Ability (1878)
Ability was a wooden ketch of 48 tons, owned by J. Breckenridge and built at William Woodward in 1878. She ran aground at Cape Hawke, New South Wales, Australia, in 1897.
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History | |
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Name: | Ability |
Owner: | John Breckenridge |
Port of registry: | Sydney |
Builder: | William Woodward, Brisbane Water, NSW, Australia |
Ship registration number: | 37/1878 |
Ship official number: | 74975 |
Completed: | 1878 |
Fate: | Wrecked 5 January 1897 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Wooden ketch |
Tonnage: | 48 GT |
Displacement: | 48 NT |
Length: | 20.72 m |
Beam: | 5.486 m |
Draught: | 1.981 m |
Installed power: | NA |
Shipwreck
On 5 January 1897, traveling from Cape Hawke to Sydney with a load of timber, Ability broke her moorings and was beached at Cape Hawke, near Forster, New South Wales. There were no reported deaths.[1][2]
References
- Loney, 1992 p.110
- Ability (+1897) WRECKsite.eu
Sources
- Loney, Jack K. (1992). Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. Oceans Enterprises, Yarram, Victoria. p. 110.
- 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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