Active (1850)

Career

Name:	Active
Owner:	Alexander Brown Jnr & James Brown
Port of registry:	Sydney
Identification:	registration number: 57/1850
Builder:	Daniel Biallie [?] Paterson River, New South Wales, Australia
Completed:	1850
Fate:	Wrecked 1852/02/18 Newcastle, New South Wales Hunter River
General characteristics
Type:	Composite Ketch
Tonnage:	Gross tonnage (GT) of 40 tons
Displacement:	Net tonnage (NT) of 40 tons
Length:	14.90 m
Beam:	4.907 m
Draught:	2.011 m

The Active was a Ketch that was wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852.

References

Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 9780646110813.
Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 910.4530994 BAT
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
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

Shipwrecks and scuttled vessels of New South Wales

Shipwrecks of the Richmond-Tweed Region	Adventure Agnes SS Wollongbar I

Shipwrecks of the Mid-North Coast Region	Abbey Ability Absalom Acielle Admiral Gifford Adonis Advance Agnes Irving Edwin Fairwind SS Fingal Fitzroy Jane Trial SS Wollongbar II

Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region	Ability Acme Active (1850) Active (1877) Ada Ada and Ethel Adelaide Adolphe Advance Agnes Alhambra Bee The Bluebell Collision SS Cawarra Contest Dundee Eleanor Lancaster Elizabeth Henrietta Estramina Excalibur Governor Hunter Governor King Hope Lindus Merksworth TSS Maianbar Recovery MV Sygna Wendouree USS WST-1

Shipwrecks of the Central Coast Region	Adelaide Advance SS Allenwood SS Bonnie Dundee Hazard HMAS Paterson

Shipwrecks of the Northern Sydney Region	Adelaide Aenid Argument Charlotte Narara HMAS Swan Tuncurry Whale Windsor

Shipwrecks of the Sydney Eastern Suburbs Region	Agnes Dunbar Greycliffe disaster Hereward HMAS Kuttabul Martha Three Bees William Cossar

Shipwrecks of the Southern Sydney Region	Adelphoi Advance (1872) Advance (1874) Koonya

Shipwrecks of the Illawarra Region	Adele Adolphus Agnes Comboyne Hawkesbury Packet Queen of Nations Shockwave

Shipwrecks of the Shoalhaven Region	Advance Aeolus Agnes Koraaga Nancy HMAS Voyager

Shipwrecks of the Far South Coast Region	George SS Iron Knight

Scuttled Vessels of New South Wales	HMAS Adelaide HMAS Anzac HMAS Australia SS Bantam HMAS Colac Dee Why HMAS Doomba HMAS Encounter HMAS Geranium HMAS Huon HMAS Kara Kara HMAS Kianga HMAS Kookaburra HMS Lewes HMAS Marguerite HMAS Mallow HMAS Medea USS Osborne HMAS Pioneer HMAS Stalwart HMAS Strahan HMAS Success HMAS Swordsman HMAS Tasmania HMAS Tattoo HMAS Tingira HMAS Torrens HMAS Vendetta HMAS Vigilant HMAS Yarra

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