Ability (1878)

A ketch-rigged vessel similar to Ability
History
New South Wales
Name	Ability
Owner	John Breckenridge
Port of registry	Sydney
Builder	William Woodward, Brisbane Water, NSW, Australia
Ship registration number	37/1878
Ship official number	74975
Completed	1878
Fate	Wrecked 5 January 1897
General characteristics
Type	Wooden ketch
Tonnage	48 GRT
Length	20.72  m
Beam	5.486  m
Draught	1.981  m

Ability was a wooden ketch of 48 tons, owned by J. Breckenridge and built at William Woodward in 1878. She ran aground at Cape Hawke, New South Wales, Australia, in 1897.

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

• Loney, Jack K. (1992). Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. Oceans Enterprises, Yarram, Victoria. p. 110.
• Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON