Fanny Nicholson was an iron-framed, timber-clad barque that sank in 1872 in Frenchman's Bay in King George Sound near Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The barque was built in Hartlepool in County Durham. It was fitted with...
Sarah Lafleur is a Canadian actress, most recognizable for her roles in Ugly Betty (ABC), The Mentalist (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), CSI: NY (CBS), Crossing Jordan (NBC), Without a Trace (CBS), Playmakers (ESPN); and the films Shall We Dance?...
Mary Celeste (, often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was a Canadian-built, American-registered, merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadian brigantine...
HMS Windsor Castle was a 102-gun, three-deck, first-rate, Queen-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1850s. She was converted to screw-propulsion while still under construction. Completed in 1859, the ship spent her whole...
This is a list of shipwrecks located in Australia.
King George Sound (Menang Nyungar: Mammang-Koort) is a sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Named "King George the Third's Sound" by George Vancouver in 1791, it was referred to as "King George's Sound" from 1805. The name "King George...
HMS Hercules was a central-battery ironclad of the Royal Navy in the Victorian era, and was the first warship to mount a main armament of 10-inch (250 mm) calibre guns.
Blackbirding was the trade in indentured labourers from the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is often described as a form of slavery, despite the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout...
CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King and later El Majidi, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam power chiefly known for her actions under Lieutenant Commander James Waddell as part of the Confederate States...
