History | |
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New South Wales | |
Name | Adelaide |
Owner | Samuel Jones & Thomas Steel |
Port of registry | Sydney |
Ship registration number: | 8/1832 |
Builder | Unknown Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia |
Completed | 1832 |
Fate | Wrecked May 1834 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wood cutter |
Tonnage | 29 GT |
Displacement | 29 NT |
Length | 11.58 m |
Beam | 4.419 m |
Draught | 1.853 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.
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