Adelaide (1832)

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Flag of New South Wales.svgNew South Wales
NameAdelaide
OwnerSamuel Jones & Thomas Steel
Port of registrySydney
Ship registration number8/1832
BuilderUnknown Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
Completed1832
FateWrecked May 1834
General characteristics
TypeWood cutter
Tonnage29  GT
Displacement29  NT
Length11.58  m
Beam4.419  m
Draught1.853  m

Adelaide was a wooden cutter that was wrecked near Bird Island, Norah Head, New South Wales, in May 1834. She was carrying a load of timber.

33°14′S151°36′E / 33.23°S 151.60°E / -33.23; 151.60


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