Adonis

Adonis (1874)

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Name:	Adonis
Owner:	Patrick Hogan
Port of registry:	Sydney
Ship registration number:	79/1874
Ship official number:	71807
Builder:	Dent Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Completed:	1874
Fate:	Wrecked 22 December 1889
General characteristics
Type:	Wood Brigantine
Tonnage:	Gross tonnage (GT) of 108 tons
Displacement:	Net tonnage (NT) of 104 tons
Length:	28.16 m
Beam:	6.309 m
Draught:	2.529 m

The Adonis was a wooden Brigantine that was built at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in 1874 that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying coal between Wollongong and the Richmond River the vessel was lost approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Crowdy Head, on the 22 December 1889. Ship master John Richards.

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Coordinates: 32°06′S 152°48′E / 32.1°S 152.8°E / -32.1; 152.8

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