Whale (ship)
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Name | Whale |
Namesake | Whale |
Launched | 1810 |
Fate | Lost at sea, July 1816 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 14 tons |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Whale was a ship that disappeared in 1816.
Whale was a sloop of 14 tons, built at Scotland Island, Pittwater, New South Wales in 1810.[1] In July 1816, under the command of George Winney, the Whale headed out of Sydney bound for Hawkesbury and was never seen again. The master and two crew were presumed dead.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks".
- ^ Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks. Vol. 1: 1622–1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. p. 55. ISBN 0-589-07112-2.