Adelaide (1879)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adelaide |
| Owner: | Chapman Bonner Bond |
| Port of registry: | Sydney 28/1880 75062 |
| Route: | Newcastle to Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Builder: | Unknown Pyrmont, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia |
| Completed: | 1879 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1898/05 Newcastle, New South Wales to New Zealand, between |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wood Schooner |
| Tonnage: | 217 GT |
| Displacement: | 190 NT |
| Length: | 44.1 m |
| Beam: | 7.1 m |
| Draught: | 2.7 m |
| Installed power: | NA |
Adelaide was a wooden schooner that was lost after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales carrying a load of coal on a voyage to Gisborne, New Zealand in May 1898. There were two deaths.
Further reading
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks
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, Call number 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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