Adelaide (1879)

History
NameAdelaide
OwnerChapman Bonner Bond
Port of registrySydney 28/1880 75062
RouteNewcastle to Gisborne, New Zealand
BuilderUnknown Pyrmont, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Completed1879
FateWrecked 1898/05 Newcastle, New South Wales to New Zealand
General characteristics
TypeWood Schooner
Tonnage217 GRT
Displacement190 NRT
Length44.1  m
Beam7.1  m
Draught2.7  m
Installed powerNA

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

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Online Databases
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 Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON

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