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Bass Strait, off Cape Howe
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S540The brig Prince of Wales foundered off Cape Howe on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney. The hull of the vessel was found upturned, but no survivors were located.
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Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S601The Sacramento was a 430-ton net (447-ton gross) three-masted wooden barque built in Sunderland, England and owned by Teighe & Co. of London, having previously been owned by Pryde &…
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Point Nepean, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S613The Sea was a 841-ton (new measurement), three-masted ship built in St Johns, Newfoundland, of wood and sheathed in felt and yellow metal. It was sold to Liverpool owners in 1847, was…
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Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S621The Sir John Byng, 177 tons, was also wrecked On the 22id of the same month and was thrown up very high on the beach nearly opposite the old Boiling Down. It was from this wreck that the 6…
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Waratah Bay, near Cape Liptrap
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S628The brig Spencer was on a voyage from Melbourne to Auckland when it was blown ashore by a gale between Cape Liptrap and Wilson's Promontory. Five of the passengers were drowned on landing on…
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Sylvanus Channel, Port Albert
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S641Outward to Hobart with a cargo of livestock, the schooner Sylvanus ran ashore at Port Albert in the channel that now bears its name. A new schooner, the Mary Ann, was chartered to salvage the…
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St Leonards, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S649One of two hulks used stern to stern as jetty until pier built from unsawn logs by George Ward Cole. During 1851-2 voyaged between London and Sydney. Ran onto rocks at Point Nepean in…
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North of Point Cook, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S666Significant as it is the 6th iron hulled vessel registered in Australia. Only paddle steamer wrecked in Port Phillip Bay, built in 1842.
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William Sand, West Channel, Port Phillip
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S727The Will O' The Wisp is archaeologically and technically significant as the wreck of an opium clipper schooner, i.e. representative of a particular type or design. As the wreck lies in only…
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Port Phillip Bay, off Queenscliff
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S728Was at anchor as a strong wouth-westerly breeze prevented proceeding to sea, head pointing north-east. At about 11 am fire broke out in lazarette (aft of vessel). The crew immediately took to…
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8 miles from Cape Otway lighthouse, and Apollo Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S817The Geelong Advertiser reported on 8 October 1851 that: Mr William Marryat, keeper of the lighthouse informs us that a schooner has been wrecked near Cape Otway light, one half of the vessel…
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Swan Bay, Port Phillip
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S832The Melbourne Port and Harbour Master wrote on 12 October 1853 that he inspected the wrecks of two schooners at Port Phillip Heads, one of which was on shore inside of Swan Point. They were…
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Phillip Island, Westernport
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S837In the letters to the Editor in the Argus of 30 May 1913 Mr Jas. C. Hann wrote that in 1852 or 1853 there were two vessels wrecked in Westernport Bay. One was the Little John from Tasmania,…
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Hanns Inlet
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S896Site is possibly Little John S 837. More research required on this site and its construction & loss to establish link. CP.