Talk:Pig Island (Queensland)

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Is this section relevent? Since it's about the area rather than this island I moved it to talk for discussion. Doesn't seem important or focused enough to me, personally. RJFJR (talk) 22:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shipwrecks for Cockburn Islands generally

Source for the following information.^[1]

Amelia Breillart. Brig, 162 tons.

Struck the north edge or Cockburn Reef, Queensland, 15 August 1861 but broke free, continued her voyage but next day leaked so badly she was abandoned.

Florinda / Flounda. Schooner, 105 tons. Built Melbourne 1873.

Forced on to a reef at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, sank, 9 June 1887

Pioneer. Brig, 148 tons. Built 1850.

Wrecked on the north-west point of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. Crew rescued by barque Waverly and taken on to Batavia. She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for the long missing Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt.

Richard Bell. Brig.

Ashore on Cockburn Reef, off the Queensland coast, 1833

Undaunted. Ship, 1245 tons.

Wrecked after striking a reef near Cockburn Island, Queensland, 4 September 1863. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Cornwallis

William. Brig, 219 tons. Reg. Capetown 22/1837, reg Sydney 21/1837, 19/1838, 29/1838. Lbd 84 x 21.5 x 17 ft. Master Henry Kreuger.

From Sydney, wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to get her off, with no success. The William was abandoned, the crew taken aboard Trusty

^ Queensland Shipwrecks in the Barrier Reef, Accessed May 2006 http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/qld-wrecks.html

[1] Queensland Shipwrecks in the Barrier Reef, Accessed May 2006 http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/qld-wrecks.html

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