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Adventure (1834 ship)

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History
Australia
NameAdventure
OwnerJohn Francis Barrett
Port of registrySydney
Ship registration number10/1835
Ship official number-
BuilderUnknown Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Completed1834
FateWrecked
General characteristics
TypeWood Sloop
Tonnage24 GRT
Displacement24 NRT
Length10.51  m
Beam3.962  m
Draught1.828  m
Installed powerNA
Ship primary useUnknown
Ship industry- Unknown
Ship passenger capacityUnknown
CrewUnknown

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.

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Further reading

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Online 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