Adelaide (1879)

Adelaide was a wooden schooner that was lost after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales carrying a load of coal on a voyage to Gisborne, New Zealand in May 1898. There were two deaths.

History
Name	Adelaide
Owner	Chapman Bonner Bond
Port of registry	Sydney 28/1880 75062
Route	Newcastle to Gisborne, New Zealand
Builder	Unknown Pyrmont, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Completed	1879
Fate	Wrecked 1898/05 Newcastle, New South Wales to New Zealand
General characteristics
Type	Wood Schooner
Tonnage	217 GRT
Displacement	190 NRT
Length	44.1  m
Beam	7.1  m
Draught	2.7  m
Installed power	NA

Further reading

Online Databases
Australian National Shipwreck Database
Australian Shipping – Arrivals and Departures 1788–1968 including shipwrecks
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks – New South Wales Shipwrecks

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 Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON