Ability was a wooden coastal transport steamer of 140 tons, owned by Parsons, R & Plunkett. She was scuttled and abandoned off Newcastle, New South Wales on 3 June 1960 or off Sydney on 3 April 1965.Australian National Shipwreck Database, 2011, page chart
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Further reading Online Database's Australian National Shipwreck Database Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788–1968 including shipwrecks Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks
Books Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 . Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON