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) )
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 )
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) )
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