Active (1877)

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Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
NameActive
OwnerJohn Breckenridge, Cape Hawke
Port of registry Sydney
Ship registration number11/1877
Ship official number74902
BuilderWilliam Woodward Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Completed1877
FateWrecked
General characteristics
Type Ketch
Tonnage49  GRT
Displacement49  NRT
Length20.6  m
Beam5.4  m
Draught1.9  m
Installed powerNA
Ship primary useTransport
Ship industry- cargo - coastal
Ship passenger capacity0
Crew4

Active was a wooden ketch that was wrecked on 19 January 1898 on the Oyster Bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, near the previously wrecked schooner Colonist 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 co-ordinates of the shipwreck are 32°55′S151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79 .

References

    Further reading

    Online databases
    Australian National Shipwreck Database
    Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks

    Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks

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