Active(1877)
Appearance
This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(December 2016) |
History | |
---|---|
New South Wales | |
Name | Active |
Owner | John Breckenridge,Cape Hawke |
Port of registry | Sydney |
Ship registration number: | 11/1877 |
Ship official number: | 74902 |
Builder | William WoodwardBrisbane Water,New South Wales,AUSTRALIA |
Completed | 1877 |
Fate | Wrecked |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ketch |
Tonnage | 49GRT |
Displacement | 49NRT |
Length | 20.6 m |
Beam | 5.4 m |
Draught | 1.9 m |
Installed power | NA |
Ship primary use: | Transport |
Ship industry: | |
Ship passenger capacity: | 0 |
Crew | 4 |
Activewas a woodenketchthat was wrecked on 19 January 1898 on the Oyster Bank at the entrance ofNewcastleHarbour,New South Wales,Australia, near the previously wreckedschoonerColonistwhile carrying a cargo ofironbarktoMorpeth,New South Wales, under the command ofCaptainP. Williams. There were no casualties but the ship was lost. The wreck has not been located, but the approximate co-ordinates of the shipwreck are32°55′S151°47′E/ 32.92°S 151.79°E.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Online databases
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks[2]
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks[3]
Books
- Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. ByLoney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth),1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993ISBN978-0-646-11081-3.
- Australian Shipwrecks - Vol.1 1622-1850,Charles Bateson,AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972,ISBN0-589-07112-2,Call number 910.4530994 BAT
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871ByLoney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth),1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900ByLoney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth),1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986ByLoney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth),1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986ByLoney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth),1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON