught in a current and thrown against rocks, 4 March 1906. The tug Irresistible, somewhat reluctantly, involved in rescue. Wrecksite known.  [LN],[SAN],[#MGS@]

Three Sisters. Wooden coastal trader, cutter, 17 tons. Built on the Hawkesbury River, 1835; reg. Sydney, 7/1836.  Lbd 33 x 11 x 4-8 ft. Master and part owner Richard Palmer. Foundered near Hawkesbury River, NSW, June 1836. Loss of eight lives. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1]

Thurland Castle. Barque. Built 1877. Left Newcastle in 1877 and disappeared. [LAH]

Tidal Wave. Schooner, 98 tons. #74983. Built NSW, 1878; reg. Sydney, 48/1878. Lost when attempting to enter the Richmond River, 7 June 1879. [LN],[SAN - brigantine, lost 1 June]

Tierpan. Barque, 222 tons. Abandoned off the NSW north coast after springing a leak, 8 June 1876. [LN]

Tiger. Schooner, 76 tons. #31600. Built Canada, 1821; reg. Sydney, 34/1857. Length 59.4 ft.  Stranded at Bulli, NSW, 13 July 1866. Three lives lost when a boat capsized in the surf.  [LN],[SAN - lost 11 July]

Tigress. Schooner, 109 tons. Built 1827; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Tilba Tilba. (Tilba). Wooden twin screw steamer, 200/120 tons. #125164. Built Tuncurry, NSW, 1908, as Uralla; reg. Sydney, 30/1908. Lbd 125.8 x 26.5 x 8.5 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Renamed Tilba Tilba. Wrecked at Wreck Bay, 17 November 1912. [MR],[LN - name Tilba],[SAN - name Tilba, lost  Wreck Bay, near entrance to Summercloud Bay, 18 November]

Tim Wiffler. Ketch, 23 tons. #38864. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 18/1868. Lbd 53 x 15.6 x 4.5 ft. Captain William Johnson. From Sydney for Lake Macquarie, capsized in a heavy squall off Bird Island, 1871. Three lost; the cook was trapped below. The sole survivor was picked up by the tug Bungaree. [GB],[LN],[ASR],[SAN]
In October 1869, capsized in the Rip at Brisbane water, with the loss of one life. Was raised three days later.

Timaru. Iron steamship, 459 tons. #76070. Built Sunderland, 1883. Lbd 150 x 27 x 10.6 ft. Several owners. Operated on NSW north coast run. Hulked when in possesion of Adelaide owners, 1923. [MR]

Tingyuan. See Cavanba.

Tintenbar. Steel steamship, 668 tons. Built Ardrossan, 1908. Lbd 185.5 x 30.2 x 10.7 ft. Owned at one tome by N.C.S.N.Co, and operated on NSW north coast run. Chartered to Commonwealth Government. Lost ashore on New Ireland, New Guinea, 1924. [MR]

Titan. Floating crane barge. Having spent seventy-three years in Sydney Harbour, the largest floating crane in Australia was sold for scrap, to be towed to Singapore, inspite of efforts by the Maritime Museum to retain her in Australia. She left Sydney on 25 December 1992, and as warned by some authorities, the tow was unsuccessful. She capsized and drifted for several days, finally sinking off Camden Haven, NSW. [BNN}
@ Lies in 40metres, upside down on an angle, resting on her crane. Depth to hull is 28 metres.
Titania. Ketch, 32 tons. #32443. Built NSW, 1855; reg. Sydney, 31/1855. Length 51.8 ft. Lost at Brunswick River entrance, NSW, 7 June 1879. [SAN],[LN]

Tokelau. See SS Tuncurry.

Tomki. Steel twin screw steamer, 589/394 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #83729. Built Blackwall, (UK?), 1882. Lbd 180 x 27.2 x 14.4 ft. Ashore and lost in heavy seas after leaving the Richmond River for Sydney, 14 September 1907. [LN - 376 tons],[MR],[SAN],[BNN]

Toncurry. Steamship, 162 tons. Sprang a leak and foundered 5 km off Broken Bay, NSW, 22 October 1916. Crew abandoned, all saved. [LN]

Tong Leong. See MV Wyangarie.

Toogooloo. Schooner, 101 tons. #106204. Built NSW, 1898; reg. Sydney, 3/1899. Length 90 ft.  Lost from Forster to Sydney, 27 August 1901. [SAN]

Tory. Barque, 512 tons. Built Great Britain, 1842; reg. London. Ashore seven miles north of Port Stephens, 17 July 1853. Bound from London to Newcastle with 280 passengers principally for the Peel River Gold Mining Company; a few passengers were landed but the majority preferred to remain on board to look after their luggage as the vessel did not appear in danger of breaking up. After about a week she was abandoned with the masts gone, lying broadside on to the beach. [LN],[ASW6],[SAN - barquentine, lost 18 nm north of Newcastle, inside outer reef]

Tottie. Vessel lost in NSW waters,  1905  [SAN]

Tottie. Wooden schooner,  74 tons. #93641. Built NSW, 1890; reg.  Sydney, 44/1890. Length 87 ft. Lost at Camden Haven, 23 November 1896.   [SAN],[ASR][LN - struck a rock while leaving the Bellinger River and lost]

Traveller. Schooner, 116 tons. #43310. Built Great Britain, 1825; reg. Sydney, 49/1868. Length 92.6 ft.  Lost at Port Stephens, Nelsons Bay, off Myall Beach, 22 November  1874.  [SAN],[ASR],[LN - lost May 1874]

Traveller. Schooner, 9 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Traveller. Two-masted ketch, 17 tons. #32689.Built on the Williams River, NSW, 1855; reg. Sydney, 28/1862. Lbd 43 x 11.1 x 4.7 ft. Captin John Mitchell. Struck on the bar at Brisbane Water, NSW, and lost, 22 November 1868.  [GB],[LN],[SAN - schooner]

Traveller's Bride. Cutter, 30 tonss. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Trial. Wooden cutter,  23 tons. #32606. Built NSW, 1837; reg. Sydney, 31/1837, 8/1855. Lbd 37.8 x 13.2 x 7.2 ft. Lost on north head, Port Stephens, NSW, 18 May 1861.
[SAN],[ASR - lost 1872], [ASW1]
In May 1839, aground at Macleay River, NSW, 1839. [SAN - indicates, incorrectly, lost], [ASW1]

Trial. Wooden brig, 80 tons. Wrecked about 100 kilometres north of Port Stephens in the bay which now bears her name, September 1816. Captain Burnett. Rumours of a white woman living amongst natives persisted for many years after the brig was seized by convicts on 12 September and sailed north from Sydney. The Rosetta was sent in pursuit, but found no trace. Aborigines claimed that the convicts had constructed a boat from her remains but were drowned when it was swamped, while the master, crew and passengers set out to walk overland to Sydney; they could however have been murdered by aborigines. No survivors were ever found. The wreck was located by HMS Lady Nelson. [LN],[LAH],[#NH],[SAN],[ASW1]

Trial. Wooden ketch. Possibly lost on the Manning River, NSW, October 1824.  [SAN]

Trident. Steamer, 86/70 tons. #93538. Built NSW, 1886; reg. Sydney, 54/1889. Lbd 84 x 18.6 x  6.8 ft. Captain Canto. Struck the end of the Moruya, NSW, breakwater and sank after being badly holed, 6 September 1894. Three years later she was refloated and beached for inspection but found to be so badly damaged she was sold for breaking up. [LN - schooner],[SAN],[ASR]

Trilby. Screw steamer, 129/75 tons. #106121. Built NSW, 1896; reg. Sydney, 32/1896. Length 87 ft.  Drifted ashore and lost on north side of Port Macquarie bar, NSW, 16 October 1907.  [SAN],[LN]

Trimmer. Sloop, 20 tons.  Built Cockle Bay (Darling Harbour), NSW, 1803. On a voyage from Hawkesbury River to Sydney, crew abandoned ship when she took water in a gale and the pumps failed, July 1805. The crew spent several days in the boat without water nor adequate food, but finally made the settlement at Newcastle. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

Trinidad. Barque, 695 tons. Built 1866. Lost between New South Wales and Chile, 1896.  [LAH]

Trio. Ketch, 90 tons. #101042. Built NSW, 1892; reg. Sydney, 49/1892. Length 84.6 ft.  Foundered off Port Stephens, NSW,  25 September 1894. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Trio. Paddle steamer, 156 tons. #48405. Built Melbourne 1864; reg. Sydney, 62/1868. Length 126.7 ft. Wrecked at Seal Rock Bay (about 50 metres from where the Rainbow was lost in 1864), 26 February 1870. No lives lost. [LN],[LPA],[SAN - lost 3 March 1870],[BNN]
@ Wrcekiste known, off the beach at Seal Rocks, north-west of Sugarloaaf Point.

Triton. Schooner, 120 tons. #32546. Built Great Britain, 1838; reg. Sydney ,33/1856. Length 66.6 ft.  Lost at Port Stephens, 8 March 1862.  [SAN]
Also listed:
Triton. Schooner, 119 tons. Built 1837;  reg Newcastle. Lost prior to 1874. [ASR]

Triumph. Brig, 154 tons. Built USA, 1848; reg. Sydney, 89/1853. Length 85.2 ft.. Lost 200 nm east of  Sydney, 1863 or 1864.  [SAN]

Triumph. Ketch, 83 tons. #101130. Built NSW, 1894; reg. Sydney, 45/1894. Length 78.2 ft. Foundered 0.5 nm south of Tacking Point, Port Macquarie, NSW, 13 February 1903. Crew were rescued by the tug Undaunted. [LN],[SAN]

True Blue. Ketch, 49 tons. #74895. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 82/1876. Length 69 ft.  Lost on rocks on north head, Tweed River bar, 10 September 1881.  [SAN]

Truscan. Wooden motor vessel, 95 tons. #174730. Built Scotland, 1944; reg. Sydney, 21/1946. Length 69.5 ft. Sank at Pittwater, NSW, 29 May 1949. [ASR],[SAN - listed as Trusan, lost 19 May 1949]

Trusty. Schooner, 61 tons. #74676. Built Victoria, 1877; reg. Sydney, 63/1883. Length 70 ft. Known to have operated in eastern Victorian waters in the 1880s. Ashore and lost during a gale at Manning River, NSW, 8 May 1885.   [LPA],[LN],[SAN]

Tuggerah. Cutter, 62 tons. #83645. Built NSW, 1881; reg. Sydney, 57/1881. Length 79.2 ft. Parted moorings and ashore at Byron Bay, 200 yards from jetty, 13 March 1894. [LN],[ASR],[SAN],[BNN]

Tuggerah. Iron screw steamer, collier, 749/336 tons. #131540. Built Glasgow, Scotland, 1912 for the Wallarah Coal Company; reg. Sydney, 69/1912. Lbd 186.3 x 28.9 x 12.6 ft. Arrived Sydney heads 23 December 1912. Captain M’Conachie. Turned turtle and sank after shipping a heavy sea a few miles south of Port Hacking, NSW, off Marley Beach, 17 May 1919. Six crew including the captain, Chief Officer and Chief Engineer were lost; eleven survived and landed on Cronulla Beach. [LN],[#MGV],[LAH - steel screw steamer],[BNS],[DG]
On 26 October 1918, stranded at wollongong Harbour and considerably damaged, but managed to float free at high tide.
@ Wrecksite located in the early 1970s, in 165 ft off the northern headland of Wattamolla Beach. Only the stern of the wreck is visible, badly broken up but with its boiler exposed. A popular dive.

Tuncurry. Wooden screw steamer, 158 tons. #117638. Built at Tuncurry, NSW, 1903; reg. Sydney,  10/1916. Lbd 113.5 x 22.2 x 7.6 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Sold to resident commissioner of Gilbert & Ellice Island and renamed Tokelau; resold to Melbourne interests and reverted to original name, trading on the Victorian coast. Lost off Barranjoey, Broken Bay, NSW, 22 October 1916.   [SAN],[MR - struck from register 1919]
Also listed by SAN:
Tuncurry.  Lost on the bar at Cape Hawke, 25 March 1908.  [SAN]

Turtle. Ketch, 15 tons. #38823. Built NSW, 1867; reg. Newcastle, 6/1878. Length 46.7 ft. Collided with the ketch Agnes off Sydney Heads and sank, 27 March 1881. Crew saved by the Agnes.  [LN],[SAN]

Tweed. A vessel of this name was possibly lost near the Tweed River, 1858.  [SAN]

Tweed. Steel screw steamer, 240/151 tons, 2 mast schooner rig. #89374. Built Newcastle on Tyne, England, 1885; reg. Sydney, 74/1885. Lbd 128.2 x 22.7 x 8.9 ft. Wrecked ashore at entrance to Tweed River, NSW, 19 April 1888. [MR],[LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Tweed. Wooden steamer, 47 tons, 2 masts lugger rig. #89308. Built Prymont, 1884. Lbd 67.8 x 15.9 x 6.5 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Broken up December 1931. [MR]

Tweed. Wooden schooner. Built NSW, 1849. Capsized on beach near Tweed River entrance, June 1849.  [SAN]

Tweed. Wooden screw steamship, 285/185 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #93621. Built Terrigal, 1889; reg. Sydney, 4/1890. Length 132 ft. Ashore after her rudder head snapped, Byron Bay, 27 January 1893. Attempts to refloat her had almost succeeded when heavy seas drove her higher on to the beach, where she eventually became a total loss. [LN],[MR],[ASR],[SAN - lost 22 January 1893],[BNN]

Twins. Ketch. Wrecked in the Macleay River, January 1865. [LN]

Twin Sisters. Wooden ketch. Wrecked when drifted on to rocks at Kiama, 3 June, 1851.  [LN],[SAN]

Tyalgum. Steel twin screw steamer, 544 tons. #152016. Built Glasgow, 1925; Sydney, 22/1925. Lbd 160 x 34.7 x 8.5 ft. Aground near the entrance to the Tweed River, NSW, whilst under tow, 21 August 1938. Crew of seventeen saved. On 5 February 1931, hit the Prymont bridge when it closed unexpectedly on her, smashing her funnel but causing no injury. [LN],[#MR],[SAN - reg. #152616]
On 5 May 1932, collided with the collier Abersea ofrf Norah Head, causing considerable damage to both vessels.

Tyber. Barque. Ashore at Port Stephens in a gale, 30 September 1864. Master and six crew members drowned.  [LN],[SAN - listed as Tybee]

Tyrian. Wooden barquentine, 226 tons. Built 1828; reg. London. Lost on Elizabeth Reef, off Richmond River, NSW, 24 November 1851.  [SAN]

U-862. German submarine. Torpedoed and sank the Liberty ship Robert J. Walker, off Bermagui, NSW. 24 December 1943.  [LAH]

Uki. Steel twin screw steamer, 545 tons. #150200. Built Port Glasgow, 1923. Lbd 152.9 x 34.6 x 8.5 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Hulked in Brisbane, 1960; stripped and scuttled off Tangalooma, Moreton Island, Qld, as a breakwater 1976. (Alongside vessel Kallatina). [MR]

Uki. Wooden steamer, 28 tons. #101053. Built Balmain, 1892. Lbd 57.8 x 13.6 x 4.5 ft. Owned by N.C.S.N.Co, and operated on NSW north coast run. Reg. Closed 1953. [MR]

Ulmarra. Steel steamship, 924 tons. #150197. Built Port Glasgow 1923. Lbd 200 x 33.1 x 12.4 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Sold to Hong Kong interests in 1954, renamed Rozelle Breeze, then Papagayo. Sank in a typhoon near Hong Kong. [MR]

Ulmarra. Wooden paddle steamer, 50/32 tons. #38873. Built Balmain, 1861; reg. Sydney, 47/1861. Lbd 85.3 x 14.3 x 4.3 ft.. Ashore and lost near Manning River heads, 10 October 1872. [LN],[#MR],[ASR],[SAN]

Uloom. Iron paddle steamer, 115 tons. #46445. Built Prymont, NSW, 1863. Lbd 102 x 18.4 x 6.6 ft. Altered in 1869 to 90 tons, lbd 100.4 x 18.4 x 5.6 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Out of service through age; reg. Closed 1909. [MR]

Uncle Tom. Ketch, 26 tons. #32632. Built NSW, 1853; reg. Sydney, 22/1870. Length 60 ft.  Lost near Lake Macquarie, NSW, 21 December 1875. [LN],[SAN]

Undaunted. Topsail schooner, 56 tons. #38833. Built NSW, 1865; reg. Sydney, 28/1865. Length 74 ft.  Lost on the Macleay River bar, NSW, 22 June 1873.  [SAN],[ASR]

Undaunted. Tug. Involved in rescue - see ketch Triumph, 1903. [LN]

Undine Bay. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1929.  [SAN]

Undine. Wooden schooner, 78 tons. #73337. Built NSW, 1875; reg. Sydney, 113/1875. Length 84.6 ft.  Drifted on to rocks at north head, Nambucca River, 31 January 1878. [LN],[SAN]

Undola. Steel screw steamer, collier, 429/135 tons. #125226. Built Paisley, Scotland, 1909; reg. Sydney, 7/1910. Lbd 135 x 27.1 x  10.7 ft. Captain Arthur McDonald. Disappeared after leaving Bellambi for Sydney on 20 December 1918. A floating mine from the minefield laid off Gabo Island by the German raider Wolf may have destroyed the ship. The crew of thirteen were lost. She lies only one nm off the northern headland of Garie Beach,  Royal National Park only 14 nm from Bellambi. [LN],[SAN],[#MGV],[LAH],[BNS],[LSW]
On 14 April 1911, assisted in towing the Melbourne Steamship Compnay’s vessel Brisbane off rocks between Big Island and the shore near Port Kembla, NSW.
Gleeson reports that she was also involved in minor incidents with the vessels Moana, Zealandia and Malachite.
On 8 August 1917, bcame embroiled in a work dispute in Sydney Harbour, and was laid idle for five months with her holds full of coal.
@ Wreck site has been located, about three kilometres offshore from Garie beach, in forty-five metres. A popular dive as the hull is well 'preserved' with bow and stern intact.

Union Pacific. See MV Wyrallah.

Union. Barquentine, 361 tons. #32449. Built France, 1856; reg. Newcastle, 4/1872. Length 120 ft. Left Newcastle, possibly lost in NSW waters, July 1876. [SAN],[LAH]

Union. Screw steamship, 84/57 tons. #83711. Built NSW, 1882; reg. Sydney, 61/1883. Struck the Richmond River bar as she was entering and lost, 28 April 1892. [LN],[ASR],[SAN]

Union. Wooden ketch. Lost offshore at Avoca Bay, NSW, July 1848. [SAN]

Unique. Screw steamer, tug, 35 tons. #93551. Built NSW, 1887; reg. Sydney, 20/1887. Length 60.7 ft.  While attempting to cross the bar at the entrance to Camden Haven, NSW, stranded and eventually wrecked, 29 November 1901. [LN],[SAN]

Unique. Wooden screw steamer,  84/58 tons. #112557. Built NSW, 1902; reg. Sydney, 23/1902. Length 76 ft.  Sprang a leak and foundered off Crookhaven Heads, Shoalhaven Bight, NSW, 4 March 1934.  Crew of seven saved.  [SAN],[LN],[ASR]

Unit. Vessel of 35 tons. Lost at Newcastle, 1 June 1938.  [SAN]

Uralba. Wooden twin screw steamship, 602 tons. #174694. Built Tuncurry, NSW, 1942. Lbd 154.8 x 37 x 9.3 ft.. Requisitioned by RAN on completion in 1942; sold to Melbourne interests in 1947. Broken up 1964. [MR]

Uralla. Wooden twin screw steamer, 120 tons. Built Tuncurry, NSW, 1908. Lbd 125.8 x 26.5 x 6.6 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Renamed Tilba Tilba. Wrecked at Wreck Bay, 17 November 1912. [MR]

Urana. Twin screw steamer, 519 tons. #151995. Built Scotland, 1924; reg. Sydney, 18/1924. Lbd 153 x 34.6 x 8.5 ft. Ashore and lost in a fog at Manning River, NSW, 31 August 1937. Crew of seventeen saved.  [LN],[MR],[ASR - wrecked at Old Bar],[SAN]

Urania. Schooner, 101 tons. #32054. Built Great Britain, 1832; reg. Sydney, 74/1869. Length 80.2 ft. Left Newcastle 3 December 1876 for the NSW north coast ports but was not seen again. Six lives lost. [LN]

Urara. Iron paddle steamer, 382 tons, 2 masts schooner rig. #36848. Built Birkenhead, 1859; reg. Sydney, 23/1860. Length 180.4 ft. Wrecked at Clarence River heads, 1 May 1866. [MR],[LN],[SAN - wooden paddle steamer]

Vacuna. Barque, 169 tons. Built 1861; reg. Sydney. Broken up at New Zealand,  1896. [ASR]

Valiant. Steel motor vessel. Length 75 ft. Sank in rough weather off Barranjoey Headland, Broken Bay, NSW, 1981. Under tow, it had been planned to scuttle her further offshore however nature had other ideas.  [#BNN],[SAN]
@ She lies vitually intact, on her port sid, in 26 metres, and is a popular dive.

Valiente. See Canonbar.

Valkyrien. Barque, 498 tons. Built 1868. Lost between New South Wales and Iquique, 1898.  [LAH]

Van Tromp. Schooner, 32 tons. Built 1851; reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

Vanguard. Schooner. Disappeared at sea after leaving Wide Bay, Qld for Sydney, 12 August 1851. She carried five passengers, wool, tallow and hides; was sighted several times as she moved down the southern Queensland coast, then was not seen again. Her remains probably lie off the north coast, NSW. [LN]

Vanguard. Wooden schooner,  70 tons. Lost on  Macleay River bar, NSW, June  1840.  [SAN]

Velocidade. Barquentine, 268 tons. Built in Scotland, 1852; reg. Lyttelton, NZ, 4/1870. Length 126 ft. Lost at sea after leaving Newcastle, May 1874.   [SAN]

Velocity. Schooner. Owned by blackbirder Ben Boyd. Operated to the Loyalty Islands (Fiji) on the first Australian blackbirding expedition. [NH]

Vendetta HMAS. Iron screw steamer, 1090 tons. Built Great Britain, 1917. Length 312 ft. Ended her days in the ‘disposal area’ off Sydney, 1 July 1948.  [SAN]

Vendetta. HMAS. Involved in rescue - see dredge W.D. Atlas, 1966. [LN],[NH]

Venila. Ketch, 42 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

Venture. Wooden launch. Lost at Port Stephens, NSW, between Morna Point and Nelson Bay, 10 January 1934. [SAN]

Venus. Schooner, 13 tons. #69742. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 8/1874. Length 44 ft. Lost ashore at Brisbane Water, Broken Bay, about l920. [SAN]

Venus. Schooner. Lost off Cronulla, Sydney, 22 June 1852.  [SAN]

Venus. Topsail schooner, 83 tons. #69734. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 1/1874. Length 84.3 ft. Ashore and lost during a gale on the beach near the Bellinger River, NSW, 9 June 1891.  [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Venus. Wooden schooner,  40 tons. #41102. Built South Australia, 1847; reg. Sydney, 73/1854. Length 50 ft.  Disappeared when heading for shelter in Port Stephens, NSW, 6 April 1862.  [SAN],[LN]

Vesta. Paddle steamer, 93/68 tons. #31699. Built Victoria, 1842; reg. Sydney, 47/1872. Length 92 ft. Lost on the Richmond River Bar, NSW, 26 March 1873. [LN],[SAN],[ASR]

Vesta. Screw steamer,  43 tons. #75034. Built NSW, 1879; reg. Sydney, 49/1879. Length 67 ft. Converted into a hulk, Richmond River, NSW, 26 January 1880.  [SAN]

Viceroy. Brigantine. Sank near Botany Bay after beeing run down by the steamer Wonga Wonga, April 1864. No loss of life. [LN],[SAN - lost 4 July 1864]

Victor. Paddle steamer, 76 tons. #74780. Built South Australia, 1877; reg. Adelaide, 4/1877. Length 93.4 ft. Lost in NSW waters, 1912.  [SAN]

Victor. Schooner, 58 tons. #75061. Built NSW, 1880; reg. Sydney, 27/1880. Length 75.2 ft. Ashore in thick weather at Bondi, 8 May 1883.  [LN],[SAN - lost 9 May 1883]

Victoria. Paddle steamer, 270 tons. Built on the Hunter River, NSW, 1840 - ‘the finest specimen of naval archirecture...’ Lbd 157 x 24 x 6.5 ft. Engines came from the paddle- wheeler Ceres (qv).  Accomodation for thirty-three. Engaged in many paddle wheel races, often being the victor against bigger vessel. However she was too small to be profitable sand after operating on the Moreton Bay - Sydney route, was sold to Asian interests in 1843 where she did the Singapoire - Penang run for many years. [WL]
Lawson covers quite a number of races, with paddle steamers Rose, Thistle, Clonmel.

Victoria. Schooner. Reported lost off Bradley’s head, Sydney Harbour. Apparently salvaged by diver Arthur Briggs who worked on the steamers Centennial, Cattherthun and Duckenfield. No date but pre 1895. [MGS]

Victoria. Victorian government sloop. Searched for the barque Result, disappeared out of Newcastle, 1880. [LAH]

Victoria. Wooden topsail schooner,  57 tons. #52386. Built NSW, 1866; reg. Sydney, 23/1866. Length 73.3 ft.  Left Sydney for the Macleay River with twelve tons of cargo and passengers, but was not seen again, September 1867. Nine lives lost. [LN],[SAN]

Victoria Packet. Barque, 170 tons. #31646. Built Tasmania, 1850; reg. Sydney, 76/1853. Length 95 ft. Broke away from her anchors and went ashore in a gale,  Bellambi, NSW, near mouth of Bellambi Creek 4 September 1859. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

Victorine. Schooner, 70 tons. Built at Mauritius; owned by Edward Lord of Hobart. Captain William Risk. Sailed from Sydney for Hobart and Mauritius on 24 August 1822 but failed to arrive. Towards the end of the year there was speculation that a rudder found on a beach near Newcastle, NSW may have been from her. [? oops!]

Victory. Brigantine, 142 tons. Lost on north head, Richmond River, NSW, 1 May  1875. [SAN]

Victory. Brigantine, 142 tons. #64424. Built Sydney, 1873; reg. Sydney, 64/1891. Length 91.2 ft. Foundered  after springing a leak off Cape Howe, NSW, 7 November 1892. Crew rescued by the barque City Of Adelaide shortly before she foundered. [LN],[ASR],[SAN - abandoned 6 November]

Victory. Iron screw steamer, 10 tons. #65584. Built London, 1870; reg. Sydney, 41/1876. Lbd 41.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 ft. Sank in Broken Bay, NSW, whilst under tow by SS Duckenfield, 21 June 1881. No lives lost. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[JM]

Vidylia. Barque, 722 tons. Built 1878. Lost between New South Wales andd Yap, 1911.  [LAH]

Viking. Wooden launch. Lost off NSW coast, November 1936.  [SAN]

Village Belle. Brigantine, 129 tons. Built 1849; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

Village Maid. Ketch, 11 tons. #59598. Built NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 34/1860. Lost at  Lake Macquarie entrance, NSW, 6 September 1876.   [SAN - length 126 ft?]

Vine. Topsail schooner, 50 tons. # 64427. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney 39/1873. Length 21.85 m. Lost at Seal Rocks, 3 September 1877.  [LN],[SAN]

Violet. Ketch, 27 tons. Lost at Brisbane Water bar, NSW, April 1878.   [SAN]

Violet. Paddle steamer, 22 tons. Built 1875; reg. Sydney. Broken up balmain, NSW, 1892. [ASR]

Violet Doepel. Topsail schooner, 114 tons. #106203. Built NSW, 1898; reg. Sydney, 61/1898. Length 106.4 ft. Foundered in rough weather 8 km north of the Bellinger River, NSW, 24 January 1905. Bound from Sydney to Bellinger River, she had been battered by attrocious weather for fifty-nine days on a voyage which would normally have occupied seven. After springing a leak she foundered when the pumps choked, leaving her masts about eight metres out of the water in the shipping lane. [LN],[SAN]

Virago. Barque, 268 tons. Built 1847; reg. Sydney. Broken up Sydney, 1894. [ASR]

Vis. Tuna boat. Sank about 125 nautical miles east of Jervis Bay, 22 October 1980. Two crew lost. [LN]

Vision. Brig. Involved in rescue - see schooner Fame, 1866. [GB]

Vision. Ketch,  42 tons. #32531. Built NSW, 1851; reg. Sydney, 19/1856. Length 50.3 ft.  Lost 15 nm north of Broadwater, Twofold Bay, NSW, 4 October 1858.  [SAN],[LN - struck the Pambula bar and lost]

Vision. Screw steamer, 84 tons. #106233. Built NSW, 1899; reg.Sydney, 38/1899. Length 83.4ft; beam 21.3ft; depth 6.8ft. Ashore in gale off Montreal, NSW, 13 January 1911. Crew of three reached safety. [LN],[SAN  - lost at Camden Haven heads, NSW, 16 August 1911]
Also listed:
Vision. Steamer. Ashore and lost at Camden Haven, NSW, 9 June 1901.  [LN]

Vivid. Schooner, 91 tons. Built Canada, 1852; reg. Melbourne, 185/1853. Length 76.8 ft. Lost from Sydney to Tasmania, 3 February 1854.  [SAN]
 
 

Vixen. Wooden schooner, 121 tons. #31509. Built Scotland, 1858; reg.  Sydney, 16/1863. Length 86.6 ft. Lost on rocks near pilot station, Port Macquarie bar, NSW, 22 August 1866. [SAN]

Volunbeero. Vessel lost in NSW waters, 1904.  [SAN]

Volunteer. Schooner, 70 tons. #36837. Built NSW 1860; reg.  Sydney, 44/1860. Length 82.9 ft. Lost at Cape Byron, NSW, 7 August 1864. [SAN]

Voyager. HMAS. Destroyer, 3500 tons. Length 388 ft; beam 42ft., top speed 32 knots. Captain Stevens. Sank 19 miles south-west of Jervis Bay when cut in half by aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, 10 February 1964. Eighty-two men killed. The 20,000 ton Melbourne ran straight through the destroyer, trapping dozens below decks while some who were thrown into the sea were pulled under by the suction as she sank. It took the Melbourne, travelling at about 22 knots, only three seconds to cut through the destroyer. Those fortunate enough to escape said they had no time to prepare for the collision. The two broken sections drifted down the sides of the Melbourne as her commander, Captain Robertson, ordered the crew to commence rescue operations. They rescued 232 officers and men and recovered many bodies. The bow section remained afloat for a short time then sank, carrying with it most of the crew who lost their lives. A Royal Commission which sat for 55 days found that the Voyager had made a turn beyond 020 degrees when the Melbourne had ordered a rigid course of 020 degrees. It criticised Captain Robertson and his officers, but following a campaign by back benchers in Parliament, a second inquiry lasting 85 days, involving 143 witnesses and costing $650,000, exonerated those previously held to blame. [LN],[LAH]

W.D.Atlas. Twin-screw steel bucket dredge, 749 ton. Built in UK, 1949, as the Mersey Engineer. Renamed 1964. Lbd 197.2 x 41.2 x 9.85 ft. Captain McTackett. Capsized in heavy seas near Point Perpendicular, NSW, 20 May 1966. Thirteen seamen, including the captain, lost their lives; four survivors were rescued when HMASVendetta reached the scene next morning. [LN],[#NH],[LAH]

W.H.Lincoln. Wooden full rig ship, 1727 tons. #80856. Built Newburyport, USA, 1881. Length 223 ft. Destroyed by fire at berth by Cowper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, 4 January 1892. Three steamers hurried to the scene to pump water over the burning mass before the fire brigade arrived; ship settled on the bottom and was reported a total loss. [LN],[SAN],[LAH]

Wagga Wagga. Paddle steamer, 86 tons. #74946. Built NSW, 1877; reg. Sydney, 76/1877. Length 68 ft.  Lost on the Murrumbidgee River, 10 August 1913.  [SAN]

Waimea. Iron screw steamer, 158/107 tons. #38862. Built North Sydney, 1868; reg. Sydney, 35/1871. Lbd 131 x 21.5 x 9.5 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. In heavy seas, carried on to north head, Richmond River, 10 January 1872. [MR],[SAN],[LN - name Waimeau, 240 tons, wrecked 16 January],[ASR],[BNN]

Wakatipu. Steamer, 1845 tons. Built 1876. U.S.S.Co. One of the first ships in Australasia to have her saloon amidships. Operated till about 1924, then converted into a hulk at Newcastle.   [WL],[DG]

Waldnesses. Ketch, 50 tons. #69763. Built NSW, 1874; reg. Sydney, 38/1874. Length 75.8 ft. Ashore and lost when struck by a squall and partly disabled when attempting to leave Camden Haven, NSW, 1878. [LN],[SAN]

Wallaby. Schooner, 78 tons. #38843. Built NSW, 1864; reg. Sydney, 32/1864. Length 74 ft.  Ashore and lost on the north spit when leaving the Richmond River, NSW, 15 May 1874. [LN],[SAN],[ASR],[BNN]

Wallace & Bruce. Schooner, 103 tons. #69735. Built NSW, 1873; reg. Sydney, 83/1873. Length 95 ft. Left Richmond River, NSW, for Sydney with timber, on 9 June 1878 but was not seen again. [LN],[SAN - brigantine]

Wallamba. Wooden twin screw steamship, 331 tons. Built Tuncurry, 1917; reg.Sydney, 1/1918 . #136435. Lbd 142.5 x 34.8 x 7.1 ft. Wrecked in a fog at Morna Point, NSW, 11 July 1923. [MR],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Wallarah. Steel screw steamer, 633 tons. #115878. Built Great Britain, 1900; reg. Sydney, 25/1903. Length 183 ft.  Ashore and wrecked near jetty in big seas leaving Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 16 April 1914.  [SAN],[LN],[MGV],[BNN]
@ Wrecksite known.

Walrus. Schooner, 88 tons. #40534. Built South Australia, 1860; reg. Sydney, 49/1870. Length 86 ft. Lost on the Richmond River bar, 7 January 1871.  [SAN],[LN],[BNN]

Walter & John. Ketch, 25 tons. Built 1864; reg Sydney. Lost off the NSW north coast, late 1871. [LN],[ASR]

Walter Hood. Wooden full rig ship, clipper, 937 tons. Built Aberdeen, Scotland,1852 for the Aberdeen White Star Line exclusively for the England - Australia run; reg. Aberdeen. Lbd 172.2 x 30.2 x 20.9 ft. Captain Latto. Struck rocks on a deserted section of the coast near Ulladulla, NSW, in heavy weather 30 April 1870. She left London early in 1870 and after an uneventful voyage ran into rough weather as she approached Cape Howe from the west. High winds ripped away her topsails and an enormous wave swept a seaman overboard. Dense fog blotted out all landmarks; when cleared the ship was seen to be close inshore near what is now known as Wreck Bay. She struck rocks and commenced to break up under a heavy pounding by the angry surf. Several of the crew attempted to swim ashore; nine perished. Two more days and nights passed with the survivors battling for survival on the remains of the ship. The steamer Illalong arrived from Sydney; her long boat was used to rescue the remaining survivors. The coastline for miles was littered with wreckage and cargo, attracting mobs of looters, who fought over furniture, bedding and clothing, or became drunk on the thousands of bottles of beer and dozens of casks of wine. Even the bodies of the dead washing in the surf were robbed, then left on the sand. Of the thirty-five passengers and crew, fifteen were drowned, eleven bodies being eventually recovered and buried on the beach. About a year later rough seas eroded the sand, exposing the skeletons, which were then reburied well above sea level. [LN],[LAH],[ASW6],[SAN][#EB],[#BNS]
@ Wreckage is scattered over a wide area close to shore, with no resemblance to a once proud vessel.

Wanderer. Schooner . Lost on the bar at Port Macquarie, 1906. [LN]
Wanderer. Wooden cutter, 15 tons. Built 1928. Length 55 ft. Lost on south-west wall during a storm, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 4 April 1929.  Five of the crew of six were saved. [LN - auxiliary yawl, 32 tons],[SAN]

Wanderer. Topsail schooner, 240 ton. Built Great Britain. Destroyed in gale at Port Macquarie, NSW, as she attempted to enter the river, 15 November 1851. The owner, Benjamin Boyd, left Australia on the Wanderer in 1849 bound for the goldfields of California, but met with little success and was returning across the Pacific when he disappeared on Guadalcanal in October, 1851, after going ashore to shoot game. The Wanderer set sail for N.S.W. and after being badly damaged in a gale when nearing the mainland, was destroyed at Port Macquarie. No lives lost.[LN],[#NH],[SAN],[LAH - armed yacht]
~ Relics from the wreck are held at the Port Macquarie Museum.

Wandra. Wooden twin screw steamer, 164 tons, ketch rigged. #121183. Built at Coopernook, on the Manning River, NSW, 1907; reg. Sydney, 31/1907. Lbd 120.5 x 26 x 5.8 ft. Captain Reuben Lucey. Foundered seven miles north of Point Perpendicular, NSW, at an indentation in the coastline called the Drum and Drumsticks, after battling heavy weather off Jervis Bay, 15 December 1915. All crew saved. Wrecksite known, in 20 metres.  [LN],[MR],[SAN],[#MGS@]

Wanganui. Steamship, 179 tons. #47436. Built Scotland, 1863; reg. Dunedin, 5/1873. Length 145 ft. Foundered a kilometre offshore from Grafton Heads, NSW, 20 June 1880. She had run on to a reef at the heads, came off and drifted out to sea where giant waves swept over her, drowning two passengers. The survivors were rescued by the Customs boat while the tug Cyclops took her in tow, however she foundered. [LN],[SAN]

Waratah. Iron screw steamer, collier, 550/268 tons. #69769. Built Scotland, 1874; reg.Sydney, 69769. Length 160 x 24 x 14.1 ft. Ran on to the rocks and lost after dragging anchor at North Bulli, 6 June 1887. [LN],[SAN - 425 tons],[ASR]

Waree. Steel screw steamer, 233 tons. #171249. Built NSW, 1939; reg. Sydney, 4/1939. Length 95 ft.  Lost at Clarence River, NSW, 16 October 1946.  [SAN]

Warfield. HM, barquentine, 157 tons. #32586. Built USA, 1841; reg. Sydney, 68/1854. Length 90 ft.  Lost at Bird Island point, NSW, 2 July 1967.  [SAN]

Warlock. Ketch. Captain Watt. Saw wreckage off the NSW central coast that could have come from the lost schooner Architect, 1859. [GB]

Warrani. Wooden yacht, 7 tons. #150160. Built NSW, 1921; reg. Sydney, 22/1921. Length 28 ft. Lost 2.5 nm north of Norah Head, NSW, 18 June 1935.  [SAN]

Water Lily. Wooden stern wheel paddle steamer, 96 tons. #75058. Built Sydney 1880. Lbd 72.4 x 19.5 x 5.6 ft. Abandoned beyond repair, 1908. [MR]

Wauchope II. Wooden screw steamer, drogher, 120 tons. #136461. Built Sydney, 1920; reg. Sydney, 9/1920. Lbd 100 x 26 x 6.2 ft. Foundered off Box Beach, Port Stephens whilst under tow to Sydney by SS Arakoon, 4 April 1942. [MR - lost 5 April][ASR - reg. closed 1942],[LN],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Settled supright in twenty metres, but only the boiler, engine, and for'ard winches are of interest.

Wauchope. Wooden twin screw steamer, 269 tons. #121103. Built 1905. Lbd 127.5 x 25.5 x 9.2 ft. Operated for a time on the NSW north coast run. Lost by fire off Portsea, Port Phillip, 1 August 1919. [MR]

Wave. Brig, 195 tons. Ashore 5 km north of Terrigal, 7 February 1868. [LN],[SAN], [GB disputes this, indicating the the brig Wave turned up in Melbourne several days later after a trouble free passage]

Wear. Coastal steamer, 1892 tons. #129777. Built at Sunderland, England, 1911; reg. Melbourne, 3/1912. Lbd 268 x 37.9 x 17.6 ft. Sank following a collision with MV Anatina about nine miles off Montagu Island, NSW, 8 September 1944. All crew were rescued but one seaman received fatal injuries. The Wear was steaming at about ten knots in a smooth sea when she was struck amidships. Both vessels were locked together for about ten minutes but the Wear was almost cut in half and sank immediately they separated. One lifeboat was launched but some of her crew of fifty-six spent a short period in the sea before rescued by the Anatina and landed at Eden. [LN],[SAN],[LAH],[ASR]

Welcome Home. Cutter, 14 tons. Built 1888; reg. Sydney. Foundered, 1891. [ASR]

Wellington. Iron steamship, 182/110 tons. #79269. Built Dumbarton, 1884; reg. Sydney, 14/1892 Length 125 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run. Ran on to rocks and lost while crossing the Nambucca River bar, 3 December 1892. The Marine Board of New South Wales blamed heavy seas at the entrance for her loss and commended the bravery of the second mate, John McKenzie, who swam ashore with a line. [MR],[LN - lost 11 November 1892],[ASR],[SAN - lost 11 November 1892]

Wentworth. Steamer, 956 tons. Built Renfrew, Scotland 1873. Initially owned by A.S.N.Co., then A.U.S/N/Co. Engaged in Queensland - NSW trade. Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June 1887. No loss of life. [DG],[LQ]

West Hartley 1. (Westhartley 1). Schooner, 69 tons. #38803. Built Great Britain, 1863; reg. Sydney, 35/1864. Length 19.3 ft ?.  Lost at Brunswick River entrance, NSW, 11 February 1874.   [SAN],[ASR]

West Hartley 2. (Westhartley 2). Wooden schooner,  69 tons. #49285. Built Great Britain, 1863; reg. Sydney, 93/18646. Length 70 ft.  Lost from Newcastle to Macleay River, 5 October 1872.  [SAN]
In December 1865, involved in a collision with the schooner Fox which was badly damaged and beached in Broken Bay. [GB],[ASR - lost 1873]

Whale. Wooden sloop, 14 tons. Built Scotland Island, Pittwater, NSW, 1810. Master George Winney. From Sydney to the Hawkesbury, presumed foundered at sea during rough weather, July 1816. Master and two crew lost. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1],[JM]

White Cloud. Ketch, 35 tons. #59544. Built NSW, 1869; reg. Sydney, 9/1878. Length 64 ft. Captain Moncrieff. Ashore and lost in a gale at Broulee Island, NSW, 9 February 1893. [LN],[SAN],[ASR - wrecked at Moruya, NSW, March 1893]

Wilcannia. HMAS. See Wyrallah.

Wild Wave. Ketch. Lost near Cronulla, NSW, 1852. [LN],[SAN - lost 1853]

Will O' the Wisp. Schooner, 23 tons. Built Brisbane Water, NSW, between 1837 and  1849.   [JM]

William & Ann. Ketch, 22 tons. Built 1852; reg. Sydney. Missing for years. [ASR]

William & Betsy. Ketch, 35 tons. #32372. Built NSW, 1852; reg. Sydney, 81/1852. Length 42.4 ft.  Abandoned when from Sydney to Broken Bay, 1876.  [SAN],[LN]

William & Mary. Fore and aft schooner, 26 tons. Built on the Hawkesbury river, 1855. Lbd 48.6 x 12.6 x 5.2 ft. Ashore near mouth of Hawkesbury River, NSW, July 1860. Later salvaged and repaired, and registered in new Zealand in 1864. Wrecked in Grey River, New Zealand, 9 January 1866. [GB], [LN],[SAN - lost, no indication of salvage]

William and James. Wooden schooner, 75 tons. #32563. Built NSW, 1849; reg. Sydney,  44/1856. Length 60 ft. Lost at Richmond River, NSW, 15 July 1856.   [SAN]

William Barry Brown. Schooner, 80 tons.  Reg Sydney. Lost 1872. [ASR]

William Buchanan. Wooden brig, 155 tons. #32691. Reg. Melbourne,12/1854. Was beached after catching fire when about 20 kilometres north of the Clarence River, NSW, 8 December 1865. [LN],[SAN - barquentine, lost 8 December 1864]

William Caesar. Type not recorded. Siezed by convicts in NSW waters, July 1817. A search for the vessel probably resulted in the discovery of the Nambucca River, NSW. [MR]

William Combe. Wooden screw steamer, 39 tons. #157586. Built NSW, 1929; reg. Sydney, 11/1930. Length 60 ft. Lost at Jervis Bay, Drum and Drumsticks islet, 16 April  1931.  [SAN]

William Hezlet. Wooden schooner, 27 tons. #32557. Built NSW, 1856; reg. Sydney,  38/1856. Length 58.7 ft. Lost on the south spit, Bellinger River bar, NSW, 3 December 1864.  [SAN]

William IV. See King William IV.

William Langford. Screw steamer, 20/13 tons. #83641. Built NSW, 1881; reg. Sydney, 49/1881. Length 50.8 ft. Struck by heavy seas and wrecked ashore while towing the ketch Sir George into the Richmond River, NSW, 15 September 1894. [LN],[SAN - lost 15 November],[ASR]

William the Fourth. Wooden paddle steamer, 54 tons. #5/1832. Built at Clarencetown, on the Williams River, NSW; launched 22 October 1831. Lbd 74 x 15.6 x 7 ft. Lengthened 1854, 77 tons, lbd 86 x 14.8 x 8.2 ft. The first ocean-going steamer to be built in Australian. Ran for thirty years on the east coast. Several owners. In 1864 sold to China interests.
[#MR],[#DG],[WL]
Often confused with the paddle steamer King William the Fourth.

William. Brig, 121 tons. Built 1835; reg Sydney. Lost 1873. [ASR]

William. Brigantine, 188 tons. #42903. Built Canada, 1861; reg. Sydney, 40/1874. Length 105 ft.  Ashore and lost on the beach at Byron Bay, 11 September 1876. [LN],[SAN - lost 14 September]

William. Brigantine, 188 tons. Ashore in a gale at Byron Bay, 11 September 1879.  [BNN]

William & Alexander. Ketch, 58 tons. #64399. Built at Hawkesbury River, 1872; reg. Sydney, 43/1872. Lbd 66.9 x 18.8 x 7 ft. Captain David Ravel. Parted her anchors in an easterly gale and became a total wreck after the crew abandoned her at Terrigal, 21 August 1892. [LN],[GB],[SAN],[ASR]

William Bowness. Wooden barque, 231 tons. Length 92.6 ft. Built 1818. Captain Marshall. Ashore in Twofold Bay during a fog, 22 October 1856, about the same time as the Lawrence Frost. Although a total wreck, all hands were saved and taken on to Melbourne by the City of Sydney. [LN],[SAN - barquentine]

William Broughton. Colonial sloop, wooden vessel. Captain George Colston or Thomas Crumpton. From the Hawkesbury tio Sydney, lost in gale south of Botany Bay heads, 8 July 1820. Loaded with wheat and corn; three crew drowned. [LN],[SAN],[ASW1]

William Dawes. US Liberty steamship, 7177 tons. Built Portland, USA, 1942. Length 422.8ft; beam 57ft; depth 34.8ft. Sunk by Japanese torpedo off Tathra Head, NSW, 22 July 1942. Five members of her crew were killed by the explosion but she remained afloat for some hours, leaving the survivors ample time to escape. [LN- lost 21 July],[SAN ],[BNS],[LAH]
@ It is understood that salvagers purchased her remains in 1966, and again in 1970.

Williams. Brigantine, 188 tons. Ashore and lost at Byron Bay, 1876. [LN]

Williams. Steamer. Owned by the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company. Collided with the steamer Paterson, also of the H.R.S.N.C., both considerably damaged, and being out of commission for several months, Raymond Terrance, NSW, possibly 1856. [DG]
In 1856, came to the assistance of the stricken ship Catherine Adamson and tried unsuccessfully to take her in tow, Port Jackson.

Willinga. Schooner . Reported lost at Port Stephens, October 1853. [LN]

Willinga. Schooner, 71 tons. #94256. Built New Zealand, 1892; reg. Sydney, 68/1892. Length 93 ft. Struck rocks at Port Stephens and wrecked, 27 May 1908. [LN],[SAN]

Winnie. Screw steamer, 4 tons. #89362. Built NSW, 1884; reg. Sydney, 55/1885. Length 35 ft.  Lost on the Richmond River bar, 1887.  [SAN]

Wollomba. Screw steamship, 331 tons. Ashore and lost during a heavy fog at Morna Point, NSW, 11 July 1923. Crew saved. [LN],[SAN - lost 11 June]

Wollongbar II. Steel steamship, 2239 tons. #150190. Built Glasgow, 1922, to replace vessel of same name wrecked Byron Bay, 1921; reg.  Sydney, 25/1922. Length 285 ft. Torpedoed by Japanese submarine off Crescent Head, NSW, 29 April 1943.  She sank so rapidly that only five of her crew of 37 survived [LN],[ASR],[#MR],[SAN],[LAH],[WL],[#BNN]
@ Wrecksite known, north-east of Crescent Head.

Wollongbar. Steel twin scew steamship, 2005 tons. #131493. Built at Troon, 1911; reg. Sydney, 38/1911. Lbd 285.5 x 40.2 x 23.8 ft. She was about to embark passengers when a gale blew up; ashore and lost in Byron Bay, 14 May 1921. She was dismantled where she lay.
[LN],[MR],[SAN],[DG],[BNN]

Wollumbin. Wooden steamer, 231/147 tons. #101098. Built Jervis Bay, 1893; reg. Sydney, 10/1894. Lbd 112.9 x 24.7 x 10.3 ft. Sprang a leak and was beached 3 km south of the Bellinger river, 10 November 1905.[MR],[SAN],[LN - Woollumbine]
On 28 January 1896, ashore at Bungaree North; salvaged on 13 February 1896 and towed to Sydney for repairs.[GB]
Also listed:
Wollumbin. Vessel of 147 tons. Lost at Norah Head, NSW, 27 January 1896. [SAN]

Wonga Wonga. Steamer, 750 tons. Buily 1853 for the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. Ran between Melbourne and Queensland, and on the San Francisco run. She had 'a large spread of canvas and yacht-like lines', her sailing capability being important considering her limited space for coal on long journeys. Broken up in 1880. [DG]

Wonga Wonga. Ketch, 56 tons. #74891. Built NSW, 1876; reg. Sydney, 60/1882. Length 82.8 ft. Driven on to beach in Terrigal harbour, 16 March 1882. Salvaged a rebuilt at Terrigal Haven. After rebuilding, her dimensions were 82.8 x 18.1 x 5.8 ft, and listed as a schooner of 37 tons. Left the Nambucca River for Sydney on 16 January 1884 and disappeared. [GB],[LN provides two wreck listings, for 1882 and 1884, the former being incorrect.],[SAN - lost off Broken Bay, NSW, 17 January 1884]
In 1871, ia steamer of this name was involved in rescue - see barque Dayspring. [GB]

Woniora.  Iron single screw steam collier, three masts rigged as a schooner, 250/160 tons. #46448. Built Newcstle Upon Tyne, 1863; reg. Sydney, 51/1863. Lbd 141 x 20.1 x 10.4 ft. Foundered in heavy seas after rolling on her beam ends, five miles south-east of Botany Heads, 28 October 1882. Fifteen lost. The only survivor managed to grasp a plank until an upturned boat drifted within reach. He managed to right it and eventually landed at Botany Bay opposite La Perouse.
[LN],[SAN - 226 tons],[LAH],[#MGV],[BNS]
In 1866, last to see steam collier Corio. [LN]
@ Wrecksite located May 1987 in 63 metres, too deep for recreational diving on air. A reasonable amount of the wreck remains, but is deteriorating rapidly, with the bow having collapsed completely. Much wreckage covered in sand, but thtat which is exposed has excellent marine growth.

Woodburn. Steamer, 398 tons. #89495. Built 1883. Renamed Macleay in 1890 and lost in 1911. [LN],[MR]

Woodpecker. Schooner. Beached five miles north of Port Macquarie, 1866. Master drowned. [LN]

Woolloomooloo. Ketch, 32/26 tons. #36955. Built NSW, 1860; reg. Sydney, 41/1860. Length 37 ft. Ashore at Trial Bay, about half a kilometre north from the wreck of the Julia,28May 1864. Three of four crew drowned. [LN],[SAN]

Woollumbine. See Wollumbin.

Woolton. Ship, 2101 tons. Built 1885. Lost between New South Wales and Valparaiso, 1893.  [LAH]

Woomera.  R.A.N. ammunition ship, 300 tons. Exploded and sank in about 300 fathoms after a flare accidentally ignited and detonated ammunition while dumping obsolete ordnance 35 km north-east of Sydney, 11 October 1960. Two men were killed instantly but the remaining 25, including two injured sailors, leaped fully clothed into the sea and fought off albatrosses and sharks before HMAS Quickmatch arrived to rescue them. [LN]

Wotanga. (Wotonga). Iron screw steamship, 997/541 tons. #74896. Built Dumbarton, Scotland, 1876; reg. Sydney, 1/1877. Length 228 ft. Australasian Steam Navigation Co. From Sydney to Brisbane, ashore and lost about a kilometre south of the Tacking Point lighthouse, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2 January 1882.
[LN],[LAH],[SAN - lost 2 February],[BNN - Wotonga],[DG - Wotonga]

Wressel Castle. Barquentine, 316 tons. #27588. Built Great Britain, 1859; reg. Melbourne,  17/1870. Length 111.2 ft.  Lost from Newcastle to Melbourne, 1877.  [SAN]

Wyangarie. Steel motor vessel, 1068 tons. #171238. Built Copenhagen, 1938. Lbd 215 x 36.5 x 13 ft. Several owners. Operated for a time on the NSW north coast run. A vessel of many names during her long career: in 1954 renamed Mourilyan; 1963 Tong Leong; 1964 Rita; 1965 Baringo; then Fagaras. Finally sold to Hong Kong interests, 1976 for scrap. [MR]

Wyoming. Wooden screw steamer, 258 tons. #93639. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, 1890; reg. Sydney, 40/1890. Lbd 132 x 23 x 10.3 ft. Ashore and wrecked Kiola Beach,  south of Ulladulla, NSW, 28 October 1910.  [LN],[SAN][MR - lost 10 October, 1911],[BNS]

Wyong. Screw steamer, tug, 37 tons. #89330. Built NSW,1884, originally Midget; reg. Sydney, 24/1897. Length 78.4 ft. Wrecked on South Solitary Island, 12 November 1901. No lives lost.  [LN],[SAN]

Wyrallah. Iron twin screew steamship, 302 tons. #93558. Built Sydney 1887. Lbd 140 x 22.3 x 13.2 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run before being sold to the Gippsland Steam Navigation Co. In 1900. Run adown and sunk by SS Dilkera in Port Phillip, 8 April 1924. [MR]

Wyrallah. Steel motor vessel, 1049 tons. #157619. Built at Copenhagen, 1934. Lbd 216.4 x 36.7 x 8.3 ft. Many owners and renamed many times: sold to Noumea interests in 1960 and renamed Colorado del Mar; to Fiji in 1964, renamed Tamata (ashore at some time); back to Noumea and renamed back to Colorado del Mar; to Singapore in 1972 as Union Pacific; in 1973 as Ocean Life, in 1976 as Sri Mahkota, and in 1979 as Sinar Surya. Still trading in mid 1990s. [MR]

Yaamba. Iron paddle steamer, 98 tons. #49260. Built Prymont, NSW, 1864. Lbd 102 x 20.2 x 6.1 ft. Operated on NSW north coast run. Broken up 1910. [MR]

Yambacoona. Screw steamer, collier, 184 tons. #101778. Built Tasmania, 1899; reg. Sydney, 49/1914. Length 110 fr. Owned by William Holyman & Son. Struck on the Skillion at Terrigal, NSW, and quickly foundered, 24 February 1917. [LN],[RW],[SAN],[BNN]
@ Location known, in 28 metres.

Yang-tse River. See SS Pulganbar.

Yarra. Schooner, 121 tons. Built 1858; reg Sydney. Lost 1874. [ASR]

Yessabah 11. Fishing trawler. Foundered off Nambucca Heads, 25 December 1989. [LN]

Young Budgaree. Screw steamer, 70 tons. #83881. Built NSW, 1883; reg.  Newcastle , 16/1883. Length 87 ft. Lost in NSW waters, 1885.  [SAN]

Young Tom. Ketch, 11 tons. #88983. Built NSW, 1885; reg. Newcastle, 10/1885. Length 45 ft. Left Newcastle for Townsville on 25 July 1885 but did not arrive. [LN],[SAN]

You Yangs. Steamship. Last to sight schooner Stormbird, 1870. [LN]
See South Australia isting for her loss.

Yuh Shing. Iron, three-masted schooner, 275 tons. See Kate Tatham. [LH]

Yulgilbar. Steel twin screw steamship, 799 tons. Built 1907. Lbd 199.5 x 32 x 11 ft. Operated on the NSW north coast run. Sold to Burns,Philp & Co in 1925 and renamed Makatea. Scuttled off Mbenga island, 1933. [MR]

Yvonne. Wooden launch. Lost off Smoky Cape, NSW, 12 February 1937.  [SAN]

Zealandia. Steamship. The largest of the Huddart, Parker fleet. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in  May 1918, and carried American troops from New York to Liverpool, and from India to London with British troops. She also carried Australian troops back to the Commonwealth. Resuked services to Western Australia in December 1919.

UNIDENTIFIED

Unidentified. 1790. Small boat with mast aand sail. Stolen by five convicts at Watson's Bay, NSW, in 1790. They hoped to sail her to Tahiti, an inconceivable objective, but was wrecked at Port Stephens. On gaining shore the men, under George Conway, were surrounded by aborigines, who, much to their surprise, adopted them into their tribe, gave them an aboriginal name for identity and a lubra for comfort. In August 1795 the naval vessel Providence visuted Port Stephens and picked up Conway and three others who had 'apparently tired of life in an aboriginal tribe'. Conway served out his time. He was drowned when the sloop Charlotte foundered off Long Reef, NSW, 27 September 1808.  [JM]

Unidentified. 1801. North of Port Stephens, NSW.  [SAN]

Unidentified. 1809. Wreck off Broken Bay.  [SAN]

Unidentified. 1810. A wreck, wooden vessel, 60 tons, bottom up, was sightedby HMS Lady Nelson about five kilometres off North Head, Broken Bay, July 1810. [LN],[GB],[AS1],SAN]

Unidentified. 1815. March 1815. A quantity of wreckage was washed ashore at Shoalhaven. [LN]

Unidentified. 1839. An unidentified vessel was seen to have foundered in a squall at Cabbage Tree Harbour, 1839. [GB]

Unidentified. 1851.The remains of a vessel were sighted near Port Stephens by the schooner Hannah in September 1851 but they were never identified. [LN]

Unidentified. 1852. Wreckage found near Shoalhaven, NSW, 1852. Believed to be of an American; pieces of bunks, railings, cabins and masts indicated that the vessel had gone to pieces. But why American? [LN]

Unidentified. 1861.  Twofold Bay, January 1861. Wreckage of an unidentified vessel about seventy five feet in length were found on the beach including what was apparently the cargo of cedar. [LN]

Unidentified. 1868. An abandoned vessel was found three miles north of Terrigal, NSW, in February 1868. It has been variously reported as being the brig Wave, except that the Wave arrived in melbourne safely seveal days later. [GB]

Unidentified. 1868. The barque Barque reported sighting a vessel of about 40 tons bottom up near Noah Head, 5 October 1868.  [LN]

Unidentified. 1881. An unidentified wreck was seen submerged 2 km from the light at Clarence River, NSW, 1881. [LN]

Unidentified. 1883.The wreck of an unidentified vessel of about 400 tons was seen bottom up off Cape Dromedary, NSW, June 1883. [LN]

Unidentified. 1884. A vessel, bottom up, painted red, was seen off Green Cape in October 1884. It was never identified. [LN]

Unidentified. 1933. Launch. Wreck north of Cronulla, NSW, 5 October 1933. [SAN]

Unidentified.. 1938. Wooden launch. Wreck off Tweed Heads, NSW, 8 June 1938.   [SAN]

Unidentified . 1939. Wooden launch. Wreck off Shellharbour, NSW, 15 June 1939. [SAN]

Unidentified. 1967. Submarine. In 1967 an abalone diver working along the seabed in Disaster Bay, NSW, reported a submarine in more than 150 feet of water, but subsequent investigations by a team of Navy divers were unsuccessful and the search was called off. About a year later a Sydney sport diver also reported the submarine, but to date no official announcement has been made concerning the vessel, believed by many to be a German "U" boat. Naval authorities consider there is no truth in the report. [LN]

Unidentified. 1980. It was reported in the late 1980s that a wreck had been discovered by divers a short distance off-shore somewhere north-east of Eden. Definite identification was impossible, but the discoverers claimed a number of brass cannon lay scattered over the ocean floor. It is possible that this was HMS Sappho, lost in 1858, but there has been no confirmation.  The Sappho was armed with sixteen cannon. [LN]

Unidentified. Possibly a submarine. An unidentifed 'submarine' has been reported lying in fifty metres in Disaster Bay, NSW. Some claim this to be a German U-boat, but the RAN denies its existence.

Unidentified. Vessel off Disaster Bay, Green Cape, NSW. No date.  [SAN]

Unidentified. Wooden screw steamer. Wreck in 60 ft of water on north side of  South Solitary Island, NSW. No date.  [SAN]

Unidentified. Wreck uncovered on beach Evans Head, NSW.  No date. [SAN]

Unidentified. Wreck about 5 nm off Shellharbour, NSW. No date. [SAN]



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