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Active (1877)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Active |
| Owner: | John Breckenridge, Cape Hawke |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 11/1877 |
| Ship official number: | 74902 |
| Builder: | William Woodwood Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Ketch |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 49 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 49 tons |
| 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 |
Active (1877) The Active was a wooden Ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, near the previously wrecked Colonist, on 19 January 1898 while carrying a cargo of ironbark to Morpeth, New South Wales under the command of Captain P. Williams. There were no casualties but the ship was lost. The wreck has not been located, but the approximate coordinates of the shipwreck are 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°ECoordinates: 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E.
References
Further reading
Online Database's
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. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.
- Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 910.4530994 BAT
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON
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