Ability
History
OwnerAllan Taylor & Co
Completed1910
FateWrecked
General characteristics
TypeWood Steamer
Tonnage140 GRT
Length30.48 m (100.0 ft)
Beam8.382 m (27.50 ft)
Draught1.829 m (6 ft 0 in)
Installed powerCompound 15nhp

The Ability was a wooden Steamer coastal transport cargo ship of 140 tons, owned by Parsons, R & Plunkett. She was scuttled and abandoned off Newcastle, New South Wales on 3 June 1960 or off Sydney on 3 April 1965.[1]

References

Sources

  • "Ability". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

Further reading

Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788–1968 including shipwrecks
Encyclopaedia 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. 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


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