Advance (1884)
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Advance (1884)
The Advance was an iron screw steamer
Screw steamer
A screw steamer or screw steamship is a steamship or steamboat, powered by a steam engine, using one or more propellors, also known as screws, to propel it through the water....
tug built in 1884 that was wrecked when it collided with the Inverna off Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
on 25 December 1908.
Ship service history
The Advance was involved in a collision with the TuncurryTuncurry (1903)
Tuncurry The Tuncurry was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1903 at Cape Hawke, that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying Explosives, Cement, whisky, jam and other general cargo between Sydney and Brisbane and was lost at off Barranjoey Head, Broken Bay, New South Wales on 22...
in the early morning of 30 September 1906.
Passengers by the coasting, steamer Tuncurry were awakened early this morning whilst on a voyage from Sydney to Cape Hawke by a crash, and on looking out, were surprised to find that their vessel had been in collision with the tug Advance. The Tuncurry returned to Sydney today. An ugly hole in her starboard quarter afforded ample evidence of the early morning smash.
The collision occurred shortly after 4 o'clock this morning in the vicinity of North Head. The Tuncurry, which belongs to Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co.'s line, in charge of Captain E. P. O'Bierne, left Pyrmont on Saturday night on her regular week's end trip to Cape Hawke. She carried several passengers and a general cargo. The weather, on clearing the Heads, was somewhat overcast and thick. All, however, went well until about five miles (8 km) north of North Head, when the tug suddenly loomed up and the collision resulted. The tug had evidently come from Newcastle, and it is stated was "cruising" on the lookout for inward-bound sailing vessels. The two vessels met with considerable force.
The Tuncurry received the full strength of the blow on the starboard quarter. Her long counter saved her from being sent to the bottom. Had she been struck a little further forward nothing could have saved her. All the bulward planks in the vicinity were splintered, the damage extending below the covering board. The bulwark rail and stanchions were driven on board by the impact, and passengers who were berthed in the deck house in the vicinity were imprisoned by the wreckage. They were, however quickly rescued from their perilous position by Captain O'Bierne and his officers. The tug meanwhile stood by to render any necessary assistance. A hurried examination was made by Captain O'Bierne. and finding the damage well above water he signalledto the tug that no assistance was needed and immediately headed back to Sydney. The tug put into Newcastle, damaged at the bows.
It was later found at the Marine Court that
At the time of the collision the Advance was under charge of a deck hand, McIvor, and as she was overtaking the vessel she should have kept out of the way of .
The court did not find that there had "been any negligence on the part of the master of the tug in not coming on deck sooner, but thought he should have acted more wisely
Online Databases
- Australian National Shipwreck DatabaseAustralian National Shipwreck DatabaseThe Australian National Shipwreck Database is an online, searchable database of over 7,000 known shipwrecks around the coast of Australia. Originally developed by the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, it is now maintained by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the...
http://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/
- Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html
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, 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3. - Australian Shipwrecks - Vol. 1 1622–1850, Charles BatesonCharles BatesonCharles Bateson was a maritime historian, journalist and author.Charles Henry Bateson was born in Wellington, New Zealand and migrated to Australia in 1922. He worked as a journalist for many Australian papers and also worked for the Department of the Interior during World War II...
, 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)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
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