Name Ability Port of registry Sydney Ship official number 74975 | Owner John Breckenridge Ship registration number 37/1878 Weight 0.0218 tons | |
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Builder William Woodward, Brisbane Water, NSW, Australia | ||
Ability was a wooden ketch of 48 tons, owned by J. Breckenridge and built at William Woodward in 1878. She ran aground at Cape Hawke, New South Wales, Australia, in 1897.
Shipwreck
On 5 January 1897, traveling from Cape Hawke to Sydney with a load of timber, Ability broke her moorings and was beached at Cape Hawke, near Forster, New South Wales. There were no reported deaths.
References
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