Ability (1910)

History

Name:	Ability
Owner:	Allan Taylor & Co
Ship registration number:	Unknown
Ship official number:	Unknown
Completed:	1910
Status:	Wrecked
General characteristics
Type:	Wood Steamer
Tonnage:	140 GT
Displacement:	Net tonnage (NT) of Unknown
Length:	30.48 m
Beam:	8.382 m
Draught:	1.829 m
Installed power:	Compound 15nhp
Ship primary use:	Transport
Ship industry:
Ship passenger capacity:	0
Crew:	0

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

References

↑ Australian National Shipwreck Database, 2011, page chart

Sources

"Ability". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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 - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2, Call number 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 by region

Richmond–Tweed	Adventure Agnes Enterprize Tassie III HMAS Waree SS Wollongbar I

Mid North Coast	Abbey Ability Absalom Acielle Admiral Gifford Adonis Advance Agnes Irving Edwin Fairwind SS Fingal Fitzroy Jane Titan Crane Trial SS Wollongbar II

Hunter	Ability Acme Active (1850) Active (1877) Ada Ada and Ethel Adelaide Adolphe Advance Agnes Alhambra Bee The Bluebell Collision SS Catterthun SS Cawarra Contest Dundee Eleanor Lancaster Elizabeth Henrietta (1816) Estramina Excalibur Francis Governor Hunter Governor King Grecian Hope HMAS K9 Lindus Merksworth TSS Maianbar Norfolk Recovery MV Sygna Wendouree USS WST-1

Central Coast	Adelaide Advance SS Allenwood SS Bonnie Dundee Hazard Nimbin HMAS Paterson

Northern Sydney	Adelaide Aenid Argument Charlotte Narara HMAS Swan Tuncurry Whale Windsor

Sydney Eastern Suburbs	Agnes Colonist Dunbar Edward Lombe HMAS Goolgwai Greycliffe disaster PS Herald Hereward SS Iron Chieftain Iserbrook Itata HMAS Karangi Kate HMAS Kuttabul Martha Three Bees William Cossar HMAS Woomera

Southern Sydney	Adelphoi Advance (1872) Advance (1874) Koonya

Illawarra	Adele Adolphus Agnes Comboyne Hawkesbury Packet Queen of Nations Shockwave

Shoalhaven	Advance Aeolus Agnes Hive Koraaga Nancy HMAS Voyager Wandra

Far South Coast	George Iron Knight Olive Cam

Scuttled vessels

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Ability (1910)

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