Ada (ship)

Ada was a wooden ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

For the English cargo vessel, see SS Ada (1905).
See also: USS Little Ada (1864)

History
Name: Ada
Fate: Wrecked 29 April 1897
General characteristics
Type: Ketch
Tonnage: 50 GT
Displacement: 50 NT

Wreck

On 29 April 1897, Ada missed stays at Broken Bay, near Newcastle's Oyster Bank, and ran aground. She was later dismantled.[1]

gollark: Natural languages are kind of terrible because they evolve randomly and turn wildly inconsistent and weird pretty fast.
gollark: Hey, I didn't say that that was a good language either.
gollark: English is kind of a terrible language. Like most languages.
gollark: Communism is way too communist for me to agree with it.
gollark: You *can* agree with things from multiple ideologies, you know.

References
  1. Loney, 1992 p.84

Sources
  • Loney, Jack K. (1992). Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. Oceans Enterprises, Yarram, Victoria.
  • 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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.