Actaeon (1815 ship)

History
India
Owner: J. Scott & Co.
Launched: 1815
Fate: Wrecked, 28 October 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 305[1] (bm)

Actaeon (or Actæon, or Acteon) was launched at Fort Gloster, India, in 1815. She was wrecked without loss of life on 28 October 1822 in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel in southern Tasmania.

Actaeon was originally owned by J. Scott & Co. of Calcutta. She was then sold at Mauritius.[1][2]

Loss

Actaeon, under the command of Captain Mackay, left Mauritius on 6 September 1822 bound for Sydney.[3] She struck the rocks in D'Entrecasteaux Channel around midnight on 28 October and the crew abandoned ship. The officers and some of the crew took the longboat and made for Hobart, where they reported the wreck. The brigs Deveron and Prince Leopold went to salvage as much cargo as possible and pick up the remaining crew. Some 300 barrels of pork were salvaged from Actaeon's mixed cargo of wine, spirits, coal, pork, soap, and other goods.[4] The ship was totally wrecked during a gale and one of the salvagers was drowned.[5]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 Phipps (1840), p.107.
  2. ↑ Shipwrecks of Tasmania
  3. ↑ The Mercury, 26 August 1911, p10
  4. ↑ Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, 2 Nov 1822, p2
  5. ↑ Bateson (1972), p.63.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1972) Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850 (Sydney: AH and AW Reed). ISBN 0-589-07112-2
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (1840) A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time .... (Scott).

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