The Ability (1878) was a wooden Ketch of 48 tons, owned by J. Breckenridge and built at William Woodward in 1878. that ran aground at Cape Hawke, New South Wales.

Shipwreck

On 5 January 1897 traveling from Cape Hawke to Sydney with a load of timber thee Ability broke moorings and was beached at Cape Hawke, near Forster, New South Wales. There were no reported deaths. ^[1][2]

Further reading

Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Databasehttp://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/nsd/nsd_list.pl
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks http://www.ozships.net/ozships/
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html

References

1. ↑ Loney, 1992 p.110
2. ↑ WRECKsite.eu

Sources

• 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 0-589-07112-2 910.4530994 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

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