Active 1852
Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | Active | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1852 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Australia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | -32.9200, 151.7900 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Active was a ketch that was launched in 1850 and that wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852.
Location
- Recorded position: -32.9200, 151.7900 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Australia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Active (1850) (revision 1333294659), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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