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Port Phillip Bay, near West Channel Lightship
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S614Ran ashore near West Channel lightship about 1.40 pm. Despite attempts by crew and steamers Pharos , Black Eagle and Resolute , efforts to refloat vessel failed, became a total wreck over…
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Cape Patton
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S615The site of the Seabird has not been located and therefore it is not possible to assess its archaeological significance. However it has historical/ technical significance as the wreck of an…
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Snake Island, near Port Albert Entrance.
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S617The fishing ketch Secret called at Port Albert on its way to Flinders Island but then went missing. The wreck of the vessel was later found near the Port Albert entrance in twelve feet of…
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Near Portarlington, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S618Although the Geelong Advertiser did not name the water-carrier that it reported lost, registration details indicate that it was the Sea Flower. On its voyage from Melbourne to the lightship…
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Bass Strait, south-west of Cape Otway
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S619The Selje has potential archaeological significance as an international trader likely to be in an intact and unsalvaged condition. The Selje was carrying a cargo of wheat which may aid in the…
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Port Phillip Heads, Point Nepean, Portsea Back Beach
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S620Sierra Nevada is historically significant and representative of a small group of large iron-hulled international cargo sailing vessels wrecked on Victoria's west coast. Sierra Nevada has some…
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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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Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S623The Socrates is archaeologically significant as part of the Port Fairy wreck resource. It is historically significant for its association with the early Tasmanian and Victorian whaling…
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South East Point, Wilsons Prom
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S624The schooner Sophia sailed from Melbourne to the Wilsons Promontory lighthouse with a cargo of building material and stores. The vessel was anchored in a bay near the lighthouse where it was…
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Barwon Heads, Charlemont Reef
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S625The South Milton has historical and archaeological significance as the wreck of an inward bound international merchant ship, although the site does not retain a high level of integrity being…
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Cape Patton
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S626The Speculant is historically significant as the largest ship to have been registered in Warrnambool, and is believed to have been the largest barquentine to visit Melbourne. It is evidence…
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Kitty Millers Bay, Phillip Island
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S627The Speke was the second largest ship-rigged vessel ever built. In February 1906 it ran ashore on Phillip Island as a result of poor navigation by the captain. One man was drowned when one of…
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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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Ships Graveyard, Outside Port Phillip Heads Area, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S629The Trust was rebuilding Duke and Orr's Dock, which after flood damage had been out of commission for nearly three years. It was the largest dock in the State, able to take vessels to 8,000…
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Wingan River, west of Mallacoota.
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S630The bodies and wreckage from the Shaw were found near the mouth of the Wingan River by drovers. The crew had been massacred by aboriginals. The drovers interred the bodies. They were…
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Port Fairy, 2.5 miles west of Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S631The Squatter was battered by heavy weather after leaving Melbourne for Portland and was forced to shelter in Westernport and over at Circular head TAS. On resuming her voyage the Captain…
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Bass Strait, between Mallacoota and Melbourne
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S632The ketch Star of Mallacoota left Mallacoota for Melbourne in May 1893 and was not seen again. "Star of Mallacoota: Ketch which left Mallacoota Inlet on 16 May with a cargo for Melbourne has…
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Bass Strait, off Gippsland Coast
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S633Loaded with coal, the brig Straun sprang a leak off the Gippsland coast. With six feet of water in the hold and the water gaining on the pumps, the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by the…
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Bass Strait, off Cape Howe
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S634Heavy seas caused the barque Suffolk to lose its rudder off the Gippsland coast. The crew constructed a jury rudder, but the vessel was almost unmanageable. The SS Leura attempted to tow the…
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Point Nepean, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S635A 332-ton gross, three-masted wooden barque, the Sussex, inward bound from Newcastle with a cargo of coal, was wrecked at Point Nepean just three days after the wreck of the Yarrow, also…
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Thirteenth Beach, Barwon Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S636The Sussex is historically significant as an immigrant ship that made a number of voyages from England to Australia carrying thousands of immigrants. It is archaeologically significant as the…
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Port Phillip Bay, between West and Loelia Channels
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S637Served sixty years in service around coast and in Port Phillip. Some cargo floated away. Fresh northerly blowing. Captain sent for tugs but unable to free the vessel. By 12 June the Vessel…
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Maribyrnong River, Footscray
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S638Had once been in ballasting trade, sank in the river at Footscray. After removal efforts failed, was blown up.
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Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S639Weather: NNE force 4. Clear night. Estimated loss 1200 pounds. Crew landed safely.
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Port Phillip Bay, Hobsons Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S640Fore and aft schooner, Bay trader Register closed 9 Oct.1880. Heavy rains, wind and sea caused damage in Bay,according to press reports, although Sybil not mentioned.