Filter 948 quality-approved unusual places by type, continent, best month and weirdness score; compare rankings in cards or a sortable table. These are crawlable research records, not an indiscriminate directory: reports without enough depth remain available for exploration but are excluded from search indexing.
Lyndy Lou
Searcy Bay, north of Cape Radstock. Yannabie, 45 km south of Streaky Bay
Lyndy Lou was a none built in and lost on 02/11/1976. The vessel was fishing in rough seas when the engines failed. It was swept onto rocks and broke up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFlorence
200 m off Sheringa Beach, 45 km SE of Elliston, West Coast of South Australia
Florence was a cutter built in 1940 and lost on 03/11/1976. In rough seas it was disabled from water crashing over it. It hit a reef, and broke up in heavy seas at the base of high cliffs in
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGloridia V
North Neptune Island, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Gloridia V was a unknown built in 1940 and lost on 03/09/1977. Struck by a large breaker and pushed onto rocks.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksZadar
Approximately 12 miles SW of Williams Island, South Australia
Zadar was a none built in 1967 and lost on 27/04/1977. Zadar left Port Lincoln on the evening of 26 April 1977, with Tony Mislov as master and four crew, and was heading for the tuna fishing
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSunbeam
Avoid Bay, near Coffin Bay, South Australia
Sunbeam was a cutter built in 1901 and lost on 20/05/1977. On 18 May 1977 the lobster fishing vessel Sunbeam was anchored in Avoid Bay, west of the Coffin Bay township, while the owner Colin
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMercury Star
Three miles NW of Kiana
Mercury Star was a cutter built in 1947 and lost on 04/06/1977. The shark fishing vessel Mercury Star was heading to Cap Island on Friday evening 3 June 1977 and was about 15 miles northwest
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksVioletta
Near Winceby Island, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Violetta was a built in 1958 and lost on 22/09/1977. Vessel caught fire in the engine room, and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKatey
4.5 nm NW of Lacy Island, 50 km south of Ceduna, South Australia
Katey was a built in 1960 and lost on 25/09/1977. Katey was trawling for prawns on the morning of 25 September 1977, about 4.5 nautical miles northwest of Lacy Island, when it began to fill
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLismore Star
Shag Rock, off King George's Beach, Kangaroo Island
Lismore Star was a cutter built in 1945 and lost on 30/04/1978. Struck a rock and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKunara
10 nm west of Drummond Point, South Australia
Kunara was a cutter built in 1968 and lost on 02/09/1978. The crayboat Kunara, skippered by Vaun Guthrie, had been shark fishing in company with the fishing vessel Challenge, skippered by Gr
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUnnamed
5 Kms West Outer Harbor
Unnamed was a built in and lost on 19/08/1978. Burnt To The Waterline And Then Sank
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksNola Too
Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island
Nola Too was a built in 1946 and lost on 23/08/1978. Broke moorings during a SE gale, washed ashore and broke up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCharles Francis
Off Sibsey Island, south of Port Lincoln, South Australia
Charles Francis was a sloop built in 1948 and lost on 09/09/1978. Ran aground due to navigational error.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSt. Nikolaos
Murat Bay, Ceduna
St. Nikolaos was a none built in 1963 and lost on 04/01/1979. Vessel caught fire in engine room, so it was towed to Horseshoe Sandbar, where it burnt to waterline and foundered. It was later
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLiteva
3.5 nm west of West Point, near Cape Catastrophe
Liteva was a built in 24/01/1966 and lost on 28/03/1979. On its way to help 'Westward' it caught fire. It burnt and was abandoned by the crew before it foundered.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSea Spray
Little Weir Cove, or off Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
Sea Spray was a cutter built in 1939 and lost on 30/03/1979. Swamped by heavy seas and broke up on rocks.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAdelaide Renown
Rocks near Admiralty Arch, Cape Du Couedic
Adelaide Renown was a ketch built in 1932 and lost on 26/04/1979. The vessel reportedly began taking on water one mile south of Cape Du Couedic on 26 April 1976. Sinking rapidly, the crew ab
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRanger
500 m off Dangerous Reef Lighthouse, 32 km SE of Port Lincoln
Ranger was a built in 1942 and lost on 14/11/1979. Wrecked on a reef in a storm and split in two.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFarid Fares
130 nm south of Kangaroo Island
Farid Fares was a none built in 1950 and lost on 28/03/1980. While on route from northern Tasmania to the Persian Gulf, a fire broke out in the engine room of the vessel, burning so intensel
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksShirley
South End Shore, Rivoli Bay, South Australia
Shirley was a built in 1940 and lost on 11/09/1980. Sank at its moorings in a storm, and broke up on shore.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKaren Ann
32 miles off Robe, South Australia
Karen Ann was a built in 1927 and lost on 28/12/1980. Sprang planks in heavy seas and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAstra
1 km west of Egg Island, 40 km offshore from Ceduna
Astra was a cutter built in 1967 and lost on 12/01/1981. The Port Lincoln-based cray fishing vessel Astra was operating in the St Francis Isles, about 40 km offshore from Ceduna, when it str
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPenguin
Off Waldegrave Island, near Elliston, South Australia
Penguin was a none built in 1968 and lost on 13/08/1973. Fire in engine room, burnt to the waterline, foundered and sank at 4:30 pm after being towed 2 miles by the Cape Byron.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLorraine
Off Point Whidbey, 7.5 nm NW of Greenly Island, west of Coffin Bay
Lorraine was a sloop built in 1961 and lost on 11/11/1973. Storm winds came from WSW. Vessel hit a large wave, started leaking water and foundered in rough seas.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRoslyn
Southend, South Australia
Roslyn was a cutter built in 1951 and lost on 06/12/1973. The vessel sank at its moorings in a storm
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksDegei
Snapper Rock, Cape Donington Reef, 7 miles east of Port Lincoln, South Australia
Degei was a unknown built in 1940 and lost on 24/01/1974. Struck rock at full speed.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksHelen
Point Whidbey, west of Coffin Bay, between the heads
Helen was a cutter built in 1950 and lost on 29/03/1974. On 29 March 1974, the crayfishing vessel Helen, with the owner Richard Stendt aboard, was about half a mile off a reef between the he
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSea Hawk
Approx. 10 miles NW of St Francis Island
Sea Hawk was a none built in 1967 and lost on 19/01/1975. Vessel caught fire in the engine room, and was abandoned soon after. The vessel was taken under tow, but capsized and sank the next
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCivic Star
6.6 miles off Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Civic Star was a unknown built in 1944 and lost on 12/03/1975. Burnt to waterline and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksShowboat
Hindmarsh Island, southern shore
Showboat was a built in 1891 and lost on 1969. Initially abandoned 1962 at Moritz's slip at Goolwa then moved to Veenstra's slip in 1968 at Council demand. In 1969 the hull was removed from
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCorowa
300 m above Morgan Wharf near Bryants Creek, River Murray
Corowa was a built in 1868 and lost on 1945. Left derelict, abandoned and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAnnie
Just down stream from Bryants Creek, Morgan, Murray River, South Australia.
Annie was a built in 16/06/1884 and lost on 1939. Reported to have been abandoned.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAchilles
In a lagoon just above Lock 4, Loxton, Murray River, South Australia.
Achilles was a built in and lost on . Towed to a lagoon just above Lock 4 and abandoned.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUranus
Goolwa
Uranus was a built in 1886 and lost on 1961. Sunk to form break water in front of P.S. Captain Sturt.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMary Ann
Just down from Old Ferry Crossing at Mannum
Mary Ann was a built in 1852 and lost on 1863. Hull used to build twin hull PS Gemini which was abandoned in 1863.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMosquito
Lake Alexandrina, north shore
Mosquito was a built in 1857 and lost on 11/07/1871. Wrecked in a gale, being driven aground on the north shore of the Lake.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksBullfrog
Wellington, River Murray, about 400 yards from the Wellington Ferry and 60 yeards from the east bank
Bullfrog was a cutter built in and lost on 23/09/1879. Byron and Bradey set off in the cutter in mild winds and got about 400 yards when a squall struck and capsized the vessel. Both men w
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCrowie
Morgan, River Murray, South Australia
Crowie was a built in 09/11/1911 and lost on 1950. Wrecked. Unknown circumstances.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCity of Adelaide
Porter Bay, Port Lincoln
City of Adelaide was a cutter built in 1894 and lost on 1952. After 1920 the City of Adelaide spent some years as a fishing boat based at Port Adelaide, and then in the late 1930s the vessel
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUnnamed Lighter
Normanville
Unnamed Lighter was a cutter built in and lost on 06/07/1892. Chain parted, sprang a leak, driven ashore in a storm and wrecked.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAtholl
Port Elliot, west of Point Commodore, South Australia.
Atholl was a brigantine built in 1853 and lost on 20/03/1864. On 19 March 1864, Atholl was moored between Pullen Island and Commodore Point, just outside Horseshoe Bay. It was waiting its tu
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMylor Star
South Western Tip Of Althorpe Island
Mylor Star was a none built in 1978 and lost on 09/06/1982. On 9 June 1982, while shark fishing off the south-western tip of Althorpe Island, the vessel was caught in a storm. The skipper, J
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMaldon Lewis
Stenhouse Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Maldon Lewis was a schooner built in 1867 and lost on 03/09/1918. Sprang a leak, ran aground.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSunbeam
North Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Sunbeam was a barque built in 1857 and lost on 10/10/1910. Sunbeam was abandoned in the Ships’ Graveyard circa 10 October 1910 – one of the first vessels to be placed there. A surprising fac
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGlaucus
North Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Glaucus was a built in 1878 and lost on 04/07/1935. In 1935 the hull was accidentally holed while being dismantled in the Portland Canal. The salvagers dropped some scrap iron into the bott
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlpha
Rosetta Head
Alpha was a schooner built in 1844 and lost on 25/07/1847. Dragged anchors in northerly storm.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFerret
Waipinga Beach, west of Newland/Rosetta Head, near Victor Harbor, Backstairs Passage, South Australia
Ferret was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 23/12/1932. Capsized in a heavy squall, broke up and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMary
Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay
Mary was a none built in 1878 and lost on 1938. The register was closed on 31 October 1938 stating that the vessel had been broken up at Victor Harbor.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksOlive Florence
Backstairs Passage, between Cape Jervis and Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island
Olive Florence was a built in and lost on 30/05/1994. Started to leak and foundered in heavy seas.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCape Byron
10 miles SSE from Rocky Island, north of Coffin Bay, South Australia
Cape Byron was a built in 1916 and lost on 26/01/1981. On Monday 26 January 1981, the tuna vessel Cape Byron was just south of Rocky Island and west of the Whidbey Islands in heavy southerl
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksBrittania
Cape Kersaint, off Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Brittania was a sloop built in 1907 and lost on 25/04/1981. Motor stopped. Vessel was swept onto rocks and wrecked before a tow arrived.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksVictory
Approximately 14 miles off Cape Blanche, South Australia
Victory was a cutter built in and lost on 13/05/1981. On the morning of 12 May 1981, while on its delivery voyage from Ceduna to Port Adelaide under the new ownership of W.R. Farrand, Vict
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGalini
Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay, South Australia
Galini was a built in 1974 and lost on 21/11/1981. On Friday 20 November 1981, Galini left Victor Harbor with a single crew member, Kevin Rumbelow, to collect crayfish pots at Kangaroo Isla
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksYatala Reef
1 km south of Port Moorowie, 1 mile south of Point Gilbert, Mossie Creek, 15 km south of Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Yatala Reef was a cutter built in 1948 and lost on 21/12/1981. On the evening of 21 December 1981 Yatala Reef was moored off Port Moorowie. It was on a voyage from Port Pirie to Port Adelaid
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCinderella
3 miles north of North Neptune Island (in the vicinity of Low Rocks), south of Port Lincoln, South Australia
Cinderella was a sloop built in 1955 and lost on 24/05/1982. Engine stalled, holed on low rocks and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGemini
50 km SW Of Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island
Gemini was a unknown built in 1974 and lost on 11/09/1982. Possibly deliberately scuttled. Large amount of water found in the engine room. Sank 10 minutes later.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksNew Dolphin
North end of St Francis Island
New Dolphin was a none built in 1965 and lost on 06/12/1982. New Dolphin left Streaky Bay, with Jovo Vitlov as master and six crew, on Saturday 4 December 1982 and proceeded to St Francis Is
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlice Celia
Beachport Beach, Rivoli Bay, Beachport, south east coast, South Australia
Alice Celia was a built in and lost on 24/12/1982. Broke moorings and beached.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksWestward
35 miles WSW of Rocky Island, South Australia
Westward was a cutter built in 1964 and lost on 11/03/1983. On 11 March 1983 Westward was shark fishing in company with the fishing vessel Ostijek off the Continental shelf, 35 nautical mile
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAmethyst
Cape Catastrophe, Lincoln National Park, South Australia
Amethyst was a none built in 1971 and lost on 13/03/1983. While picking up crayfish pots the vessel was hit by a king wave and carried 50 m onto a cliff face becoming a total wreck.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksBonnie Mac
Western River Cove, Kangaroo Island
Bonnie Mac was a cutter built in 1948 and lost on 11/04/1983. In a north westerly gale, the vessel dragged its anchor, ran aground and broke up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksVelebit
6 miles west of Point Sinclair, South Australia
Velebit was a none built in 1970 and lost on 11/01/1984. Velebit left with the master, Nedo Perin, and seven crew, from Streaky Bay to fish for tuna in the Great Australian Bight in early Ja
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRosalind Star
Near Yatala Reef
Rosalind Star was a unknown built in 1965 and lost on 24/01/1984. Rosalind Star left Thevenard on 14 January 1984, bound for the tuna fishing grounds in the Great Australian Bight. On board
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGaribaldi
14 miles SE of Pearson Island, SW of Elliston, South Australia
Garibaldi was a cutter built in 1940 and lost on 25/01/1984. The crayfish boat Garibaldi departed Coffin Bay at 0800 hours on 25 January 1984 heading to Twin Rocks at the Head of the Bight o
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUnnamed
7 Kms South Of Kingston
Unnamed was a built in and lost on 13/04/1983. Fire In Engine Room, Burnt To Waterline, Sank
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksNo. 5 Hopper Barge
1 nautical mile due south of the Zanoni wreck site
No. 5 Hopper Barge was a built in 1911 and lost on 17/04/1984. Scuttled as an artificial reef as an alternative site to Zanoni.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMaster Jack
Cape Forbin, 10 kilometres from Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Master Jack was a built in 1965 and lost on 10/04/1984. The vessel was in trouble for two days before it was beached at the height of a storm. It had been en route, under tow by a Marine In
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMacca
Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island
Macca was a none built in and lost on 21/11/1984. Dragged Anchor, Broke Up On Rocks
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksChe Sara
Near Kiana Cliffs, Drummond Point? West Coast of South Australia.
Che Sara was a none built in 1970 and lost on 11/02/1985. On Monday 11 February 1985, Rick Culshaw and his deckhand were fishing for abalone near Kiana Cliff when Che Sara was driven by swel
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksJedda II
Off Coorong,Mouth Of Murray River, South Australia.
Jedda II was a built in 1959 and lost on 14/04/1985. Unknown: believed to have sunk during a storm. The vessel was never found, but wreckage was found along the beach of The Coorong.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksWandering Gypsy
Goat Island, south of Ceduna, South Australia.
Wandering Gypsy was a unknown built in and lost on 17/07/1985. The fishing vessel Wandering Gypsy was south of Ceduna on 17 July 1985, when it commenced taking on water and was deliberatel
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAna Star
Off Little Island, NE of Cape Catastrophe, Lincoln National Park, South Australia
Ana Star was a none built in 1967 and lost on 10/10/1985. While being steered by auto pilot, she ran aground on Little Island. Vessel was refloated but the engine room and forecastle later f
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAnthony of Padua
The Beak, 500 m off Southend, Beachport, South East Coast, South Australia
Anthony of Padua was a built in and lost on 13/10/1985. Believed to have hit rocks.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGambi
19 km SW of Cape Hart, Kangaroo Island
Gambi was a none built in 1968 and lost on 28/08/1986. Swamped in heavy seas, broke up and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPilferer
Between Althorpe and Wedge Islands (16 miles S of Pondalowie Bay)
Pilferer was a none built in 1970 and lost on 27/11/1986. Flooded engine room, sank at 2:45pm.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKate
Middle River Reef, Kangaroo Island
Kate was a none built in 1962 and lost on 06/12/1986. Vessel dragged its anchor, hit a reef and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksIsland Girl
Western River, Kangaroo Island, 200 m from shore
Island Girl was a cutter built in 1961 and lost on 18/02/1987. Fire in engine room, burnt to waterline and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRhonda
Taylor's Landing, Jussieu Peninsula, South Australia
Rhonda was a cutter built in and lost on 08/03/1987. Vessel broke moorings, went ashore and broke up. Stripped and abandoned.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGypsy Rose
South Neptune Island
Gypsy Rose was a built in 1973 and lost on 14/01/1988. Dragged Anchor, Struck Rocks, Sank
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksQueen Maria
50 Km South East Of Kangaroo Island
Queen Maria was a built in 1975 and lost on 21/01/1988. Swamped By A Large Wave
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