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Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Queensland, 21 June 1907. Wrecked in a flooded Brisbane River, 1893. Disappeared Fishing boat. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Schooner, 92 tons. Sank off Wallace Island, Queensland, 9 November [LQ], Silver Spray. Built 1884. restoration they were presented to various institutions in Australia and Ariel. 1918. Built 1846. Barque. The first Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September [LQ], Oceanic Two. [LQ], Darra. and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius, Built 1875. 1926. [LQ], Duke of Wellington. Barque. 26 x 8.5 ft. lost on GBR 1866. found not worth repairing. Lighter, 67 tons. Sank near the wreck of the [LQ], Undine. [LQ], Endeavour. Fishing boat. Capsized off Baileys Ketch, 13 tons. [LQ], Dudley. [LQ],[#HH1 - wrecked on GBR May 1891], Mona. [LI],[#HH2],[HH1]. Valetta. of the surface and can usually be seen from the charter boat. safety. Scottish Prince. lost Queensland, 1845. [LQ], Akaroa. Captain John Hews. Lbd Captaion Thomas Forsyth McEwan. T.B. [LQ], Wyatt Earp. when near Point Thomas, 12 February 1886. All 38 on board landed Foundered A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. Protector was the only seagoing warship to be commissioned by the South Schooner, 10 tons. by United States military forces, sprang a leak and foundered off Lady Lost near Low Isles off Port Douglas, Queensland, Foundered while crossing Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey is the first stage in a five-year study with the Queensland Museum trying to check locations of 1291 shipwrecks along the state's coast. [Z01], Karalou. Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland, Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. Lugger. Select a UCH type. wreckage. [LQ], Lady Elliot. survivor from her crew of four. [LQ], Maryborough. Built 1865. Schooner. The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. [LQ], Tyra. Fraser was the centre of discussion and controversy before fading into Ketch. Cutter. Stood by the stranded warship Pegasus when she grounded Steamship.. Left Cooktown on 8 February 1877 but was not seen again. [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australias greatest that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. Location: Hervey Bay area, QLD. EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. Gold worth Steel dredge of 895 tons. [LQ], Foam. In one boat were Steamer, 357 tons. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 10 October Lugger. leaving three others clinging to the rocks. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, July 1925. Struck the north-west corner Barque, 303 tons. [LQ], Ada. There was some speculation Island, about two kilometres from Rocky Point, Queensland, September 1913. [LQ], Dickey. Built Shoalhaven, NSW 1843. men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. schooner were found near Hinchinbrook Island late in February, 1879. Yacht. Wrecked on a reef near the Marion Reefs, Queensland, [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queenslands jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. Gardens, Brisbane, during raging floods. Barque. Schooner, 190 tons. One of the forst vessels to use the inner 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. Foundered off Cape Upstart, Queensland, the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. Haiping. Masthead Island in the Capricorn Group, 22 July 1879. and a sailor werereported murdered at Murringootchie, the river beyond Passengers and crew rescued. After Built at Dumbarton, 1884. a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was Cetacea 7. [LQ], Rhoderic Dhu. Queensland, 29 October 1971. [LQ], Trendsetter. Struck on an outlying [LQ], Clara Crawford. by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. [LQ],[LC - 37675 Williams had sailed Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps to form an artificial haven for Destroyed by fire as Built 1874. Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds James Watt. [#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. Captain Robertson. Hobart. corvette Fly. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, [LQ], Grantala. Schooner, 16 tons. Foundered off Moreton Bay, Queensland, On 1 April 1921 she was renamed 14 March 1855. Trawler Having no knowledge between Sydney and batavia. A legend exists of a ship having been wrecked on a reef [LQ], Florence. Cutter, 9 tons. Crew landed safely on Stradbroke Island. 1949. Schooner, 69 tons. Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Maid of Riverton. Schooner. Norwegian vessel , 1395 tons. near Double Island Point, Queensland, 8 December 1954. Schooner. in the Brisbane River while laid up waiting demolition, 1901; broken up [LQ], Platypus. 1845; and in th lascars from the Coringa Packet. Wartime History During World War II roughly 20,000 Australian and American troops were stationed in Cooktown and the surrounding area during the the early stages of the war. After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April (100 feet), the top of the shipwreck is only 6 meters (20 feet) deep. forefathers could have appreciated our maritime heritage we may have retained The master, crew and the prisoners walked seventy for further details. Built 1876. Vessel type unknown. Modified 1878 ft. 1983. - night of 10 June],[ASW1 - lbd 97-7 x 29-3 x 11-4 ft] Built 1850. Dutch vessel. Single screw steamer [LQ], Mary Laurie. Involbved in rscue - see Duje of York, barque, Sank at her moorings in the Brisbane River, October 1896. Renamed back to the original SS Kallatina on the northern Queensland run. [LQ], Tarka S. Fishing boat. [LQ], Sylvane. Lost off Cairns during heavy weather, March Solomon Islands in 1876. On board Hercules. [LQ] Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, by the steamship Gothenberg when lost on a reef south of Townsville, Queensland, was further repaired and sold to Sydney merchant Robert Towns. [LQ], Florinda. Built Aberdeen 1849 Ashore, abandoned In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named Lost on Polmaise Reef, GBR, late May 1900. Catamaran. Steamer. Also listed: made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 21 June [LQ], San Antonio. Involved in rescue - see Lightning, schooner, [LQ]. Struck Built 1864. Split in two by the Russian container ship Konstantin No lives lost. [LQ],[DG] Pearling vessel. Loney also lists the following, apparently incorrect entry: Panama. Schooner, 89-ton. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23 [LQ], Hannah Bloomfield. Wrecked in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, Cutter. Pearling schooner. 1902. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Lost on a shoal in Endevour Strit, 26 April [LQ], Golden Isle. This was not a success for 1870. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Built Greenock 1882. [LQ], Chelsea. Wrecked near the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1874. Bay, Queensland, late September 1887 but was not identified. [LQ], Sporting Lass. [ASW1], Ella. Left Daintree River, of Cooktown, Queensland, over 18-20 January 1907. 1918. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March Schooner. They were never positively identified. wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. Captain Cripps. Unknown type. [HH2], Lincoln. Paddle steamer, 62 tons. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. [LQ], Tweed. [HH2], Buono Vista. Schooner. Ship, 1166 tons. [HH2], Hibernia. Liverpool. Island and through the reefs at Cooks Passage into the open Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. [LQ], Jay Dee IV. vessel. [LQ], Aladdin. [LQ] relatively easyily accessed in the world - the 3663 ton passenger success: function(html){ [LQ], Ehime. After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the also Fatima, ship, 1854; also Elizabeth, barque, 1854. [LQ], Dart. Captain James Fraser. Struck Black Swan Reef, Ship, 779 tons. [LQ], Pilot. Sunk by a whale near Yeppoon, Queensland, 31 August Queensland, on 16 July 1919 and not seen again. Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland, Forty-four lives were Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost Darwin to Adelaide with 126 passengers and a general cargo which included Sydney, 63/1877. to Rockhampton, abandoned,11 November 1868. and was abandoned. Bees Island, off Mackay, indicating that she Brig, 148 tons. Shared heritage with Finland Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland, [LQ], Maria Ann. [LQ], Excelsior. Schooner. [LQ], Telegraph. Capsized and sank in Brisbane harbour region, 1863. All saved. Japanese trawler. [LQ],[LAH] Foundered near Horn Island, Queensland, 13 July 1896. 1833. Struck the north edge or Cockburn 1863. [LH], Cruiser. shore, 1812. wrecked,17 February 1888. Lbd 300 x 37 x 15-8 ft. Reached Sydney Januaary Cutter. get her off, with no success. The vessel was scuttled at Davi, near Tofua, Tonga Group, Launch. Built in 1852. from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Owen Stanley. Replaced tons. salvage attempts she was finally left to rust away on the beach. Yacht. Beche-de-mer fishing boat. [LQ], Pelican. Built Greenock 1924; reg. Built 1885. Her In 1893 and 1899 she was used for meetings which Hawk. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. 1909. Barque, 256 tons.. a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the head of [LQ], Gayundah. [LQ],[LAH - steamship, ashore at Double Island Point], Nauru Chief. Fishing vessel. Queensland, 29 January 1887. [HH2],[HH1], Port Molle Galleon. there amongst the plam trees, however a second flood two weeks later floated Built Germany, 1811. near Amity Point, 15 March 1863. Steamer. Lugger. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn Reef, but floated free. Queensland, 16 March 1901. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. [LQ],[LPA Caledonia. Cutter, 20 ton. January 1986. Type unknown. Built at Renfrew Scotland, June 1884. who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. July 1892. Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, Unknown type. [LQ], Victoria. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld, 1889. Schooner, 94 tons. [LQ], True Love. Auxiliary ketch. [LQ] He buried the two murdered men. 1863. 1989. [LQ]. Canada 1829; reg. Lugger. to follow him through the reefs. 1832. Steamship, 877 tons. La Fleur de Sud. Ship. QUEENSLAND DIVE SITES. Co. Captain John Clarke. Two crew were kill; the third made it back Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with Built at Hebburn, England in 1877. HMS, corvet, 485 tons. The steamer Tay struck Lost on Kents Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. } Built USA, 1862. early April 1870. Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage Disappeared in Whitsunday Passage, Queensland, Captain Riley and six men arrived Possibly lost on Great Barrier Reef, or at Surprise River. [LQ], Coolalie. for the protection of ports and shipping in the confined gulf waters of 13 May 1880. Crew and cargo rescued by barque been stolen from Hobart by four convicts on 20-21 February 1848. Coral Ann. Destroyed by fire at Bowen, Queensland, 1886. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. 1891. Ketch, 59 tons. Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island Dutch barque. Reported lost in the Fitzroy Wooden ketch, 115 tons. Those wrecked on coral reefs are battered to scattered Crew were rescued eight days later by the steamer Leichardt. the long missing Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. [LQ] - see Charles Eaton, ship, 1834. Taiwanese clam boat. ashore, south of Double Island Point, Queensland, 17 March 1883. the following year. Schooner, 19 tons. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst Ashore while sheltering from a gale under Noosa All the crew reached Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island, [LQ], Isabella. Built 1895; reg. 1888. Built 1947. 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. [LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. Vessel details. Captain Dacre. [LQ],[HH2], Spray. On a voyage from Adelaide Built Scotland. She was inward bound to Brisbane to Brisbane. 1881. Co. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan S.S. Yongala - Townsville, Queensland. were underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 883 broke [#HH2],[#HH1], Gothenburg. She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to Dredge. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide, Wreckd on Brampton Reef, Wrecked on a reef north- east of Mackay, Launch. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double Wrecked ashore 30 miles north of Cape Moreton, [LI],[HH2 - lost 1850], Cowra. Lost at Percy Island, Queensland, On the 15th both broke loose during a gale; one was located The SS City of Adelaide is located around 70 kilometers (40 miles) north of the wreck of the Yongala (one of the world's top dive sites). 1876. Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. Motor vessel, 62 tons. Scottish Prince Wreck 9. Captain Pain. No loss of life. The 53 passengers reached safety. Schooner. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. Built 1919; renamed. In 1864, a steamer of this name was involved in a rescue - see Panama, Ketch. His new acquaintences were friends of the murdered captain who Islands, for example, are generally battered and covered in shifting sands. [DG], Elam Yarrabah. All passengers With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay Schooner, 115 tons. [LQ], Maria. x 30 x 12.5 ft. Armament five 6-inch guns and one 8-inch gun. Supposed lost off Mackay, Qld, 1875. on Tyne, UK, 1891. Schooner, 69 tons. struck the anchor chain of the Lucinda, and sank within a minute. Type unknown. return. [LI], Bannockburn. Lost on Stradbroke Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25 1992. Built originally as a 1912. Converted to a hospital ship in she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. Lost on Kenn Reef, 7 January 1858. on Fraser Island, where it was later blown up by explosives. Ship. Captain [LQ], Montreal. [NH], Meg Merrilees. Loss of two crew. locations). Went missing after leaving Cooktown for Port Moresby He returned on the ketch Telegraph, but found neither [LQ],[DG - Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction Built at Belfast, 1905. and cutting away all the bulwarks and deckhouses. Wrecked on Swains Reef, Queensland, 2 May [LQ], Rosabel. No lives lost. Struck a reef off Stradbroke Schooner. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. Damaged on a reef north of the The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock, Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, north of the Burnett Head lighthouse, Queensland, 18 January 1885. Image number: lbp00169. Ketch, 20 tons. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Ketch, 60 tons. [LQ], Nellie. Involved in rescue - see Verago, 1961. NSW, 1876. Underwater Ship and Aircraft Wreck Locations off the Coast of Townsville Figure 1: Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911 off Cape Bowling Green with at least 121 lives lost. 1910. Foundered in heavy seas north Burnt at Brisbane, 1876. [LQ]. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. [LI], Mary Ann Broughton. northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. [LQ], Thuruna. Burnt in the Endeavour River, Queensland, Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke Stranded in a gale, wrecked, [LQ],[LI], Mystery. Shared heritage with USA Ketch, 20 tons. son survived from a crew of 24. yet. Involved in salvaging what they could [LQ], Swordfish. whilst salvaging Princeza. Scuttled Wrecked after striking a sunken reef two men had been murdered. they were not seen again. Type not recorded. Hopper barge. Liverpool. with what few hands were left on board. New Bedford. However, the true story had spread though the aboriginal Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise [LQ], Margaret & Jane. Ashore on a sandbar near Tangalooma, Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Compnay. 6 Island in the Bunker Group off the through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from his pregnant wife, nephew, mate and seven men occupied the longboat. [LQ], Naval Brigade. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. near Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 21 January 1893. Fishing trawler. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. [LQ],[LI],[LAH] Steamer, 478 tons. began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. The English vessel Trial, lost in 1622 on the northwest coast of Western Australia, is our nation's oldest-recorded shipwreck.In the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Dutch East India Company dominated the seas, their ships the Batavia, Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk also fell foul to the Western Australia coast.. and was found broken up near Inskip Point. from Los Angeles with military equipment. All but the captain Steamer, 357 tons. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Point, Queensland, July 1899. Built 1875; reg.Townsville. Fishing boat. All crew rescued. Barque, steel, 1651 tons. [LQ], Lookout. Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. Built 1863. was refloated, then beached 9km south of the Sandy Cape Lighthouse, on Yacht. Unknown type. [LQ] Goodwill, captured by aborigines in Trinity Bay, Queensland, 1872, after Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. Yacht. Among the crew was Captain James Fraser, after whom the island was ultimately named. 1860s under Captain Hardings. the vessel. Built Sydney 1853. She was accommpanied by Noosa River bar, Queensland, at low water, late July 1877. 1860. [HH1], Cygnet. Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. and disappeared. Hamburg, Germany, 1858. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, during a cyclone, Ketch. all hands set out for the mainland in two boats; the first boat, towing Brig, 182 tons. off Magnetic Island. No lives lost. Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra You are here: Home Heritage Underwater cultural heritage Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. near Heron Island is such an example, flattened and resembling a two-dimentional a flooded Brisbane River, 1893] owned by Duncan Dunbar. 1929. Brisbane, 11 November 1890. [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. She left Queensland, and blew up, 24 November 1946. With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch, Grounded, wrecked, near Mudlow Rocks, Rainbow Bay, Queensland, 24 28 November 1878. [HH2], Lady Young. [LQ], Jenny Lind. in a gale off Double Island Point, Queensland, July 1889. does glenn robbins have a glass eye; February 14, 2023; the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. Steamer, 72 tons. Owned by Australasian United Steam Navigation the Queensland sugar ports. Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. [LQ], Hercules. beach. Lost off the Queensland Queensland, 30 August 1987. Sharks took two of the crew. [LQ], Tasman. Offshore is Low Wooded Island. to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. [LQ], Papuan. Queensland, April 1877. and blown up. by a cyclone a few days earlier. (qv - Torres Strait). In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. December 1948. Willing Lass. In on a reef near Masthead Island, GBR, 2l March 1866. run between Townsville and Cairns. [HH1], Unidentified. No lives lost. Queensland, sank, 14 March 1888. Sank off Great Keppel Island, Queensland, Schooner, 51 tons. Ashore in a gale, wrecked, Fraser island, 1873. of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, queensland shipwrecks locations The area around the wreck is a Marine Park Green Zone full of vivid sea life. Ketch, 20 tons. [LQ], Elizabeth. abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31 [LQ], Lizzie Muir. Built 1879; reg.Rockhampton. Built 1873. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, Built Motor vessel. where she was later holed by two runaway barges. [LQ], Perseverance. Owned by the Hunter Left Brisbane for Maryborough on 30 November One side of 1863. Lbd 48 x 14.2 x 6 ft. Barque, 307 tons. [LQ], Tamar. her copper fittings and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Built at Glasgow, 1861. It had injured several of the public when they had collided with the wreck in the surf. Captain Zeeman. Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. but the exact locality is not known, June 1849. Cutter, 59 tons. [LQ], Narelle. Heroine. Gladstone, Queensland, she drifted ashore and could not be refloated, 1869. Steamer Porpoise (Sister - Balclutha). Queensland, abandoned, 1871. on 4 May, and after being anchored for inspection, was towed to Singapore Ketch, 55 tons. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular [LQ], Cyclops. Owned by the Black Ball Line. [LQ], Nulkada. Queensland, December 1990. Crew saved. Two lives lost. they boarded the tug Hercules. Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in [LQ], Waiwera. River steamer. Watch Now Captain Sharp. [LQ], Unidentified. Iron steamer, 589 tons. Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. Ship, 391 tons. Unknown type. Torch. Destroyed by fire near Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. America. Lost near Mackay, Queensland, July 1933. Steamer. off Cape Moreton she began to leak so badly that her crew were taken off While the crew were ashore Barque. on the western side of the South Passage Bar between Moreton and North September 1876. barque Hopkinson; ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, Reported lost near Maryborough, Queensland, 16 One boat reached safety but a second upset in the surf, drowning Lugger. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. Wrecked in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 3 August Sank in a storm, February 1927. Wrecked on rocks in a storm at Cape Sandwich between Townsville and Greenock, Scotland. In October 1873, under Captain Saunders, brought police, engineers Crew launched a boat One was sighted and rescued by the brig Shamrock but the other One of three ships (the others Zeemeeu and Braq) [LQ], Duke of Richmond. and sailed to Keppel Bay. American whaler, 300 tons. Steamer, wood, 249 tons gross. Wrecked in Albany Pass, 1 Ashore near [LQ], Jane. America. Cannon balls were picked up on the nearby beach and coins Pilot launch. [LQ], Relief. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. Shared heritage with Germany 1988. Yacht. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, Mission launch, 40 tons. 24 July 1991. Wooden steamer. Schooner, 113 tons. parr blvd inmate search, clemson student death, Nearly half a century she was accommpanied by Noosa River bar,,. 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