Active (1877)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Active |
| Owner: | John Breckenridge, Cape Hawke |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 11/1877 |
| Ship official number: | 74902 |
| Builder: | William Woodwood Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Ketch |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 49 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 49 tons |
| Length: | 20.6 m |
| Beam: | 5.4 m |
| Draught: | 1.9 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | 0 |
| Crew: | 4 |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1898/01/19 |
| Where lost: | Newcastle, New South Wales, near Colonist |
| Reason for loss: | Unknown |
| Cargo: | Timber - ironbark |
| Travelling to: | Morpeth, New South Wales |
| Master: | P Williams |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°ECoordinates: 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E |
Active (1877) The Active was a wooden Ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, on the 19 January [1898] near the previously wrecked Colonist.
References
Further reading
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [3]
Books
- Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 9780646110813.
- Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 910.4530994 BAT
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
- Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON
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