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91785
Surname: Vessel 'Vulcan'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1837 26 December
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.
Details: The body of a man, name unkonwn, supposed to the captain of the Vulcan which was wrecked in the harbour on 23rd found drowned on the north shore


78807
Surname: Vessel Abeona
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1832 23 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: SH
Details: 22 tons; Captain Mulhall. From Port Jackson with sundries


84065
Surname: Vessel Acheron
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 21 June
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Officers of the Acheron surveying Newcastle Harbour


97335
Surname: Vessel Acheron
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1853 9 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Arrived in Newcastle from Sydney with 66 prisoners of the Crown. Lieut. Fitz Roy commander. Had embarked 54 Europeans and 6 Chinamen at Goat Is. as prisoners to be worked at the breakwater at Newcastle


97445
Surname: Vessel Acheron
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1853 16 December
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Departed Newcastle for Sydney on 14th February with 250 tons of coals


88586
Surname: Vessel Active
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1852 28 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Heavy gales drove her ashore for the second time when she became a total wreck


115633
Surname: Vessel Adelaide
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1834 5 May
Place: Bird Island
Source: SMH
Details: Cutter bleonging to Mr. Jones of Market Street Sydney. Totally wrecked off Bird Island


78598
Surname: Vessel Admiral Gifford
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1830 3 September
Place: -
Source: Australian
Details: 43 Tons. Taking coals from Newcastle to Sydney. Captain Taggart


73913
Surname: Vessel Alfred
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1846 31 January
Place: Port Jackson
Source: MM
Details: From Brisbane Water. Sunk after collision with steamer 'Rose'. Owner of maize on board John Lowry. Captain Alfred Settree, James Devonport, sailor and John Lowry rescued


84064
Surname: Vessel Alfred
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 21 June
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Upset in the coal channel off Rouse's Wharf after gales at Newcastle


82149
Surname: Vessel Alice
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1836 30 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: CJ
Details: Drifted on to Nobbys after parting from the Steamer that was towing her


131582
Surname: Vessel Alice
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1835 26 November
Place: Sydney
Source: SG
Details: Joseph Kay, James Hanson, John Williams, John Hobart alias Stoddart, Thomas Ford, James Brennan, William Brennan, John Stockwell and Joseph Hurst convicted of burglary in the house of W. Wentworth and of seizing the vessel 'Alice' with intent to escape from the Colony. All sentenced to death


78494
Surname: Vessel Amelia
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1827 5 October
Place: Newcastle
Source: Australia
Details: Seized at Newcastle for having arrived with a cargo of liquor without permission


78578
Surname: Vessel Amity
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1830 6 February
Place: -
Source: Australian
Details: Taking three pairs of sawyers to Newcastle to commence a cedar ground


80523
Surname: Vessel Ann
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1834 21 March
Place: -
Source: Australian
Details: Schooner. Wrecked on the beach near Newcastle


80526
Surname: Vessel Ann
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1834 21 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: Australian
Details: Belonging to Mr. Chapman. Repaired after being wrecked at Newcastle. Attempts to re launch her failed


88160
Surname: Vessel Ann
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1840 6 May
Place: Newcastle
Source: CJ
Details: Schooner washed onto the Oyster Bank in high seas. Sailors and vessel rescued by the pilot Mr. Jackson and boat's crew


88420
Surname: Vessel Ann
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1841 19 May
Place: -
Source: FP
Details: Taking coal from Lake Macquarie to Sydney


77115
Surname: Vessel Anna Josepha
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1801 7 April
Place: Hunter River
Source: HRA Series I Vol. III, The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1915,  p.130
Details: Spanish vessel 170 tons, owned by Simeon Lord. Bound for Hunter River


85439
Surname: Vessel Anna Maria
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 30 August
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Master: Bennett. From Morpeth to Sydney laden with coal. Stranded on the beach of the long Bight near where the 'Wave' was lost. Owned by R. Dawson of Sydney