Acme (1876)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Acme |
| Owner: | Edward Davis & David Copper |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 14/1876 |
| Ship official number: | 73348 |
| Builder: | Edward Davis Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1876 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Top sail schooner |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 55 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 55 tons |
| Length: | 20.57 m |
| Beam: | 5.882 m |
| Draught: | 2.133 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | 0 |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1876/07/15 |
| Where lost: | Seal Rocks, New South Wales Bay |
| Reason for loss: | Gale, driven ashore |
| Cargo: | Timber |
| Travelling from: | Camden Haven |
| Travelling to: | Sydney |
| Master: | James Henry Jackson |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 32°27′S 152°32′E / 32.45°S 152.54°ECoordinates: 32°27′S 152°32′E / 32.45°S 152.54°E |
Acme (1876)
The Acme was a wooden Top sail schooner that was driven ashore at Seal Rocks, New South Wales on the 15 July 1876.
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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