Curtin Artificial Reef
Sinking History

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.

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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



 
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Last updated: 27-12-2007.