Adventure was a wooden sloop that was built in 1834 at Brisbane Water. She was wrecked on the coast of New South Wales during a storm in July 1836, but the exact position where she was lost is uncertain.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Name | Adventure |
| Owner | John Francis Barrett |
| Port of registry | Sydney |
| Ship registration number | 10/1835 |
| Ship official number | - |
| Builder | Unknown Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed | 1834 |
| Fate | Wrecked |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Wood Sloop |
| Tonnage | 24 GRT |
| Displacement | 24 NRT |
| Length | 10.51 m |
| Beam | 3.962 m |
| Draught | 1.828 m |
| Installed power | NA |
| Ship primary use | Unknown |
| Ship industry | - Unknown |
| Ship passenger capacity | Unknown |
| Crew | Unknown |
References
editFurther reading
editOnline 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, Call number 910.4530994 BAT