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Advance (shipwrecked 1933)

Coordinates: 31°53′S 152°42′E / 31.88°S 152.7°E / -31.88; 152.7
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History
NameAdvance
OwnerNorth Coast Steam Navigation Company
Ship registration numberUnknown
Ship official number69
FateWrecked
General characteristics
TypeScrew steamer
Ship primary useTransport
Ship industry-
Ship passenger capacityUnknown

Advance was a screw steamer that was wrecked when she sprang a leak whilst carrying tea-tree saplings between Taree, New South Wales and Coopernook. She was lost on the Manning River, New South Wales on 17 June 1933.

The wreck has not been located, but her approximate coordinates are 31°53′S 152°42′E / 31.88°S 152.7°E / -31.88; 152.7.

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Further reading

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Online Databases
Books
  • Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.