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Flag of New South Wales.svgNew South Wales
NameActive
OwnerAlexander Brown Jnr & James Brown
Port of registry Sydney
BuilderDaniel Biallie [?] Paterson River, New South Wales, Australia
Identificationregistration number: 57/1850
FateWrecked 18 February 1852 at Newcastle, New South Wales Hunter River
Completed1850
General characteristics
TypeComposite ketch
Tonnage40  GT
Displacement40  NT
Length14.90  m
Beam4.907  m
Draught2.011  m

Active was a ketch that was launched in 1850 and that wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852. [1]

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Coordinates: 32°55′S151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79