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33°36′S 151°18′E / 33.6°S 151.3°E Adelaide was a wooden cutter used in the cedar trade that was wrecked and lost off the Hawkesbury River in Broken Bay, New South Wales, in July 1837 while carrying a load of cedar. The wreck has not been located, but a vessel of its description was reported capsized between Cabbage Tree Bay and Bird Island at approximately 33.6°S 151.3°E. [1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Adelaide |
| Ship registration number: | Unknown |
| Ship official number: | Unknown |
| Status | historic shipwreck[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Wood Cutter |
| Tonnage | GT |
| Displacement | NT |
| Length | m |
| Beam | m |
| Draught | m |
| Installed power | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | |
References
edit- ^ a b "View Shipwreck - Adelaide". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Ausatralian government. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
Further reading
editOnline Databases
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [1]
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [2]
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