Hebe (1803 ship)
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Name: | Hebe |
Builder: | Breen, Chittagong,[1] India |
Launched: | 1 October 1803[1][Note 1] |
Fate: | Wrecked 1808 at Port Dalrymple |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 250, or 300[1] (bm) |
Hebe was a 250-ton full-rigged ship launched in 1803 at Chittagong. She struck a reef between Low Head and Western Head on the entrance to Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Australia, on 15 June 1808.[3]
Hebe was carrying a cargo of Indian goods from Madras to Sydney, Australia when she was totally wrecked. All the crew except for one lascar escaped drowning and returned with the ship's master, Joseph Leigh, to Sydney aboard Estramina on 11 October 1808.[4]
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Notes, citations, and references
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Citations
Reference
- 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).
Coordinates: 41°03′42.92″S 146°45′18.90″E / 41.0619222°S 146.7552500°E
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