Actaeon (1815 ship)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see Actaeon (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Owner:
  • 1815:J. Scott & Co.
  • 1819:Fairlie & Co., Calcutta[1]
Launched: 1815
Fate: Wrecked, 28 October 1822
Notes: Hackman conflates this Acteon with Actaeon[2]
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 300,[1] or 305[3] (bm)

Actaeon was originally owned by J. Scott & Co. of Calcutta. She was then sold at Mauritius.[3][4]

Loss

Actaeon, under the command of Captain John Mackay, left Mauritius on 6 September 1822 bound for Sydney.[5] 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. Deveron and HM Colonial Brig 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.[6] A gale totally wrecked Actaeon and one of the salvagers was drowned.[7]

Captain John Mackay named the island and reef group where Acteon was wrecked Actaeon Island.[8][9]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. East-India register and directory (1819), p.132.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  3. Phipps (1840), p. 107.
  4. Shipwrecks of Tasmania
  5. The Mercury, 26 August 1911, p10.
  6. Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, 2 Nov 1822, p2
  7. Bateson (1972), p. 63.
  8. Asiatic Journal (1824), Volume 1, p.653.
  9. Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1920), p.129.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks: including Vessels wrecked en route to and from Australia and some strandings. Volume 1 1622-1850. Reed, AH; Reed, AW.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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