Adonis (1874)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adonis |
| Owner: | Patrick Hogan |
| Port of registry: | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 79/1874 |
| Ship official number: | 71807 |
| Builder: | Dent Jervis Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed: | 1874 |
| Status: | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Brigantine |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage (GT) of 108 tons |
| Displacement: | Net tonnage (NT) of 104 tons |
| Length: | 28.16 m |
| Beam: | 6.309 m |
| Draught: | 2.529 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | Unknown |
| Crew: | Unknown |
| Wreck Event | |
| When lost: | 1889/12/22 |
| Where lost: | Crowdy Head, ~15 mls south of |
| Reason for loss: | Sprang a leak |
| Cargo: | Coal |
| Travelling from: | Wollongong |
| Travelling to: | Richmond River |
| Master: | John Richards |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Wreck Location | |
| Discovered: | No |
| Position: | 32°06′S 152°48′E / 32.1°S 152.8°ECoordinates: 32°06′S 152°48′E / 32.1°S 152.8°E |
Adonis (1874)
The Adonis was a wooden Brigantine that was built at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in 1874 that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying coal between Wollongong and the Richmond River the vessel was lost approximately 15 miles south of Crowdy Head,on the 22 December 1889
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 978-0-646-11081-3.
- 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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