| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
| Abbey | New South Wales | 15 February 1868 | A brigantine that was wrecked in a storm at Crowdy Head | 31°50′S 152°46′E / 31.84°S 152.76°E / -31.84; 152.76 (Abbey (1853)) |
| Ability | New South Wales | 5 January 1897 | A ketch that ran aground at Cape Hawke | |
| Absalom | New South Wales | 29 March 1863 | A ketch that was wrecked at Trial Bay | 30°50′S 153°01′E / 30.83°S 153.01°E / -30.83; 153.01 (Absalom (1853)) |
| Acielle | Australia | 11 September 1929 | A ketch that was driven ashore off Smoky Cape | 31°06′15″S 153°01′30″E / 31.104078°S 153.024988°E / -31.104078; 153.024988 (Acielle) |
| Active | New South Wales | 18 February 1852 | A ketch that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River | 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79 (Active (1850)) |
| Ada | Unknown | 29 April 1897 | A ketch that was wrecked off Newcastle | 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79 (Ada (ship)) |
| Ada and Ethel | New South Wales | 26 October 1887 | A wooden schooner that sprung a leak and foundered off Seal Rocks | 32°36′S 152°42′E / 32.6°S 152.7°E / -32.6; 152.7 (Ada and Ethel (1886)) |
| Adelaide | New South Wales | May 1834 | A wooden cutter wrecked near Norah Head | 33°14′S 151°36′E / 33.23°S 151.60°E / -33.23; 151.60 (Adelaide (1832)) |
| HMAS Adelaide | Royal Australian Navy | 13 April 2011 | An Adelaide-class frigate that was scuttled as a dive wreck off Avoca Beach | 33°28′0″S 151°27′0″E / 33.46667°S 151.45000°E / -33.46667; 151.45000 (HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)) |
| Adele | Royal Australian Navy | 7 May 1943 | A steamship that struck the breakwater at Port Kembla | 34°28′04″S 150°55′01″E / 34.4678°S 150.9170°E / -34.4678; 150.9170 (Adele (Australian ship)) |
| Adelphoi | New South Wales | 21 December 1879 | A barque that was wrecked off Port Hacking | 34°04′23″S 151°07′12″E / 34.073°S 151.12°E / -34.073; 151.12 (Adelphoi (1865)) |
| Adolphe | France | 30 September 1904 | Sailing ship wrecked at the mouth of Hunter River | 32°54′49.46″S 151°47′50.21″E / 32.9137389°S 151.7972806°E / -32.9137389; 151.7972806 (Adolphe (ship)) |
| Adonis | New South Wales | 22 December 1889 | A brigantine that sank off Crowdy Head | 32°06′S 152°48′E / 32.1°S 152.8°E / -32.1; 152.8 (Adonis (1874)) |
| Advance (1874) | Australia | 12 June 1902 | A schooner that was wrecked at Botany Bay | 34°00′00″S 151°14′06″E / 34.00°S 151.235°E / -34.00; 151.235 (Advance (1874)) |
| Advance (1884) | Australia | 25 December 1908 | An iron screw steamer that collided with the Inverna off Catherine Hill Bay | 33°10′50″S 151°42′12″E / 33.1806°S 151.70328°E / -33.1806; 151.70328 (Advance (1884)) |
| Adventure | New South Wales | 1855 | A schooner that was wrecked at Richmond River | 28°53′S 153°35′E / 28.88°S 153.58°E / -28.88; 153.58 (Adventure (1850)) |
| Aenid | New South Wales | 12 November 1865 | A cutter that was wrecked at Long Reef | |
| Agnes (1849) | Canada | 10 March 1877 | A brigantine that was wrecked off Wollongong | |
| Agnes (1853) | New South Wales | 13 July 1860 | A cutter that was blown ashore near Newcastle | 32°48′S 152°00′E / 32.8°S 152°E / -32.8; 152 (Agnes (1853)) |
| Agnes (1875) | New South Wales | 12 March 1890 | A schooner that was wrecked near Ocean Shores | 28°27′S 153°34′E / 28.45°S 153.56°E / -28.45; 153.56 (Agnes (1875)) |
| Agnes (1877) | New South Wales | 1883 | A ketch that was wrecked off Jervis Bay | 35°07′S 150°49′E / 35.12°S 150.82°E / -35.12; 150.82 (Agnes (1877)) |
| Agnes (1904) | Australia | 27 January 1906 | A launch that was wrecked in a collision in Sydney Harbour | 33°51′S 151°14′E / 33.85°S 151.24°E / -33.85; 151.24 (Agnes (1904)) |
| Agnes Irving | New South Wales | 28 December 1879 | A paddle steamer that was wrecked off Trial Bay | 30°48′23″S 153°00′18″E / 30.806350°S 153.005007°E / -30.806350; 153.005007 (Agnes Irving (1862)) |
| Alhambra | New South Wales | 30 June 1888 | Iron screw steamer wrecked off Newcastle while attempting to move the derelict wreck of the John T. Berry | 32°53′S 151°54′E / 32.883°S 151.900°E / -32.883; 151.900 (Alhambra (1855)) |
| HMAS Anzac | Royal Australian Navy | 7 May 1936 | A Parker-class destroyer leader that was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads | |
| Argument | New South Wales | March 1809 | A sloop that was wrecked near Broken Bay | |
| HMAS Arunta | Royal Australian Navy | 12 February 1969 | A Tribal-class destroyer sold for scrap, but sank under tow off Sydney Heads | 33°50′S 151°19′E / 33.833°S 151.317°E / -33.833; 151.317 (HMAS Arunta (I30)) |
| HMAS Australia | Royal Australian Navy | 12 April 1924 | An Indefatigable-class battlecruiser that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | 33°51′54.21″S 155°44′25.11″E / 33.8650583°S 155.7403083°E / -33.8650583; 155.7403083 (HMAS Australia (1911)) |
| Bantam | Netherlands | 24 September 1946 | A Dutch ship that was scuttled off Sydney | |
| Barcoo | Australia | 1 February 1924 | A passenger ship that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | |
| Bellubera | Australia | 1 August 1980 | A ferry that was scuttled southeast off Long Reef (New South Wales) | |
| Bluebell | Australia | 9 August 1934 | A ferry that collided with the Waraneen at Newcastle | |
| Bombo | Australia | 24 February 1949 | A coastal steamer that sank in a storm off Port Kembla | 34°26.775′S 151°55.48′E / 34.446250°S 151.92467°E / -34.446250; 151.92467 (SS Bombo) |
| Bonnie Dundee | New South Wales | 10 March 1879 | A steamship that collided with SS Barrabool off Caves Beach | 33°06.327′S 151°42.258′E / 33.105450°S 151.704300°E / -33.105450; 151.704300 (SS Bonnie Dundee (1877)) |
| Brighton | Australia | 1916 | A ferry that was hulked at Port Stephens | 32°40′06″S 152°07′33″E / 32.6684°S 152.1259°E / -32.6684; 152.1259 (PS Brighton) |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | 25 August 1806 | A whaler that ran up against the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs | |
| Buster | Australia | 17 February 1893 | A barquentine that ran aground at Woolgoolga | |
| Catterthun | New South Wales | 8 August 1895 | Hit rocks and sunk during a storm off Seal Rocks with over 50 lives lost | |
| Cawarra | New South Wales | 12 July 1886 | Sank in rough seas, with 60 lives lost and 1 survivor | |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | 1808 | A sloop that was wrecked near Port Jackson | |
| HMAS Colac | Royal Australian Navy | 4 March 1987 | A Bathurst-class corvette that was sunk as a target near Sydney | 34°49.2′S 151°32′E / 34.8200°S 151.533°E / -34.8200; 151.533 (HMAS Colac) |
| Colonist | United Kingdom | 9 September 1894 | A cargo ship that ran aground off Newcastle | 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (SS Colonist (1889)) |
| Comboyne | Australia | 27 November 1920 | A steamship that was wrecked off Bass Point | 34°35′50″S 150°55′18″E / 34.5973°S 150.9217°E / -34.5973; 150.9217 (Comboyne (1911)) |
| Contest | New South Wales | 28 February 1804 | A sloop that sank in a storm off Port Stephens | |
| USS Craven | United States Navy | 25 May 1946 | A Caldwell-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney | |
| HMAS Doomba | Royal Australian Navy | 9 December 1976 | A warship that was scuttled off Dee Why | 33°42′58″S 151°20′50″E / 33.716083°S 151.347217°E / -33.716083; 151.347217 (HMAS Doomba) |
| Duckenfield | New South Wales | 1889 | The steamship struck Long Reef on its way to Sydney, but no lives lost | |
| Dunbar | Unknown | 20 August 1857 | Sank after striking rocks, with 121 lives lost | |
| Dundee | Unknown | August 1808 | A ship that foundered in a gale at the mouth of the Hunter River | |
| Edward Lombe | United Kingdom | 25 August 1834 | A merchantman that was wrecked on the Sydney Heads in a gale | 33°49.745′S 151°16.191′E / 33.829083°S 151.269850°E / -33.829083; 151.269850 (Edward Lombe (1828)) |
| Edwin | New South Wales | June 1816 | A schooner that was wrecked near Cape Hawke | |
| Eleanor Lancaster | United Kingdom | 7 November 1856 | A barque that was wrecked in a gale off Newcastle | |
| Elizabeth Henrietta | New South Wales | 17 December 1825 | A brig that was wrecked off Newcastle | |
| HMAS Encounter | Royal Australian Navy | 14 September 1932 | A Challenger-class protected cruiser that was scuttled off Sydney | |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | 1874 | A schooner that was wrecked in Richmond River | |
| Estramina | New South Wales | 19 January 1816 | A schooner that ran aground off Newcastle | |
| Fairwind | Australian Army | 23 June 1950 | A lighter that was wrecked off South West Rocks | |
| Fingal | Australia | 5 May 1943 | A steamship that was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off Nambucca Heads | |
| Fitzroy | Australia | 26 June 1921 | A steamship that was wrecked off Cape Hawke | |
| Francis | New South Wales | 21 March 1805 | A schooner that was wrecked off Newcastle | |
| George | New South Wales | 1806 | A sloop that ran aground in Twofold Bay | |
| HMAS Geranium | Royal Australian Navy | 24 April 1935 | An Arabis-class sloop that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | |
| HMAS Goolgwai | Royal Australian Navy | 29 May 1955 | A minesweeper that was wrecked near Malabar | |
| Governor Hunter | New South Wales | July 1816 | A schooner that was wrecked in a gale off Port Stephens | |
| Governor King | New South Wales | 22 April 1806 | A schooner that was wrecked off Newcastle | |
| Grecian | Tasmania | 6 May 1864 | A sailing ship that was wrecked on Nine Mile Beach in a gale | |
| Greycliffe | Australia | 3 November 1927 | Sydney ferry that collided with the mail steamer Tahiti and sank with the loss of 40 lives. | |
| Hawkesbury Packet | New South Wales | 14 August 1817 | A sloop that ran aground at Minnamurra | 34°37′28″S 150°51′45″E / 34.6244°S 150.8624°E / -34.6244; 150.8624 (Hawkesbury Packet) |
| Hazard | New South Wales | March 1809 | A sloop that ran aground on Box Head | 33°32′32″S 151°20′55″E / 33.54227°S 151.3485°E / -33.54227; 151.3485 (Hazard (ship)) |
| Herald | New South Wales | 1 April 1884 | A paddle steamer that sank off North Head | 33°49.492′S 151°17.462′E / 33.824867°S 151.291033°E / -33.824867; 151.291033 (PS Herald) |
| Hereward | United Kingdom | 5 May 1898 | A clipper that ran aground on Maroubra Beach in a storm | |
| Hive | United Kingdom | 10 December 1835 | A convict ship that ran aground south of Jervis Bay | |
| Hope | New South Wales | 1817 | A ship that was blown ashore at Port Stephens | |
| HMAS Huon | Royal Australian Navy | 10 April 1931 | A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney after use as a target | |
| Iron Knight | Australia | 8 February 1943 | An iron ore carrier sunk by the Japanese submarine I-21 | 36°51′S 149°44′E / 36.850°S 149.733°E / -36.850; 149.733 (SS Iron Knight (1937)) |
| Itata | United Kingdom | | A barque that was damaged by fire and scuttled in Middle Harbour | 33°48.913′S 151°13.481′E / 33.815217°S 151.224683°E / -33.815217; 151.224683 (Itata (1883)) |
| HMAS Karangi | Royal Australian Navy | 1970 | A Bar-class boom defence vessel that was abandoned at Homebush Bay | 33°50′11″S 151°04′50″E / 33.8363379°S 151.0804902°E / -33.8363379; 151.0804902 (HMAS Karangi) |
| HMAS Kara Kara | Royal Australian Navy | 31 January 1973 | A boom defence vessel that was sunk as a target off Jervis Bay | |
| HMAS Kianga | Royal Australian Navy | 7 July 1946 | A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | 33°59′54″S 151°36′05″E / 33.998217°S 151.601283°E / -33.998217; 151.601283 (HMAS Kianga) |
| HMAS Kookaburra | Royal Australian Navy | March 1970 | A Net-class boom defence vessel that was scuttled off Sydney | 33°51.300′S 151°21.196′E / 33.855000°S 151.353267°E / -33.855000; 151.353267 (HMAS Kookaburra) |
| Koonya | New South Wales | 25 January 1898 | A steamboat that ran aground off Cronulla Beach | 34°02′34″S 151°12′24″E / 34.042876°S 151.206777°E / -34.042876; 151.206777 (Koonya (1887)) |
| Koraaga | Australia | 10 September 1931 | A steamship that was wrecked off Gerringong | 34°47′00″S 150°54′36″E / 34.783268°S 150.909879°E / -34.783268; 150.909879 (Koraaga (1914)) |
| HMAS Kuttabul | Royal Australian Navy | 31 May 1942 | A depot ship that was torpedoed during the attack on Sydney Harbour | |
| Limerick | New Zealand | 26 April 1943 | A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-177 about 18 km (11 mi) east of Ballina | |
| Lindus | Victoria | 4 June 1899 | A steamship that was wrecked in a storm off Newcastle | 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (SS Lindus (1881)) |
| M84 | Imperial Japanese Navy | June 1942 | A Japanese midget submarine that sank sometime after being shelled during the attack on Sydney Harbour, with two lives lost | |
| Maianbar | Australia | 5 May 1940 | A steamship that ran aground on Nobbys Beach off Newcastle | 32°55′29″S 151°47′33.4″E / 32.92472°S 151.792611°E / -32.92472; 151.792611 (TSS Maianbar) |
| HMS Mallow | Royal Navy | 24 April 1935 | An Acacia-class sloop that was sunk as a target | |
| HMAS Marguerite | Royal Australian Navy | 1 August 1935 | An Arabis-class sloop that was sunk as a target | |
| Martha | New South Wales | August 1800 | A schooner that was wrecked off Manly | |
| HMAS Medea | Royal Australian Navy | 20 January 1948 | A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney | 33°59′54″S 151°36′04″E / 33.998267°S 151.601139°E / -33.998267; 151.601139 (HMAS Medea) |
| HMAS Mercedes | Royal Australian Navy | 23 January 1948 | A minesweeper that was scuttled off Sydney | 33°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.600950 (HMAS Mercedes) |
| Merksworth | New South Wales | 7 May 1898 | A steamboat that was wrecked near Stockton Beach | 32°50′13″S 151°56′13″E / 32.836883°S 151.93692°E / -32.836883; 151.93692 (Merksworth (1874)) |
| Nancy | New South Wales | 18 April 1805 | A sloop that was wrecked off Jervis Bay | 35°22′01″S 150°50′04″E / 35.367°S 150.834333°E / -35.367; 150.834333 (Nancy (1803)) |
| Narara | Australia | 23 August 1903 | A steamboat that was wrecked near Barrenjoey | |
| Nimbin | Australia | 5 December 1940 | A steamship that hit a mine off Norah Head | 33°15.392′S 151°46.976′E / 33.256533°S 151.782933°E / -33.256533; 151.782933 (MV Nimbin (ship)) |
| Norfolk | Great Britain | 1800 | A sloop that was run aground by convicts at Stockton Beach | |
| Oakland | New South Wales | 27 May 1903 | A small coaster, foundered off Cabbage Tree Island in storm, 11 lives lost | 32°40.765′S 152°14.003′E / 32.679417°S 152.233383°E / -32.679417; 152.233383 |
| HMAS Olive Cam | Royal Australian Navy | 2 November 1954 | An auxiliary minesweeper wrecked near Green Cape Lighthouse | 37°09′04″S 150°00′26″E / 37.151107°S 150.007120°E / -37.151107; 150.007120 (HMAS Olive Cam) |
| USS Osborne | United States Navy | 6 September 1947 | A Clemson-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney following a fire. | |
| HMAS Paterson | Royal Australian Navy | 11 June 1951 | A wooden auxiliary minesweeper that sank off The Entrance | 33°16′40″S 151°34′19″E / 33.277836°S 151.571896°E / -33.277836; 151.571896 (HMAS Paterson) |
| HMAS Pioneer | Royal Australian Navy | 18 February 1931 | A Pelorus-class protected cruiser that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | 33°51.850′S 151°19.844′E / 33.864167°S 151.330733°E / -33.864167; 151.330733 (HMAS Pioneer) |
| Queen Bee | Australia | 2 September 1922 | A small twin screw steamer Sixty-miler that sunk off Barrenjoey Head, Broken Bay | |
| Queen of Nations | United Kingdom | 31 May 1881 | A clipper that ran aground off East Corrimal | |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | June 1816 | A sloop that was wrecked near Port Stephens | |
| Shockwave | Australia | 10 October 2009 | A yacht that ran aground off Flinders Islet | |
| HMAS Stalwart | Royal Australian Navy | 22 July 1939 | An S-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney | 33°59.906′S 151°36.067′E / 33.998433°S 151.601117°E / -33.998433; 151.601117 (HMAS Stalwart (H14)) |
| HMAS Swan | Royal Australian Navy | 2 February 1934 | A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that sank under tow in the Hawkesbury River | |
| Sygna | Norway | 26 May 1974 | Ran aground near Newcastle | 32°51′32.94″S 151°50′40.96″E / 32.8591500°S 151.8447111°E / -32.8591500; 151.8447111 (MV Sygna) |
| Tassie III | United States Army | 9 June 1945 | A motor vessel that was wrecked at Byron Bay | 28°38′20″S 153°36′50″E / 28.638795°S 153.613906°E / -28.638795; 153.613906 (MV Tassie III) |
| Three Bees | United Kingdom | 20 May 1814 | A convict ship that caught fire off Bennelong Point | |
| Titan | Singapore | 29 December 1992 | A floating crane that broke tow and was scuttled near Kendall | 31°39′51″S 152°52′24″E / 31.664267°S 152.873330°E / -31.664267; 152.873330 (Australian floating crane Titan) |
| HMAS Torrens | Royal Australian Navy | 24 November 1930 | A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads | |
| Trial | New South Wales | 1816 | A brig that ran aground at Trial Bay | |
| Tuncurry | Australia | 22 October 1916 | A steamboat that was wrecked off Broken Bay | 33°37.125′S 151°26.422′E / 33.618750°S 151.440367°E / -33.618750; 151.440367 (Tuncurry (1903)) |
| Tuggerah | Unknown | 1919 | Sank during a storm off Marley Beach south of Sydney, with 6 lives lost | |
| HMAS Vendetta | Royal Australian Navy | 2 July 1948 | A V-class destroyer that was scuttled off Sydney Heads | |
| HMAS Vigilant | Royal Australian Navy | April 1966 | A patrol boat that was scuttled off Sydney | |
| HMAS Voyager | Royal Australian Navy | 10 February 1964 | Sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne, with 82 killed | |
| Wandra | Australia | 15 December 1915 | A steamboat that was wrecked off Jervis Bay | 35°02′43″S 150°50′21″E / 35.045217°S 150.839183°E / -35.045217; 150.839183 (TSS Wandra (1907)) |
| HMAS Waree | Royal Australian Navy | 17 October 1946 | A tugboat that ran aground at the mouth of the Clarence River | 29°25.385′S 153°21.854′E / 29.423083°S 153.364233°E / -29.423083; 153.364233 (HMAS Waree) |
| Wendouree | New South Wales | 20 July 1898 | A steamship that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River | 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 (Wendouree (1882)) |
| William Cossar | New South Wales | 14 February 1825 | A schooner that was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Reef | |
| Windsor | New South Wales | 1816 | A sloop that was wrecked on Long Reef | |
| Wollongbar (1911) | Australia | 14 May 1921 | A steamship that was blown ashore at Byron Bay | 28°38′14″S 153°36′37″E / 28.637086°S 153.610378°E / -28.637086; 153.610378 (SS Wollongbar (1911)) |
| Wollongbar (1922) | Australia | 29 April 1943 | A steamship that was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off Crescent Head | |
| HMAS Woomera | Royal Australian Navy | 11 October 1960 | An armament store carrier that caught fire off Sydney | |
| USS WST-1 | United States Navy | 27 July 1945 | Naval salvage tug, ran aground on rocks off Susan Gilmore Beach, Newcastle, in heavy fog | |
| HMAS Yarra | Royal Australian Navy | 30 September 1929 | A River-class torpedo-boat destroyer that was sunk as a target | |