| Ship |
Flag |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
| Abbey |
New South Wales |
15 February 1868 |
A brigantine that was wrecked in a storm at Crowdy Head |
31°50′S 152°46′E / 31.84°S 152.76°E / -31.84; 152.76 (Abbey (1853)) |
| Ability |
New South Wales |
5 January 1897 |
A ketch that ran aground at Cape Hawke |
|
| Absalom |
New South Wales |
29 March 1863 |
A ketch that was wrecked at Trial Bay |
30°50′S 153°01′E / 30.83°S 153.01°E / -30.83; 153.01 (Absalom (1853)) |
| Acielle |
Australia |
11 September 1929 |
A ketch that was driven ashore off Smoky Cape |
31°06′15″S 153°01′30″E / 31.104078°S 153.024988°E / -31.104078; 153.024988 (Acielle) |
| Active |
New South Wales |
18 February 1852 |
A ketch that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River |
32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79 (Active (1850)) |
| Ada |
Unknown |
29 April 1897 |
A ketch that was wrecked off Newcastle |
32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79 (Ada (ship)) |
| Ada and Ethel |
New South Wales |
26 October 1887 |
A wooden schooner that sprung a leak and foundered off Seal Rocks |
32°36′S 152°42′E / 32.6°S 152.7°E / -32.6; 152.7 (Ada and Ethel (1886)) |
| Adelaide |
New South Wales |
May 1834 |
A wooden cutter wrecked near Norah Head |
33°14′S 151°36′E / 33.23°S 151.60°E / -33.23; 151.60 (Adelaide (1832)) |
| HMAS Adelaide |
Royal Australian Navy |
13 April 2011 |
An Adelaide-class frigate that was scuttled as a dive wreck off Avoca Beach |
33°28′0″S 151°27′0″E / 33.46667°S 151.45000°E / -33.46667; 151.45000 (HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)) |
| Adele |
Royal Australian Navy |
7 May 1943 |
A steamship that struck the breakwater at Port Kembla |
34°28′04″S 150°55′01″E / 34.4678°S 150.9170°E / -34.4678; 150.9170 (Adele (Australian ship)) |
| Adelphoi |
New South Wales |
21 December 1879 |
A barque that was wrecked off Port Hacking |
34°04′23″S 151°07′12″E / 34.073°S 151.12°E / -34.073; 151.12 (Adelphoi (1865)) |
| Adolphe |
France |
30 September 1904 |
Sailing ship wrecked at the mouth of Hunter River |
32°54′49.46″S 151°47′50.21″E / 32.9137389°S 151.7972806°E / -32.9137389; 151.7972806 (Adolphe (ship)) |
| Adonis |
New South Wales |
22 December 1889 |
A brigantine that sank off Crowdy Head |
32°06′S 152°48′E / 32.1°S 152.8°E / -32.1; 152.8 (Adonis (1874)) |
| Advance (1874) |
Australia |
12 June 1902 |
A schooner that was wrecked at Botany Bay |
34°00′00″S 151°14′06″E / 34.00°S 151.235°E / -34.00; 151.235 (Advance (1874)) |
| Advance (1884) |
Australia |
25 December 1908 |
An iron screw steamer that collided with the Inverna off Catherine Hill Bay |
33°10′50″S 151°42′12″E / 33.1806°S 151.70328°E / -33.1806; 151.70328 (Advance (1884)) |
| Adventure |
New South Wales |
1855 |
A schooner that was wrecked at Richmond River |
28°53′S 153°35′E / 28.88°S 153.58°E / -28.88; 153.58 (Adventure (1850)) |
| Aenid |
New South Wales |
12 November 1865 |
A cutter that was wrecked at Long Reef |
|
| Agnes (1849) |
Canada |
10 March 1877 |
A brigantine that was wrecked off Wollongong |
|
| Agnes (1853) |
New South Wales |
13 July 1860 |
A cutter that was blown ashore near Newcastle |
32°48′S 152°00′E / 32.8°S 152°E / -32.8; 152 (Agnes (1853)) |
| Agnes (1875) |
New South Wales |
12 March 1890 |
A schooner that was wrecked near Ocean Shores |
28°27′S 153°34′E / 28.45°S 153.56°E / -28.45; 153.56 (Agnes (1875)) |
| Agnes (1877) |
New South Wales |
1883 |
A ketch that was wrecked off Jervis Bay |
35°07′S 150°49′E / 35.12°S 150.82°E / -35.12; 150.82 (Agnes (1877)) |
| Agnes (1904) |
Australia |
27 January 1906 |
A launch that was wrecked in a collision in Sydney Harbour |
33°51′S 151°14′E / 33.85°S 151.24°E / -33.85; 151.24 (Agnes (1904)) |
| Agnes Irving |
New South Wales |
28 December 1879 |
A paddle steamer that was wrecked off Trial Bay |
30°48′23″S 153°00′18″E / 30.806350°S 153.005007°E / -30.806350; 153.005007 (Agnes Irving (1862)) |
| Alhambra |
New South Wales |
30 June 1888 |
Iron screw steamer wrecked off Newcastle while attempting to move the derelict wreck of the John T. Berry |
32°53′S 151°54′E / 32.883°S 151.900°E / -32.883; 151.900 (Alhambra (1855)) |
| Amy |
New South Wales |
13 February 1898 |
A brig wrecked during a gale off the beach at Thirroul |
34°18′55.5″S 150°55′50.4″E / 34.315417°S 150.930667°E / -34.315417; 150.930667 (HMAS Australia (1911)) |
| HMAS Anzac |
Royal Australian Navy |
7 May 1936 |
A Parker-class destroyer leader that was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads |
|
| Argument |
New South Wales |
March 1809 |
A sloop that was wrecked near Broken Bay |
|
| HMAS Arunta |
Royal Australian Navy |
12 February 1969 |
A Tribal-class destroyer sold for scrap, but sank under tow off Sydney Heads |
33°50′S 151°19′E / 33.833°S 151.317°E / -33.833; 151.317 (HMAS Arunta (I30)) |
| HMAS Australia |
Royal Australian Navy |
12 April 1924 |
An Indefatigable-class battlecruiser that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
33°51′54.21″S 155°44′25.11″E / 33.8650583°S 155.7403083°E / -33.8650583; 155.7403083 (HMAS Australia (1911)) |
| Bantam |
Netherlands |
24 September 1946 |
A Dutch ship that was scuttled off Sydney |
|
| Barcoo |
Australia |
1 February 1924 |
A passenger ship that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
|
| Bellubera |
Australia |
1 August 1980 |
A ferry that was scuttled southeast off Long Reef (New South Wales) |
|
| Bluebell |
Australia |
9 August 1934 |
A ferry that collided with the Waraneen at Newcastle |
|
| Bombo |
Australia |
24 February 1949 |
A coastal steamer that sank in a storm off Port Kembla |
34°26.775′S 151°55.48′E / 34.446250°S 151.92467°E / -34.446250; 151.92467 (SS Bombo) |
| Bonnie Dundee |
New South Wales |
10 March 1879 |
A steamship that collided with SS Barrabool off Caves Beach |
33°06.327′S 151°42.258′E / 33.105450°S 151.704300°E / -33.105450; 151.704300 (SS Bonnie Dundee (1877)) |
| Brighton |
Australia |
1916 |
A ferry that was hulked at Port Stephens |
32°40′06″S 152°07′33″E / 32.6684°S 152.1259°E / -32.6684; 152.1259 (PS Brighton) |
| Britannia |
United Kingdom |
25 August 1806 |
A whaler that ran up against the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs |
|
| Buster |
Australia |
17 February 1893 |
A barquentine that ran aground at Woolgoolga |
|
| Catterthun |
New South Wales |
8 August 1895 |
Hit rocks and sunk during a storm off Seal Rocks with over 50 lives lost |
|
| Cawarra |
New South Wales |
12 July 1886 |
Sank in rough seas, with 60 lives lost and 1 survivor |
|
| Charlotte |
United Kingdom |
1808 |
A sloop that was wrecked near Port Jackson |
|
| HMAS Colac |
Royal Australian Navy |
4 March 1987 |
A Bathurst-class corvette that was sunk as a target near Sydney |
34°49.2′S 151°32′E / 34.8200°S 151.533°E / -34.8200; 151.533 (HMAS Colac) |
| Colonist |
United Kingdom |
9 September 1894 |
A cargo ship that ran aground off Newcastle |
32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (SS Colonist (1889)) |
| Comboyne |
Australia |
27 November 1920 |
A steamship that was wrecked off Bass Point |
34°35′50″S 150°55′18″E / 34.5973°S 150.9217°E / -34.5973; 150.9217 (Comboyne (1911)) |
| Contest |
New South Wales |
28 February 1804 |
A sloop that sank in a storm off Port Stephens |
|
| USS Craven |
United States Navy |
25 May 1946 |
A Caldwell-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney |
|
| HMAS Doomba |
Royal Australian Navy |
9 December 1976 |
A warship that was scuttled off Dee Why |
33°42′58″S 151°20′50″E / 33.716083°S 151.347217°E / -33.716083; 151.347217 (HMAS Doomba) |
| Duckenfield |
New South Wales |
1889 |
The steamship struck Long Reef on its way to Sydney, but no lives lost |
|
| Dunbar |
Unknown |
20 August 1857 |
Sank after striking rocks, with 121 lives lost |
|
| Dundee |
Unknown |
August 1808 |
A ship that foundered in a gale at the mouth of the Hunter River |
|
| Edward Lombe |
United Kingdom |
25 August 1834 |
A merchantman that was wrecked on the Sydney Heads in a gale |
33°49.745′S 151°16.191′E / 33.829083°S 151.269850°E / -33.829083; 151.269850 (Edward Lombe (1828)) |
| Edwin |
New South Wales |
June 1816 |
A schooner that was wrecked near Cape Hawke |
|
| Eleanor Lancaster |
United Kingdom |
7 November 1856 |
A barque that was wrecked in a gale off Newcastle |
|
| Elizabeth Henrietta |
New South Wales |
17 December 1825 |
A brig that was wrecked off Newcastle |
|
| HMAS Encounter |
Royal Australian Navy |
14 September 1932 |
A Challenger-class protected cruiser that was scuttled off Sydney |
|
| Enterprize |
United Kingdom |
1874 |
A schooner that was wrecked in Richmond River |
|
| Estramina |
New South Wales |
19 January 1816 |
A schooner that ran aground off Newcastle |
|
| Fairwind |
Australian Army |
23 June 1950 |
A lighter that was wrecked off South West Rocks |
|
| Fingal |
Australia |
5 May 1943 |
A steamship that was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off Nambucca Heads |
|
| Fitzroy |
Australia |
26 June 1921 |
A steamship that was wrecked off Cape Hawke |
|
| Francis |
New South Wales |
21 March 1805 |
A schooner that was wrecked off Newcastle |
|
| George |
New South Wales |
1806 |
A sloop that ran aground in Twofold Bay |
|
| HMAS Geranium |
Royal Australian Navy |
24 April 1935 |
An Arabis-class sloop that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
|
| HMAS Goolgwai |
Royal Australian Navy |
29 May 1955 |
A minesweeper that was wrecked near Malabar |
|
| Governor Hunter |
New South Wales |
July 1816 |
A schooner that was wrecked in a gale off Port Stephens |
|
| Governor King |
New South Wales |
22 April 1806 |
A schooner that was wrecked off Newcastle |
|
| Grecian |
Tasmania |
6 May 1864 |
A sailing ship that was wrecked on Nine Mile Beach in a gale |
|
| Greycliffe |
Australia |
3 November 1927 |
Sydney ferry that collided with the mail steamer Tahiti and sank with the loss of 40 lives. |
|
| Hawkesbury Packet |
New South Wales |
14 August 1817 |
A sloop that ran aground at Minnamurra |
34°37′28″S 150°51′45″E / 34.6244°S 150.8624°E / -34.6244; 150.8624 (Hawkesbury Packet) |
| Hazard |
New South Wales |
March 1809 |
A sloop that ran aground on Box Head |
33°32′32″S 151°20′55″E / 33.54227°S 151.3485°E / -33.54227; 151.3485 (Hazard (ship)) |
| Herald |
New South Wales |
1 April 1884 |
A paddle steamer that sank off North Head |
33°49.492′S 151°17.462′E / 33.824867°S 151.291033°E / -33.824867; 151.291033 (PS Herald) |
| Hereward |
United Kingdom |
5 May 1898 |
A clipper that ran aground on Maroubra Beach in a storm |
|
| Hive |
United Kingdom |
10 December 1835 |
A convict ship that ran aground south of Jervis Bay |
|
| Hope |
New South Wales |
1817 |
A ship that was blown ashore at Port Stephens |
|
| HMAS Huon |
Royal Australian Navy |
10 April 1931 |
A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney after use as a target |
|
| Iron Knight |
Australia |
8 February 1943 |
An iron ore carrier sunk by the Japanese submarine I-21 |
36°51′S 149°44′E / 36.850°S 149.733°E / -36.850; 149.733 (SS Iron Knight (1937)) |
| Itata |
United Kingdom |
|
A barque that was damaged by fire and scuttled in Middle Harbour |
33°48.913′S 151°13.481′E / 33.815217°S 151.224683°E / -33.815217; 151.224683 (Itata (1883)) |
| HMAS Karangi |
Royal Australian Navy |
1970 |
A Bar-class boom defence vessel that was abandoned at Homebush Bay |
33°50′11″S 151°04′50″E / 33.8363379°S 151.0804902°E / -33.8363379; 151.0804902 (HMAS Karangi) |
| HMAS Kara Kara |
Royal Australian Navy |
31 January 1973 |
A boom defence vessel that was sunk as a target off Jervis Bay |
|
| HMAS Kianga |
Royal Australian Navy |
7 July 1946 |
A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
33°59′54″S 151°36′05″E / 33.998217°S 151.601283°E / -33.998217; 151.601283 (HMAS Kianga) |
| HMAS Kookaburra |
Royal Australian Navy |
March 1970 |
A Net-class boom defence vessel that was scuttled off Sydney |
33°51.300′S 151°21.196′E / 33.855000°S 151.353267°E / -33.855000; 151.353267 (HMAS Kookaburra) |
| Koonya |
New South Wales |
25 January 1898 |
A steamboat that ran aground off Cronulla Beach |
34°02′34″S 151°12′24″E / 34.042876°S 151.206777°E / -34.042876; 151.206777 (Koonya (1887)) |
| Koraaga |
Australia |
10 September 1931 |
A steamship that was wrecked off Gerringong |
34°47′00″S 150°54′36″E / 34.783268°S 150.909879°E / -34.783268; 150.909879 (Koraaga (1914)) |
| HMAS Kuttabul |
Royal Australian Navy |
31 May 1942 |
A depot ship that was torpedoed during the attack on Sydney Harbour |
|
| Limerick |
New Zealand |
26 April 1943 |
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-177 about 18 km (11 mi) east of Ballina |
|
| Lindus |
Victoria |
4 June 1899 |
A steamship that was wrecked in a storm off Newcastle |
32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (SS Lindus (1881)) |
| M84 |
Imperial Japanese Navy |
June 1942 |
A Japanese midget submarine that sank sometime after being shelled during the attack on Sydney Harbour, with two lives lost |
|
| Maianbar |
Australia |
5 May 1940 |
A steamship that ran aground on Nobbys Beach off Newcastle |
32°55′29″S 151°47′33.4″E / 32.92472°S 151.792611°E / -32.92472; 151.792611 (TSS Maianbar) |
| Maitland (1870) |
New South Wales |
6 May 1898 |
A paddle steamship that was wrecked during a gale at what is now Maitland Bay |
33°31′40.1″S 151°23′41.6″E / 33.527806°S 151.394889°E / -33.527806; 151.394889 (TSS Maianbar) |
| HMS Mallow |
Royal Navy |
24 April 1935 |
An Acacia-class sloop that was sunk as a target |
|
| HMAS Marguerite |
Royal Australian Navy |
1 August 1935 |
An Arabis-class sloop that was sunk as a target |
|
| Martha |
New South Wales |
August 1800 |
A schooner that was wrecked off Manly |
|
| HMAS Medea |
Royal Australian Navy |
20 January 1948 |
A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney |
33°59′54″S 151°36′04″E / 33.998267°S 151.601139°E / -33.998267; 151.601139 (HMAS Medea) |
| HMAS Mercedes |
Royal Australian Navy |
23 January 1948 |
A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney |
33°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.600950 (HMAS Mercedes) |
| Merksworth |
New South Wales |
7 May 1898 |
A steamboat that was wrecked near Stockton Beach |
32°50′13″S 151°56′13″E / 32.836883°S 151.93692°E / -32.836883; 151.93692 (Merksworth (1874)) |
| Myola |
Australia |
2 April 1919 |
A steam collier ('sixty-miler') that foundered off Long Reef |
33°45′40.3″S 151°21′48.1″E / 33.761194°S 151.363361°E / -33.761194; 151.363361 (TSS Maianbar) |
| Nancy |
New South Wales |
18 April 1805 |
A sloop that was wrecked off Jervis Bay |
35°22′01″S 150°50′04″E / 35.367°S 150.834333°E / -35.367; 150.834333 (Nancy (1803)) |
| Narara |
Australia |
23 August 1903 |
A steamboat that was wrecked near Barrenjoey |
|
| Nimbin |
Australia |
5 December 1940 |
A steamship that hit a mine off Norah Head |
33°15.392′S 151°46.976′E / 33.256533°S 151.782933°E / -33.256533; 151.782933 (MV Nimbin (ship)) |
| Norfolk |
Great Britain |
1800 |
A sloop that was run aground by convicts at Stockton Beach |
|
| Oakland |
New South Wales |
27 May 1903 |
A small coaster, foundered off Cabbage Tree Island in storm, 11 lives lost |
32°40.765′S 152°14.003′E / 32.679417°S 152.233383°E / -32.679417; 152.233383 |
| HMAS Olive Cam |
Royal Australian Navy |
2 November 1954 |
An auxiliary minesweeper wrecked near Green Cape Lighthouse |
37°09′04″S 150°00′26″E / 37.151107°S 150.007120°E / -37.151107; 150.007120 (HMAS Olive Cam) |
| USS Osborne |
United States Navy |
6 September 1947 |
A Clemson-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney following a fire. |
|
| HMAS Paterson |
Royal Australian Navy |
11 June 1951 |
A wooden auxiliary minesweeper that sank off The Entrance |
33°16′40″S 151°34′19″E / 33.277836°S 151.571896°E / -33.277836; 151.571896 (HMAS Paterson) |
| HMAS Pioneer |
Royal Australian Navy |
18 February 1931 |
A Pelorus-class protected cruiser that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
33°51.850′S 151°19.844′E / 33.864167°S 151.330733°E / -33.864167; 151.330733 (HMAS Pioneer) |
| Queen Bee |
Australia |
2 September 1922 |
A small twin screw steamer Sixty-miler that sunk off Barrenjoey Head, Broken Bay |
|
| Queen of Nations |
United Kingdom |
31 May 1881 |
A clipper that ran aground off East Corrimal |
|
| Recovery |
United Kingdom |
June 1816 |
A sloop that was wrecked near Port Stephens |
|
| Shockwave |
Australia |
10 October 2009 |
A yacht that ran aground off Flinders Islet |
|
| HMAS Stalwart |
Royal Australian Navy |
22 July 1939 |
An S-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney |
33°59.906′S 151°36.067′E / 33.998433°S 151.601117°E / -33.998433; 151.601117 (HMAS Stalwart (H14)) |
| HMAS Swan |
Royal Australian Navy |
2 February 1934 |
A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that sank under tow in the Hawkesbury River |
|
| Sygna |
Norway |
26 May 1974 |
Ran aground near Newcastle |
32°51′32.94″S 151°50′40.96″E / 32.8591500°S 151.8447111°E / -32.8591500; 151.8447111 (MV Sygna) |
| Tassie III |
United States Army |
9 June 1945 |
A motor vessel that was wrecked at Byron Bay |
28°38′20″S 153°36′50″E / 28.638795°S 153.613906°E / -28.638795; 153.613906 (MV Tassie III) |
| Three Bees |
United Kingdom |
20 May 1814 |
A convict ship that caught fire off Bennelong Point |
|
| Titan |
Singapore |
29 December 1992 |
A floating crane that broke tow and was scuttled near Kendall |
31°39′51″S 152°52′24″E / 31.664267°S 152.873330°E / -31.664267; 152.873330 (Australian floating crane Titan) |
| HMAS Torrens |
Royal Australian Navy |
24 November 1930 |
A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads |
|
| Trial |
New South Wales |
1816 |
A brig that ran aground at Trial Bay |
|
| Tuncurry |
Australia |
22 October 1916 |
A steamboat that was wrecked off Broken Bay |
33°37.125′S 151°26.422′E / 33.618750°S 151.440367°E / -33.618750; 151.440367 (Tuncurry (1903)) |
| Tuggerah |
Unknown |
1919 |
Sank during a storm off Marley Beach south of Sydney, with 6 lives lost |
|
| HMAS Vendetta |
Royal Australian Navy |
2 July 1948 |
A V-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney Heads |
|
| HMAS Vigilant |
Royal Australian Navy |
April 1966 |
A patrol boat that was scuttled off Sydney |
|
| HMAS Voyager |
Royal Australian Navy |
10 February 1964 |
Sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne, with 82 killed |
|
| Wandra |
Australia |
15 December 1915 |
A steamboat that was wrecked off Jervis Bay |
35°02′43″S 150°50′21″E / 35.045217°S 150.839183°E / -35.045217; 150.839183 (TSS Wandra (1907)) |
| HMAS Waree |
Royal Australian Navy |
17 October 1946 |
A tugboat that ran aground at the mouth of the Clarence River |
29°25.385′S 153°21.854′E / 29.423083°S 153.364233°E / -29.423083; 153.364233 (HMAS Waree) |
| Wendouree |
New South Wales |
20 July 1898 |
A steamship that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River |
32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (Wendouree (1882)) |
| William Cossar |
New South Wales |
14 February 1825 |
A schooner that was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Reef |
|
| Windsor |
New South Wales |
1816 |
A sloop that was wrecked on Long Reef |
|
| Wollongbar (1911) |
Australia |
14 May 1921 |
A steamship that was blown ashore at Byron Bay |
28°38′14″S 153°36′37″E / 28.637086°S 153.610378°E / -28.637086; 153.610378 (SS Wollongbar (1911)) |
| Wollongbar (1922) |
Australia |
29 April 1943 |
A steamship that was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off Crescent Head |
|
| HMAS Woomera |
Royal Australian Navy |
11 October 1960 |
An armament store carrier that caught fire off Sydney |
|
| USS WST-1 |
United States Navy |
27 July 1945 |
Naval salvage tug, ran aground on rocks off Susan Gilmore Beach, Newcastle, in heavy fog |
|
| HMAS Yarra |
Royal Australian Navy |
30 September 1929 |
A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was sunk as a target |
|