Active (1877)

For other ships with the same name, see Active (ship).

Active was a wooden ketch that was wrecked on 19 January 1898 on the Oyster Bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, near the previously wrecked schooner Colonist while carrying a cargo of ironbark to Morpeth, New South Wales, under the command of Captain P. Williams. There were no casualties but the ship was lost. The wreck has not been located, but the approximate co-ordinates of the shipwreck are 32.92°S 151.79°E / -32.92; 151.79.

History
New South Wales
Name	Active
Owner	John Breckenridge, Cape Hawke
Port of registry	Sydney
Ship registration number	11/1877
Ship official number	74902
Builder	William Woodward Brisbane Water, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Completed	1877
Fate	Wrecked
General characteristics
Type	Ketch
Tonnage	49 GRT
Displacement	49 NRT
Length	20.6  m
Beam	5.4  m
Draught	1.9  m
Installed power	NA
Ship primary use	Transport
Ship industry	- cargo - coastal
Ship passenger capacity	0
Crew	4