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The Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia stretches from Cape Otway to Port Fairy, a distance of approximately 130 km. This coastline is accessible via the Great Ocean Road, and is home to the limestone formations called The Twelve Apostles. Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, "I have seldom seen a more fearful section of ...
A steamship that ran aground off Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, and used as target practice for the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. The wreck was sunk by Cyclone Althea in 1971. 19°10′29″N 146°49′32″E / 19.174842°N 146.825471°E / 19.174842; 146.825471 ( SS City of Adelaide
A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay, killing two students. Victoria Canada: 1881 A ferry that capsized and sank near London, Ontario, with the loss of 181 lives. [12] Waubuno: 22 November 1879 A side-wheel paddle steamer lost in a storm in Georgian Bay
This stretch of the coast is renowned for its shipwrecks, with the ship, Fiji wrecked just off the head in 1891 [3] and the Marie Gabrielle wrecked on 25 November 1869. [ 4 ] An Aboriginal shell midden was excavated in a rock shelter at Moonlight Head and was found to have been occupied between 1030 BP and 180 BP when excavated by archaeologist ...
List of shipwrecks of Europe. List of shipwrecks of France; List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom. List of shipwrecks of England; List of shipwrecks of North America. List of shipwrecks of Canada; List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California; List of shipwrecks of Florida; List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
The Mahogany Ship is a putative early Australian shipwreck that is believed by some to lie beneath the sand in the Armstrong Bay area, approximately 3 to 6 kilometres (1.9 to 3.7 mi) west of Warrnambool in southwest Victoria, Australia.
As of 2019, the wrecks are the subject of archeological research undertaken by Parks Canada. Researchers are using the RV David Thompson, a scientific and research vessel, as living accommodation; and a barge "Qiniqtiryuaq" to support the diving down to the wrecks. Parks Canada is also handling the documentation and conservation of artefacts ...
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1951 Ship State Description Elsie III United States: The 9-gross register ton, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank in "Rocky Bay" in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report does not specify in which of several bodies of water with that name the sinking took place. [70] USS U-2513 United States Navy