Ability (1878)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Ability |
| Owner: | John Breckenridge |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 37/1878 |
| Ship official number: | 74975 |
| Builder: | William Woodward Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1878 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Ketch |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 48 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 48 tons |
| Length: | 20.72 m |
| Beam: | 5.486 m |
| Draught: | 1.981 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | Unknown |
| Crew: | Unknown |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1897/05/01 |
| Where lost: | Cape Hawke, near Forster, New South Wales |
| Reason for loss: | Broke moorings and was beached. |
| Cargo: | Timber |
| Travelling from: | Cape Hawke |
| Travelling to: | Sydney |
| Master: | Unknown |
| Deaths: | Unknown |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 32°13′S 152°35′E / 32.21°S 152.58°ECoordinates: 32°13′S 152°35′E / 32.21°S 152.58°E, |
The Ability (1878) was a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at Cape Hawke, New South Wales on the 1 May 1897. In company with four other sailing ships, the Ability had taken shelter in Cape Hawke Bay, off the Forster Main Beach. During the night the wind shifted to the northeast which resulted in all the ships blown onto the shore. None of the ships were recovered.
The Ability still lies under the sand right below the pilot station.[1]
Further reading
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[2]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [3]
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [4]
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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