SHIPWRECK: mapped and explained.

Explore quality-approved shipwreck records with coordinates, evidence and related unusual places. These are crawlable research records, not an indiscriminate directory: reports without enough depth remain available for exploration but are excluded from search indexing.

SHIPWRECK · South Australian Shipwrecks

Koondrook

Goolwa

Koondrook was a built in and lost on . Abandoned on bank south of Goolwa Slip.

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Unnamed

Blanche Port, Streaky Bay

Unnamed was a cutter built in and lost on 1969. A storm swept the vessel from a mooring in Blanche Port in 1969 and drove it onto rocks where it soon broke up.

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Unknown

Near the entrance of Kellidie Bay

Unknown was a cutter built in and lost on 1980. The vessel was in a dilapidated and sinking condition at the east side of Coffin Bay. It was towed into deeper water and deliberately scuttl

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Dorothy

Broughton River, Port Broughton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Dorothy was a unknown built in and lost on 1964. Sank and rotted.

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Pisces

Not known

Pisces was a none built in 1973 and lost on 5/1999. Little is known about the circumstance surrounding the loss of Pisces, however, it was lost after it drifted ashore sometime in May 1999.

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Adelaide

Younghusband Peninsula (Coorong), 48km north of Lacepede Bay (Kingston), near Coolatoo Station. South-east coast of South Australia.

Adelaide was a ketch built in 1849 and lost on 24/08/1874. Her final voyage was from Circular Head in Tasmania to Port Adelaide with a cargo of potatoes, sailed by Captain Hoffmeister and a

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Melody

Elliston, Waterloo Bay

Melody was a cutter built in and lost on 1948. Drifted ashore.

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Ada

Sank at the mouth of the Cygnet River on Kangaroo Island

Ada was a cutter built in 1884 and lost on 1946. Sank and broke up.

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Afric

Near Martin's Jetty, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Afric was a cutter built in 1914 and lost on 1960. Rotted on the beach in the 1960s.

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Armadale

Near Martin's Jetty, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Armadale was a cutter built in 1910 and lost on 1930. Broke up on the beach near Martin's Jetty, Kingscote.

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Chum

Smith Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Chum was a cutter built in and lost on 07/01/1942. Wrecked.

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Dusty

Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Dusty was a cutter built in and lost on 1949. Sank on moorings and broke up.

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Gannett

On beach near American River Jetty, Kangaroo Island

Gannett was a cutter built in and lost on 1940. Abandoned and rotted on the beach.

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Hilarity

Kingscote Beach, Kangaroo Island

Hilarity was a cutter built in and lost on 1940. Rotted on the beach in the 1940s

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Ida

Near Kangaroo Head, American River, Kangaroo Island

Ida was a cutter built in 1928 and lost on 1974. Broke from its moorings and wrecked.

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Isla

Kingscote Beach, Kangaroo Island

Isla was a cutter built in 1916 and lost on 1940. Believed to have rotted on the beach in the 1940s.

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Judy I

Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Judy I was a none built in and lost on 13/02/1947. Vessel broke from its moorings during a SE gale, driven ashore and wrecked.

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Jutta

Near American River Jetty, Kangaroo Island

Jutta was a none built in 14/10/1972 and lost on 1996. Abandoned, rotted on the beach.

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L & M

On beach near American River Jetty, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

L & M was a cutter built in and lost on 1924. Broke up on the beach in about 1924.

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Latona

Boxing Bay, Kangaroo Island

Latona was a sloop built in 1961 and lost on 13/06/1990. Vessel ran onto rocks and broke up.

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Lilly May

Head of Pelican Lagoon, American River, Kangaroo Island

Lilly May was a cutter built in 1877 and lost on 1929. Abandoned and left to rot.

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Lyncrad

On beach at Shoal Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Lyncrad was a cutter built in and lost on 1956. Vessel was vandalized and burnt on the beach.

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Cowry

Normanville, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.

Cowry was a built in 1879 and lost on 06/06/1889. Broke from moorings and was driven ashore in a storm.

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York

Port Flinders (Weeroona Island), South Australia.

York was a cutter built in 1862 and lost on 1930. The York had a long life with the steam tug company being eventually sold to Port Pirie in 1925. Her final resting place is on the beach of

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Hobart

8 km west of Wirrina Cove, Yankalilla Bay, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia

Hobart was a built in 09/01/1964 and lost on 05/11/2002. On Sunday 3 November 2002 the Hobart was towed to Yankalilla Bay from Port Adelaide by the motor tug Warren. It anchored off Wirrina

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Unidentified Iron Vessel - Boat Ramp

Port Augusta, west side and south of boat ramp

Unidentified Iron Vessel - Boat Ramp was a unknown built in and lost on 1945. Abandoned.

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Fitzjames

End of Cable Company Wharf, Jervois Basin, Port Adelaide. No artefactual evidence has been located so far, but it is likely that the vessel's remains have been covered by land reclamation.

Fitzjames was a ship built in 1852 and lost on 1891. In 1885 the Royal Commission into the administration of the Destitute Board strongly criticised the management of the Fitzjames, and resp

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Fish Market Pontoon

Jervois Basin, Port Adelaide, South Australia

Fish Market Pontoon was a built in and lost on 1950. Circa 1960, the wooden pontoon was removed and abandoned on the Ethelton mud flats.

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Tom Brennan

Cooper Creek - Birdsville Track, Far North of South Australia.

Tom Brennan was a none built in 1949 and lost on 1956. In 1963 the Highways Department replaced the MV 'Tom Brennan' with a larger punt capable of carrying stock and vehicles. The vessel was

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Radia

Goolwa

Radia was a none built in 1876 and lost on 1939. Sunk and used as a breakwater for other vessels.

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Captain Sturt

Goolwa, near Veenstra's Slip, South Australia.

Captain Sturt was a none built in 1916 and lost on 1940. Converted to houseboat resting on riverbed.

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Old Jeny

Port Augusta, adjacent to the old Great Western Bridge

Old Jeny was a none built in and lost on 07/09/1944. The barge was brought to Port Augusta in May 1944 by the Engineering and Water Supply Department to carry the pile driver used in the e

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Helen

Carpenters Rocks, SE Coast of South Australia. Not far from the Admella wreck

Helen was a unknown built in and lost on 09/02/1882. Struck rocks.

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Marjocly

Port Macdonnell

Marjocly was a cutter built in and lost on 1966. Sprung plank and foundered.

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MV Seawolf

Approx 1 nm off Port Noarlunga Jetty, About 15M Astern And Slightly Starboard Of The Ha Lumb With Her Nose Inside The Noarlunga Reef

MV Seawolf was a built in and lost on 23/03/2000. Trawler was lying unused at Port Lincoln for several years before being donated to the Seawolves Dive Club for use as an artificial recre

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Hawthorn

Bucks Bay, Carpenters Rocks

Hawthorn was a ketch built in 01/11/1875 and lost on 2/1949. Hawthorn ran aground in February 1949 after only six trips to sea. A violent storm at Bucks Bay, Carpenter Rocks, 28 kms north of

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Bounty

Location recorded in Wikidata

1960 reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship

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Endurance

Location recorded in Wikidata

barquentine built 1912, used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on a South Pole expedition

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MT Haven

Location recorded in Wikidata

crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991

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SS Roraima

Location recorded in Wikidata

steamboat, now a shipwreck in the bay of Saint-Pierre, Martinique

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HMS Rawalpindi

Location recorded in Wikidata

1925 ocean liner converted to armed merchant cruiser

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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

United States

American passenger ship built in 1878; sank in 1901

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RMS Moldavia

Location recorded in Wikidata

1903 steamship converted to armed merchant cruiser

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MV Craigantlet

United Kingdom

container ship wrecked in southwestern Scotland 1982

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Cristóbal Colón

Location recorded in Wikidata

1898 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser

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SS Rajputana

Location recorded in Wikidata

1925 liner converted to armed merchant cruiser

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HMS Ocean

Turkey

1898 Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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HMHS Dover Castle

Location recorded in Wikidata

1904 passenger/cargo ship converted to a hospital ship

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HMS Goliath

Turkey

1898 Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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SS Dronning Maud

Location recorded in Wikidata

Norwegian Hurtigruten ship sunk under controversial circumstances by German bombers during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign

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Dunbar

Australia

full-rigged ship wrecked in Sydney Harbour in 1857

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HMS Dunvegan Castle

Location recorded in Wikidata

1936 liner converted to armed merchant cruiser

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HMS Britannia

Location recorded in Wikidata

1904 King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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Spanish cruiser Vizcaya

Location recorded in Wikidata

1891 Infanta Maria Teresa-class armoured cruiser

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HMS Triumph

Turkey

1903 Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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RMS Empress of Asia

Location recorded in Wikidata

1912 ocean liner converted to armed merchant cruiser

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HMS Formidable

Location recorded in Wikidata

1898 Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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RMS Carinthia

Location recorded in Wikidata

1925 liner converted to armed merchant cruiser

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HMS Defence

Denmark

1763 Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line

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HMS Agamemnon

Location recorded in Wikidata

1781 Ardent-class third-rate ship of the line

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HMS Foylebank

Location recorded in Wikidata

1930 cargo ship converted to anti-aircraft role

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HMS Irresistible

Turkey

1898 Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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HMS Majestic

Turkey

1895 Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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HMS Eagle

Location recorded in Wikidata

1918 Almirante Latorre-class super-dreadnought battleship

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Titanic

Location recorded in Wikidata

British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912

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Zeewijk

Australia

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia

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Mars

Location recorded in Wikidata

Swedish warship that was built between 1563 and 1564

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SS Thistlegorm

Egypt

British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940

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MV Dunedin Star

Location recorded in Wikidata

UK refrigerated cargo liner serving in the Second World War

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Costa Concordia

Italy

cruise ship that ran aground in a maritime accident in 2012.

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HMHS Britannic

Greece

Olympic-class ocean liner. Sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic

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HMS Hood

Location recorded in Wikidata

1891 Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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HMS Audacious

Location recorded in Wikidata

1912 King George V-class dreadnought battleship

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Akagi

Location recorded in Wikidata

1925 aircraft carrier initially laid down as a battlecruiser

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Sha‘ab Abū Nuhās

Egypt

Egyptian coral reef and dive site in the Straits of Gubal in the south of the Gulf of Suez

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RMS Carpathia

Location recorded in Wikidata

British ocean liner known for rescuing survivors of the RMS Titanic

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HMS Royal Oak

United Kingdom

1914 Revenge-class super-dreadnought battleship

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Grace Dieu

United Kingdom

1418 English warship, destroyed by fire in 1439

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USS Maine

Cuba

second-class battleship of the United States Navy

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MV Goya

Location recorded in Wikidata

Norwegian Freighter, sunk in 1945 while in German service as a troop transport

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