Acme (1876)

The Acme was a wooden top sail schooner that was driven ashore at Seal Rocks, New South Wales while carrying timber from Camden Haven to Sydney under the command of Captain James Henry Jackson on the 15 July 1876. There were no casualties.

History
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
Fate: Wrecked
General characteristics
Type: Wood Top sail schooner
Tonnage: 55 GT
Displacement: 55 NT
Length: 20.57  m
Beam: 5.882  m
Draught: 2.133  m
Ship primary use: Transport
Ship industry: cargo - coastal
Crew: 5

The wreck has not been located, but the approximate coordinates of the wreck site are 32.45°S 152.54°E / -32.45; 152.54.


References

    Further reading

    Online Database's
    Australian National Shipwreck Database
    Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks
    Encyclopaedia 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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