Adolphus (1852)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adolphus |
| Owner: | Mr Metcalf |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 135/1854 |
| Ship official number: | 32306 |
| Builder: | Unknown Miramichi, New Brunswick, CANADA |
| Completed: | 1852 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Brigantine |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 121 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 121 tons |
| Length: | 22.98 m |
| Beam: | 5.669 m |
| Draught: | 3.048 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | Unknown |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1866/11/29 |
| Where lost: | Wollongong Harbour, rocks west of Pier Head |
| Reason for loss: | Wind failed |
| Cargo: | Coal |
| Travelling from: | Wollongong |
| Travelling to: | Sydney |
| Master: | William Kean |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 34°25′08″S 150°54′26″E / 34.4189°S 150.9071°ECoordinates: 34°25′08″S 150°54′26″E / 34.4189°S 150.9071°E, |
Adolphus (1852)
The Adolphus was a wooden Brigantine that was wrecked on the rocks west of Pier Head at Wollongong harbour New South Wales on the 29 November 1866.
Further reading
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopedia 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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