| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adelaide |
| Owner: | Chapman Bonner Bond |
| Port of registry: | Sydney 28/1880 75062 |
| Route: | Newcastle to Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Builder: | Unknown Pyrmont, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia |
| Completed: | 1879 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1898/05 Newcastle, New South Wales to New Zealand, between |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Schooner |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 217 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 190 tons |
| Length: | 44.1 m |
| Beam: | 7.1 m |
| Draught: | 2.7 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
Adelaide was a wooden schooner that was lost after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales carrying a load of coal on a voyage to Gisborne, New Zealand in May 1898. There were two deaths.
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [3]
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