EMILY

Indented Head, Port Phillip Bay

The Emily is significant as an example of a vessel built at the convict settlement of Port Arthur

EMILY

Johanna River mouth, Johanna Beach, Otway National Park

The Emily is archaeologically and historically significant as evidence of pioneer European settlement of the Otway region.

EMILY

Off Mallacoota, Bass Strait

The cutter Emily left Eden for Mallacoota but disappeared during rough weather, taking the lives of the two crew members. The vessel's dingy and a man's cap were washed up at Tullaberga…

EMPIRE

St Leonards, Port Phillip Bay

The loss of the Empire was not reported in newspapers. It was a general Bay trader, mostly out of Geelong. Registry closed 12 March 1894. Marine Board passed motion to prosecute part-owner,…

EMPRESS OF THE SEA

Quarantine Station, Port Phillip Bay

The Empress of the Sea is historically and archaeologically significant as it was one of Donald Mackay's famous wooden clipper ships ie: representative of a particular design or type. It was…

ENTERPRISE

Lady Bay, Warrnambool

The schooner Enterprise was caught on a lee shore when a south easterly gale swept into Lady Bay, Warrnambool. The vessel began to drag its anchor, grounded, and went broadside onto the…

ERIC THE RED

Cape Otway, Cape Otway Reef

The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway…

ESSINGTON

Port Fairy, Port Fairy Bay

The wreck of the brig Essington is archaeologically significant for its remains of an early Australian built vessel. It is historically significant for its role in the whaling industry and in…

ESTER

Williamstown Rifle Range, Port Phillip Bay

The Ester was earlier owned by J. Jorgensen. The wooden barque arrived in Hobart from London in 1900. Purchased by Ester Shipping Co. presumably the source of her name. Only vessel out of…

ETHEL BT

Lakes Entrance

The coastal trading ketch Ethel B T ran ashore while crossing the bar at Lakes Entrance and became a total wreck. The crew was rescued.

EMILY

Two miles east of Shoal Inlet, Port Albert.

The brigantine Emily was carrying a cargo of maize from Sydney to Melbourne when forced ashore near Shoal Inlet by a severe gale. The same gale also wrecked the brig Colchester and the barque…

ESPERANCE BELLE

Gippsland Lakes

The ketch Esperance Belle foundered off the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, but the crew was saved.

EURO

Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait

The steam tug Euro was owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company for most of its working life before being sold to Howard Smith's Australian Steamships, based in Melbourne. After half a century…

ELIZABETH

Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads

The Elizabeth is historically significant for its association with colonial trade in Port Phillip.

EVERGREEN

Bass Strait, Off Cape Woolamai, Philip Island

A well known Phillip Island trader . Started out as a ballast craft supplying bluestone to sailing ships. Later purchased for the cargo trade and then crayfishing. Reconverted back to…

FALCON

Snowy River Entrance, Marlo

FAIR TASMANIAN

Lady Bay, Warrnambool

A heavy south easterly swell in Lady Bay, Warrnambool, caused the schooner Fair Tasmanian to part its anchor cables. Sail was hoisted in an attempt to run it ashore in a safe place, but the…

FALLS OF HALLADALE

Massacre Bay, Peterborough

Iron ship building revolutionised the shipbuilding industry and dramatically altered the structure, organisation and traditional distribution of shipbuilding yards. Iron as a material was…

FAVOURITE

Bass Strait

The schooner Favourite disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney, taking the lives of all 21 passengers and crew.

FAWKNER

Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait

The steam hopper barge Fawkner was built as an auxiliary unit of the Victorian Navy, and could be armed with a six inch gun and two Gattling guns. It was fitted with a magazine, had an…

SS FEDERAL

Bass Strait

*There is a 1600m diameter Protected Zone around Federal centred on position -38.122476 148.730866 WGS84. No entry is permitted unless a Permit has been authorised by Heritage Victoria. *

FIJI

Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head

The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's…

FLINDERS

Dromana, Port Phillip Bay

Register closed 1863, endorsed 'Lost at Arthur's Seat, Port Phillip, about 1860'. No further information of loss has been located. A new or re-named cutter of Launceston, not registered, it…

FOAM

Bass Strait, off Breamlea

The site of the Foam has not been located and therefore its archaeological significance cannot be assessed. It is representative of a typical vessel trading around the south-eastern coast of…

FOAM

Lakes Entrance

The ketch Foam capsized off Lakes Entrance on 3 December 1904. The captain and crew reached the beach safely.