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| Shipwreck |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Description
of Marks |
Depth
Depth of wreck top |
Date
Wrecked |
SS Annie M. Miller
"TESTED" |
Off Dover Heights |
33ยบ 52' 06" |
151ยบ 17' 52" |
Line the left hand side of the water
tower (on ridge top) with the right side of southern
block of units. The northern block should be almost, but
not quite, touching the southern block.
Run in until Hornby Light at South Head just disappears. |
46 metres
41 metres |
8 February 1929 |
Apollo Barge
"TESTED" |
Off Long Reef |
33ยบ 43' 40.6"S |
151ยบ 20' 58.8"E |
Use GPS |
47 metres
41 metres |
unknown |
TSS Belbowrie
"TESTED" |
South Maroubra |
unknown |
unknown |
About 250 to 300 metres off beach. |
5 to 7 metres |
16 January 1939 |
SS Bellubera
"TESTED" |
Long Reef Wreck Site |
33° 42' 48"S |
151° 21'00"E |
Line the Bahai Temple over gap between 2 houses on sloping ridge below
Run in till Bangally Head has ridge to north touching bottom of cliff |
48 metres |
1 August 1980 scuttled |
SS Birchgrove Park
"TESTED" |
Off Whale Beach, just south of Palm
Beach |
33ยบ 38' 24" |
151ยบ 22' 39" |
On northern end of Whale Beach, have
white house between right most pine trees, line house
above centre of higher side of surf club.
Have a very small gap between Barrenjoey Headland and
Lion Island and water reservoir lined up with right of
the island. |
51 metres
46 metres |
2 August 1956 |
SS Bombo
"TESTED" |
Off Wollongong Harbour in channel to
Port Kembla |
34ยบ 26' 46.5" |
150ยบ 55' 28.6" |
Line the right side of large water tank
on ridge behind BHP with large black chimney on
waterfront.
Have Toothbrush Island and Gap Island overlapping, the
tops aligned. |
32 metres
25 metres |
22 February 1949 |
SS Bonnie Dundee
"TESTED" |
4.4 kms ESE of mouth of mouth of Lake Macquarie |
33ยบ 06' 25.6" |
151ยบ 42' 10.2" |
Unknown |
35 metres
32 metres |
10 March 1879 |
SS Catterthun
"TESTED" |
Off Seal Rocks |
32ยบ 25' 57" |
152ยบ 34' 38" |
Line the green grassed area in front of
Seal Rocks shop with gap between mainland and rocks.
Line left side of the third set of rocks to south of
lighthouse with headland in distance. |
60 metres
54 metres (less on boilers) |
8 August 1895 |
SS Centennial
"TESTED" |
Taylors Bay, Sydney Harbour |
33ยบ 50' 58" |
151ยบ 14' 56" |
Place lighthouse to west against Bradleys Head and tree between building in background lines up on top of this
Look for the tall towers with black box on top - may be buoyed |
13 metres |
23 August 1889 |
Centurion
"TESTED" |
In Sydney Harbour off Quarantine Head |
33ยบ 49' 08.5" |
151ยบ 16' 47.6" |
Place large tree at Mosman on ridge in
front of Centrepoint Tower.
Almost square on to block of units to north, place red
roof of building behind and just showing to left.
Place flag staff at Quarantine Station to left of large
tree on ridge. |
18 metres
16 metres |
16 January 1887 |
SS City of Sydney
"TESTED" |
Disaster Bay, west of Green Cape, Far
South Coast |
37ยบ 15' 28" |
150ยบ 00' 40" |
Anchor about 50 metres off corner of
sloping rock |
15 to 21 metres |
6 November 1862 |
Coolooli
"TESTED" |
Long Reef Wreck Site |
33ยบ 43' 11" |
151ยบ 20' 53" |
Run in on Bahai Temple over second from
right clump of pine trees on water's edge.
Line left side of water tower on ridge with right side of
units on water edge. |
48 metres
38 metres |
scuttled August 1980 |
SS Currajong
"TESTED" |
Off Bradleys Head in Sydney Harbour |
33ยบ 51' 24" |
151ยบ 14' 52" |
Line up left of brown Supreme Court
building with right side of Centrepoint Tower column.
Place white light under very large tree on ridge towards
the east. |
24 metres
18 metres |
8 March 1910 |
Dee Why
"TESTED" |
Long Reef Wreck Site |
33ยบ 43' 02" |
151ยบ 20' 46" |
Run in on Bahai Temple over faint white
house above ridge that runs down to water.
Centre water tower with right side of large units behind
right most of two blocks on water's edge. |
48 metres
43 metres |
scuttled 25 May 1976 |
SS Duckenfield
"TESTED" |
North of Long Reef |
33ยบ 43' 11" |
151ยบ 19' 23" |
Run in on Bahai Temple centred over
cream flats with white balconies.
Place Centrepoint Tower between two bushes/trees on
ridge. |
23 metres
20 metres (less on engine/boiler) |
24 May 1889 |
Dunbar
"TESTED" |
Below The Gap, South Head |
33ยบ 50' 59.5" |
151ยบ 17' 12.7" |
Under the Gap |
under 10 metres |
20 August 1857 |
SS Empire Gladstone
"TESTED" |
South side of Haystack Point, Merimbula |
36ยบ 57' 08.2" |
149ยบ 56' 42.7" |
South side of point |
under 10 metres |
5 September 1950 |
| Fifeshire |
Central Coast |
33ยบ 27.577' |
151ยบ 26.872' |
Unknown |
21 metres |
Unknown |
| SS Galava |
Off Terrigal on Central Coast |
S33ยบ 27' 38.7" |
E151ยบ 30' 44.5"
Believed to be AUS66 |
Place water tower over point at
Terrrigal (with gap above on ridge).
Run out till Barrenjoey Lighthouse appears. Run back in
till it disappears. |
51 metres |
9 February 1927 |
| SS Goolgwai |
Inside Yellow Rock, Long Bay |
unknown |
unknown |
Exact location not known |
8 metres ? |
29 May 1955 |
TSS Hall Caine
"TESTED" |
Off Bouddi National Park, Central Coast |
33ยบ 32' 49" |
151ยบ 25' 20" |
Line Barrenjoey Lighthouse above the
whitish rock half way down northern side of headland.
Line head to north with second patch of trees on horizon. |
45 metres
38 metres |
17 March 1937 |
Henry Bolte
"TESTED" |
Just south of Eden, past Ben Boyd Tower |
37ยบ 06' 47" |
149ยบ 57' 43" |
Normally has a mooring at site.
Line two trees on ridge with flat face on rock to west.
Run in till right side of Ben Boyd Tower is lined with
left side of rock face |
25 metres
18 metres |
about 1 August 1988 (scuttled) |
SS Hilda
"TESTED" |
Below Cape Baily Light at Kurnell |
34ยบ 02' 23" |
151ยบ 13' 25" |
Have Cape Baily Light square on (cannot
see sides) and just south of north black mark on cliff.
Run in till three units at Cronulla are over rock
platform.
Anchor when reef jumps from 27 to 24 metres. |
21 to 27 metres
Only a metre or two above reef |
20 July 1893 |
Himma
"TESTED" |
Long Reef Wreck Site |
33ยบ 43' 13" |
151ยบ 21' 01" |
Run in on water tower centred on right
side of northern (shorter) units on beach.
Line Bahai Temple to left of grey roofed building and
over last set of trees at end of beach. |
48 metres
42 metres |
1980 |
| SS John
Penn |
Broulee Island, Mossy Point, South of
Batemans Bay |
35ยบ 51' 08"
"NOT TESTED" |
150ยบ 11' 00"
"NOT TESTED" |
At west line left
of gap in ridge with right of second house from left.
Centre two small white posts over chimney of house above
cliff. |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SS Kiama
"NOT TESTED" |
Central Coast |
33ยบ 22.329' |
151ยบ 32.844' |
Unknown |
47 metres |
Unknown |
SS Kelloe
"TESTED" |
Off St Michael's
Golf Club, Little Bay |
33ยบ 59' 11" |
151ยบ 15' 55" |
Place left side of
water reservoir above third column from right of St
Michael's Golf Club house
Run in till large light tower at Long Bay Gaol is centred
in building with four chimneys and square building with lift well to
north on skyline just behind cliff face. |
49 to 51 metres
45 metres at boiler |
13 May 1902 |
Lanercost
"TESTED" |
North West of
Mowarry Point
South of Eden |
37ยบ 08' 17" |
149ยบ 59' 29" |
At the GPS
location there is a long gully and a short gully. The
wreckage is scattered in the long gully and part of the
keel is on sand off the short gully. |
5 to 21metres |
24 November 1872 |
SS Ly-ee-Moon
"TESTED" |
Green Cape, Far
South Coast |
37ยบ 15' 55" |
150ยบ 03' 01" |
Far end of gully
between bombora in front of lighthouse and reef to west |
5 to 12 metres |
30 May 1886 |
SS Macleay
"TESTED" |
Off Port Stephens |
32ยบ 42' 20" |
152ยบ 14' 43" |
Line breaking reef
at left of Little Island with pine tree to north of
Yaccaba Head and Cabbage Tree Island just hidden.
Line mountain behind Tomaree in centre of headland dip.
Has had a mooring at times, perhaps just under water. |
43 metres
Boiler 39 metres, wreck 41 metres |
11 October 1911 |
MV Malabar
"TESTED" |
Malabar, at
entrance to Long Bay |
33ยบ 58' 13" |
151ยบ 15' 43" |
Line chimney to
right of St Andrew's Church and Malabar RSL over edge of
cliff face.
Use depth sounder
Wreck is to north and east |
7-11 metres
Same depth |
2 April 1931 |
Meggol ex
HMAS Doomba
"TESTED" |
Long Reef Wreck
Site |
33ยบ 43' 04" |
151ยบ 20' 45" |
Run in on by
lining up the right side of water tower against the right
side of the units behind the northern-most units on
beach.
Line Bahai Temple over the second house which is to the
right of pine trees on ridge.
|
49 metres
43 metres
Note:if depth comes up to less than 40 m, then you are on
Dee Why |
8 December 1976 |
| TSS Merimbula |
Whale Point,
Currarong |
35ยบ 00' 16" |
150ยบ 49' 42" |
East side of far
point |
4 to 13 metres |
28 March 1928 |
| SS Minmi |
Cape Banks at
entrance to Botany Bay |
unknown |
unknown |
Parts of wreck
inside small cove inside Cape Banks. Major part believed
to be on outside of point. |
7 metres inside |
8 May 1937 |
SS Myola
"TESTED"
Hard to find |
East-South-East of
Long Reef |
33ยบ 45' 46" |
151ยบ 21' 44" |
Line Centrepoint
over white rock on cliff top and over black vertical mark
on cliff face.
Line lift well of units to the right side of small dip in
ridge to west.
Line water tower over centre of North Head Sewerage
Works.
Line right side of red house to NW on sloping ridge with
left side of lift well of large block units below. |
48 metres
45 metres, boiler 44 metres |
2 April 1919 |
SS New
Guinea
"TESTED" |
Disaster Bay, west
of Green Cape, Far South Coast |
37ยบ 15' 37" |
150ยบ 02' 16" |
Run in on many
pieces of wreckage, including an anchor.
In a direct line from the lighthouse to the east and a
prominent cave to the west. |
3 to 10 metres |
13 February 1911 |
| No Frills Hopper Barge |
Long Reef |
33ยบ 43' 19" |
151ยบ 20' 57" |
Unknown |
50
metres |
December 1979 |
North Head Trawler
Name not known
"NOT TESTED" |
Off North Head |
33ยบ 49' 38" |
151ยบ 18' 15" |
Place tower (?) at
South Head between two Navy houses. |
unknown (30
metres??) |
Early August 1996 |
| SS Northern Firth |
Off Brush Island
to south of Ulladulla |
35ยบ 31' 34.7"S |
150ยบ 24' 55.6"E |
(note that this is WGS84) Line dark house on
western horizon over white house.
Overlap right side of Brush Island (not platform) just
with rock on mainland behind.
Place left most shrub on top of island between two pieces
of wreckage. |
20 metres |
21 February 1932 |
SS Oakland
"TESTED" |
Off Port Stephens |
32ยบ 40' 47" |
152ยบ 13' 56" |
Line right side of
Cabbage Tree Island with left side of dip in Yacaaba
Head.
Line small rocks to left of Cabbage Tree Island with top
of ridge to right of Fingal Light.
Line two trees to west just north of top of hill on
horizon.
Normally has a mooring. |
26 metres
24 metres |
27 May 1903 |
Olive Cam
"TESTED" |
Just south of
Mowarry Point, south of Eden |
37ยบ 09' 02" |
150ยบ 00' 24" |
Line up off three
gullies. Wreck is in middle and southern gullies |
3 to 9 metres |
2 November 1954
(also 1950 or 1955 mentioned) |
SS Royal
Shepherd
"TESTED" |
Off South Head
Currently moored |
33ยบ 50' 14" |
151ยบ 17' 12" |
Run in with
chimney of house just hidden behind Hornby Light at South
Head.
Place cross-bar of mast in Navy station level with red
brick house/hall.
Church just visible to left of cliff-face. |
27 metres
25 metres |
14 July 1890 |
SS Satara
"TESTED" |
South of Seal Rocks |
32ยบ 28' 50" |
152ยบ 31' 11" |
unknown |
43 metres |
20 April 1910 |
Sutherland
Caisson
a large pontoon
"TESTED" |
To south of Long
Reef Wreck Site |
unknown |
unknown |
Line water tower
between the two units on water's edge.
Place Bahai Temple over red house (with two houses to
right) to north-west. |
48 metres (?) |
unknown |
Tasman
Hauler
"TESTED" |
South of Ben Boyd
Tower, south of Eden |
37ยบ 06' 39" |
149ยบ 57' 45" |
Mooring located on
site.
Run in on bunch of trees on horizon over lighter vertical
marks on rock face to west.
Place white rock at Eden township over very edge of rock
platform to right of Ben Boyd Tower. |
29 metres
20-23 metres |
1 October 1988
(scuttled) |
| SS Tekapo |
South Maroubra |
unknown |
unknown |
Approximately 300
to 400 metres from beach, just off rock platform. |
5 to 10 metres |
16 May 1899 |
The Trio
May not be correct name
"TESTED" |
Off Mona Vale
Beach | 33ยบ 41' 01" |
151ยบ 21' 54" |
Run in on Bahai
Temple, left side against right side of higher part of
Mona Vale Hospital.
Barrenjoey Head just showing behind Bangelly Head. |
52 metres
46 metres |
unknown |
SS Tuggerah
"TESTED" |
Off Wattamolla,
Royal National Park |
34ยบ 08' 19.9" |
151ยบ 09' 01.7" |
Place the road
leading down to Wattamolla Lagoon just off the northern
headland of the lagoon.
Place the left-most of the four buildings at Bondi
Junction just off Marley Head. |
48 metres
44 metres bow, 39 metres stern |
16 May 1919 |
SS Undola
"TESTED" |
Off Garie Beach,
Royal National Park |
34ยบ 10' 49.7" |
151ยบ 05' 34.2" |
Run in with Cape
Baily Lighthouse (you will not see lighthouse due to
distance but it is the first small hill) in line with end
of black rocks on sea level at Marley Head.
Line up left side of top green house (at far right) with
left side of house below. These are located at Little
Era, first beach south of Garie Beach.
Note: the green house used to be red. |
45 metres
43 metres most, 41 metres boiler/stern |
20 December 1918 |
Valiant
"TESTED" |
Off Barrenjoey
Head at mouth of Broken Bay |
33ยบ 34' 48" |
151ยบ 20' 40" |
Line platform at
right side of Lion Island with left side of white house.
Line 2 storey white house to SW with house on horizon.
Normally has mooring. |
27 metres
22 metres |
1981 |
TSS Wandra
"TESTED" |
Between Jervis Bay
and Currarong |
35ยบ 02' 49" |
150ยบ 50' 18" |
Run in with
right-most drumstick of Drum and Drumsticks with highest part of rock face behind.
Anchor when reef comes up. |
26 metres
23 metres on boiler |
15 December 1915 |
| SS Wauchope |
Off Port Stephens |
unknown |
unknown |
Line aerial on top
of hill with footpath on beach (3rd from south of Tomaree
Head).
Have right side of Broughton Island touching Boondelbah
Island. |
unknown |
unknown |
Wollomstrom
"TESTED" |
Gunnamatta Bay,
Cronulla |
34ยบ 03' 34" |
151ยบ 08' 45" |
Line left side of
pink block of units to north over centre of white
building on water's edge.
Place light pole on left of pool with vertical mark near
right side of tall units. |
7 metres
5 metres |
unknown |
SS Woniora
"TESTED" |
Off Botany Bay |
34ยบ 01' 23.1" |
151ยบ 15' 32.0" |
Place right side of Bare Island just behind Henry Head.
Place building to right of Centrepoint behind left-most
of three trees on horizon.
Place radio tower to north over black mark.
Line left of two
pipes to SW with right-most black vertical mark on rock
face.
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62 metres
60 metres |
28 October 1882 |
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