Advance (1872) facts for kids
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| Name | Advance |
| Owner | David Cairncross & William Rooke |
| Port of registry | Sydney |
| Ship registration number: | 21/1872 |
| Ship official number: | 64386 |
| Builder | Thomas Davis Terrigal, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
| Completed | 1872 |
| Fate | Wrecked 11 February 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Wood Top sail schooner |
| Tonnage | 38 GRT |
| Displacement | 37 NRT |
| Length | 19.93 m |
| Beam | 5.181 m |
| Draught | 1.706 m |
| Installed power | NA |
| Ship primary use: | Transport |
| Ship industry: | |
| Ship passenger capacity: | 0 |
| Crew | 4 |
The Advance was a wooden topsail schooner built in 1872 at Terrigal, that was wrecked when it missed stays whilst carrying ballast (vessel was used in the lime trade) between Botany Bay and Port Stephens under the command of Captain J. Delaney and was lost at Henry Head Bight, Botany Bay, New South Wales on 11 February 1884
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Ship description and construction
The Advance was a wooden vessel
- Length, 63 feet 4 inches (19.30 m)
- Breadth, 17 feet 0 inches (5.18 m)
- Depth, 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m)
She was rigged as a fore and aft schooner, built by Mr Thomas Davis at his yard at Terrigal in 1872.
Ship service history
The Advance was originally employed between the Tweed River and Sydney but when she was purchased by Messrs, David Cairncross and William Rooke, she was placed in the trade between Port Stephens and Botany Bay carrying shells for lime burning purposes in which she remained till she has wrecked.
In July 1877 one of the crewman of the Advance died on board the vessel.
Wreck
After investigation by the Marine Board of the master of the Advance, J. E. Delany, it was found that there was nothing in the evidence upon which the Marine Board could find a charge of default and they considered that the schooner was lost in consequence of her missing stays, and parting her anchor.
Wreck site and wreckage
The location of the shipwreck is approximately 33°59′57″S 151°14′20″E / 33.99919°S 151.2390°E, but the wreck has not been discovered.
See also
- Advance (1874), a ship of the same name lost at the same headland
