Until 1825, all Australian territory east of the 135th meridian was known as New South Wales. The estbalishment 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 Soules 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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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, 3