The URGQ Curtin Artificial Reef has been established
by the Underwater Research Group of Queensland (URGQ) with assistance
of the barge and tug companies, the Queensland Department of Transport
and the Armed Services.
URGQ Maps of the site are
available
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The Curtin Artificial Reef
lays 60 metres either side of a line joining points of Latitude S27º06'07",
Longitude E153º21'00" in the Yule Roads Bulwer wrecks area of Moreton
Bay with the northernmost part 625 metres due east of the (unmaintained)
Northern Measured mile Beacon, Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island.
| |
Date Sunk
|
Vessel Name
|
Type of Vessel
|
Size
|
| 1 |
12/8/68 |
Amsterdam Barge |
Dumb Barge |
18 x 8 m |
| 2 |
14 to 30/8/68 |
36 Steel Pontoons |
|
7 x 2 m |
| 3 |
1/69 |
Concrete Pipes |
|
|
| 4 |
15/2/69 |
Lady Norman |
Self Propelled Barge |
40 x 7 m |
| 5 |
7/3/70 |
2000 tyres |
|
|
| 6 |
29/11/70 |
60+ Car bodies |
|
|
| 7 |
18/4/71 |
Kos I |
Whale Chaser |
38 x 7 m |
| 8 |
1/10/72 |
Kos II |
Whale Chaser |
38 x 7 m |
| 9 |
6/10/74 |
BD4 Rock Driller |
Bottom Dump Barge |
32 x 6 m |
| 10 |
14/6/77 |
3000 Car & Truck Tyres |
|
|
| 11 |
27/1/79 |
Melbourne |
Tug |
35 x 7 m |
| 12 |
7/9/81 |
Brisbane Tram 502 |
Public Transport |
15 x 2 m |
| 13 |
17/12/83 |
Transfield |
Open Barge |
30 x 8 m |
| 14 |
25/7/83 |
Neville Bonner |
Small Gravel Barge |
22 x 7 m |
| 15 |
17/12/83 |
Estrella del Mar |
Gravel Barge |
40 x 9 m |
| 16 |
12/5/84 |
Solace |
Ferro Cement Yacht |
10 m |
| 17 |
29/7/84 |
Loevenstien |
Tug |
22 x 6 m |
| 18 |
26/10/86 |
H & M Navigation Bouys |
|
3 x 2 m |
| 19 |
1/8/87 |
Barrambin |
Self Propelled Barge |
33 x 8 m |
| 20 |
11/2/88 |
"25" |
Dumb Barge |
32 x 8 m |
| 21 |
9/2/90 |
Centipede |
Self Propelled Barge |
32 x 7 m |
| 22 |
11/90 |
Concrete Dolphin |
Pontoon |
57 tons |
| 23 |
27/9/92 |
Bremer |
Self Propelled Barge |
50 x 8 m |
| 24 |
28/3/93 |
Utah |
Dumb Barge |
27 x 12 m |
| 25 |
19/6/93 |
M.D.S |
Barge & Fuel Lighter |
42 x 10 m |
| 26 |
26/6/93 |
Pt Lookout |
Vehicle Ferry |
25.5 x 8 m |
| 27 |
6/11/94 |
1500 Concrete Pipes |
|
2.4 x 0.6 ea |
| 28 |
27/11/94 |
1000 Concrete Pipes |
|
2.4 x 0.6 ea |
| 29 |
20/8/95 |
Etmor |
Self Propelled Barge |
47 x 10.5 m |
| 30 |
8/4/96 |
Cairncross Drydock gate |
1200 ton dock gate |
38 x 11 m |
| 31 |
8/11/97 |
Enterprise |
Self Propelled Barge |
46 x 8.5 m |
| 32 |
13/9/98 |
Hustler |
Harbour Tug |
26m |