Active

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History

The timber ketch Active was lost at the entrance to Newcastle’s Hunter River on 18 February 1852 in unknown circumstances.

The vessel was built at the Paterson River in 1850 by Daniel Baillie with a tonnage of 40ton gross and 14.9 metres in length. Coal merchants Alexander and James Brown of Maitland owned the ketch which was registered in Sydney.

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Type:

Ketch

Construction:

Composite

Primary industry:

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Gross tonnage:

Net tonnage:

Length (mtrs):

14.90

Beam (mtrs):

4.907

Draft (mtrs):

2.011

Cargo:

Engine:

Country built:

AUSTRALIA

State built:

New South Wales

Port built:

Paterson River

builder:

Daniel Biallie [?]

Port registered:

Sydney

When built:

1850

Registration number:

57/1850

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Comments:

Lost event

When lost:

1852/02/18

Where lost:

Newcastle, Hunter River entrance

Wrecked/Refloated:

Wrecked

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Owner:

Alexander Brown Jnr & James Brown

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Datum	Latitude	Longitude	Zone	Easting	Northing
AGD66
AGD84
GDA94
WGS84

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Protected:

NSW Heritage Act 1977

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State

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