Tweed Shipwrecks
This page lists Shipwrecks on the Tweed River Bar and foreshore covering the period 1844 to 1941. The list is not exhaustive and was compiled from shipwreck files and books held at the Tweed Maritime Museum. Thanks to Margaret Lutton and Gwyn Broomhall for sharing the results of their recent research into Tweed Shipwrecks. Wreck sites and Tonnages are listed where this information is available.
| Date | Vessel | Description | Remarks |
| 1844 August 4 | Express | Schooner | 28 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1846 August 19 | Coolangatta | Topsail Schooner | 88 Tons North of Tweed River |
| 1847 January | Rose | Cutter | 28 Tons Tweed Bar (Cedar Trading Ship) |
| 1848 May | Fanny Morris | Topsail Schooner | 48 Tons North Spit Tweed River entrance |
| 1848 July 1 | Jane | 42 Tons Tweed Bar | |
| 1849 May | Jane Scott | Wooden Cutter | 36 Tons. Lost off Fingal Head |
| 1849 May | Swift | Schooner | 45 Tons. Capsised during Violent Gale while travelling from Tweed Heads to Brunswick Heads |
| 1849 June | Tweed | Schooner | On beach near mouth of River |
| 1849 October | St Leonard | Schooner | 55 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1851 March 30 | Comet | Schooner | Tweed Bar |
| 1851 August 12 | Ocean Queen | Schooner | Tweed Bar |
| 1855 February 15 | Pyrmont | ||
| 1855 February | Hannah | lost near Tweed Heads | |
| 1857 February | Favourite | Schooner | 44 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1857 March 7 | Flirt | Schooner | Tweed Bar |
| 1858 September 5 | Koh-I-Noor | Schooner | Tweed Bar |
| 1859 July 14 | Arrow | Brigantine | 110 Tons Tweed bar |
| 1859 July 30 | Ebenezer | Topsail Schooner | 90 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1862 October 18 | Fanny | Schooner | 93 Tons Tweed bar |
| 1865 November 26 | Minerva | Wooden Schooner | 45 Tons Tweed bar |
| 1868 February 28 | Atlanta | Tweed Bar | |
| 1870 April 26 | Perseverence | Paddle wheeler | 35 Tons Pt. Danger |
| Date | Vessel | Description | Remarks |
| 1870 May 20 | Panic of 66 | Topsail Schooner | 52 Tons North Head Tweed Bar |
| 1871 May 12 | Sara Jane | Schooner | |
| 1873 July 30 | Bellinger | Brigantine | 56 Tons North Head Tweed Bar |
| 1877 January 13 | Pioneer | Ketch | 73 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1877 August 17 | Settlers Friend | Topsail Schooner | 65 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1881 September 23 | True Blue | Ketch | 49 tons North Head Tweed Bar |
| 1884 November 26 | Dollar Bird | Topsail Schooner | 95 Tons North Head Tweed River |
| 1886 November 8 | Kalara | Paddle Steamer | 166 Tons 2 Miles off Pt. Danger |
| 1887 July 21 | Reliance | Schooner | 74 Tons Between Brunswick and Tweed Rivers….. Crew landed Safely at Tweed Heads |
| 1887 July 27 | Collector | Paddle Steamer | 24 Tons Sunk Tweed Bar |
| 1888 April 19 | Tweed | Steamer | 151 Tons Sunk Tweed Bar |
| 1890 October 19 | Alberta | Steamer | 2214 Tons sunk Sutherland Reef (off Kingscliff) |
| 1896 September 9 | Chindera | Steamer | 186 Tons Sunk Tweed Heads |
| 1897 July | Heroine | Schooner | 122 Tons beached at Rainbow Bay |
| 1899 February 16 | Orara | Screw Steamship | 298 Tons Pt. Danger (Cargo of Rum) |
| 1903 July 3 | Annie | Steam Launch | 43 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1907 July 19 | Fido | Steamer | 1433 Tons Fido Reef (near Cook Island) |
| 1909 January | Murwillumbah | Drogher | 44 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1912 November 28 | Friendship | Steamer | 214 Tons South Beach Tweed Bar |
| 1913 May 2 | Tatham | Drogher | 37 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1914 July 10 | Kurrara | Launch | Tweed Bar |
| 1916 January 20 | Pastime | Motor Launch | destroyed by fire Tweed River |
| 1922 | Boambee | Steamer | |
| 1926 December 14 | Swan | Motor Launch | capsized in Tweed Bar |
| 1930 | Emma Pyers | Screw Steamship | 72 Tons Tweed River |
| 1933 February 22 | Terranora | Steam Tug | 59 Tons Northern Breakwater Tweed Bar |
| 1933 | Champion II | Tug | 63 Tons Tweed Heads |
| 1935 April 18 | Maple Leaf | Launch | Tweed River- Cook Island |
| 1937 July 22 | Chaerea | Yawl | 17 Tons South Beach Tweed River |
| 1939 August 25 | Tyalgum | Steamer | 544 Tons Tweed Bar |
| 1941 August 24 | Delhi | 411 Tons Fingal beach near Lighthouse |
Wreck site information re. vessels “Bellinger”, “Pioneer”, “Settlers Friend”, “True Blue”, “Kalara”, “Collector”, “Tweed”, “Alberta”, “Chindera” extracted from the book “McGregor and Cooloon” Warren D Keats 1999.