Adelaide (ship)

Summary


33°36′S 151°18′E / 33.6°S 151.3°E / -33.6; 151.3 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
NameAdelaide
Ship registration number: Unknown
Ship official number: Unknown
Statushistoric shipwreck[1]
General characteristics
TypeWood Cutter
Tonnage GT
Displacement NT
Length m
Beam m
Draught m
Installed powerNA
Ship primary use: Transport
Ship industry:
Ship passenger capacity:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "View Shipwreck - Adelaide". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Ausatralian government. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

Further reading edit

Online 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