Acme

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The Acme was a timber schooner driven ashore at Seal Rocks Bay with the Flirt and the Hoolet on 16 July 1876. Anchored in the bay to pass out a storm, all three vessels were later seen "broken up to pieces as small as firewood".

Acme was a two-masted timber top-sail schooner owned by Edward Davis, shipwright. Tonnage of 55 tons gross and length of 20.57 metres. Built at Brisbane Waters, NSW in 1876 by the owner. Registered in Sydney as 14 of 1876. Official Number 73348. Wreck site not located.

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Type:

Top sail schooner

Construction:

Wood

Primary industry:

Transport

Sub-industry:

cargo - coastal

Gross tonnage:

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Length (mtrs):

20.57

Beam (mtrs):

5.882

Draft (mtrs):

2.133

Cargo:

Timber

Engine:

Country built:

AUSTRALIA

State built:

New South Wales

Port built:

Brisbane Water

builder:

Edward Davis

Port registered:

Sydney

When built:

1876

Registration number:

14/1876

Official number:

73348

Sources:

SMH 5/8/1876, 9/8/1876 Register of British Shipping Register of Ships on the NSW Coast 1876

Comments:

Lost event

When lost:

1876/07/15

Where lost:

Seal Rocks Bay

Wrecked/Refloated:

Wrecked

Sinking:

Gale, driven ashore

From port:

Camden Haven

To port:

Sydney

Master:

James Henry Jackson

Owner:

Edward Davis & David Copper

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Datum	Latitude	Longitude	Zone	Easting	Northing
AGD66
AGD84
GDA94
WGS84

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Protected:

Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

Jurisdiction:

Federal

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