HMS Jumna (1848)
HMS Jumna was a Helena-class brig of the Royal Navy, built at the Bombay Dockyard, initially intended to be named HMS Zebra and launched on 7 March 1848 as Jumna. She was paid off and sold 25 June 1862.
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| Name: | HMS Jumna |
| Builder: | Bombay Dockyard |
| Launched: | 7 March 1848 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1862. |
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| Name: | Jumna |
| Owner: | J. Wills & Son |
| Fate: | Lost between Hobart and Fremantle in 1881 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Helena-class brig |
| Length: | 111 feet (34 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 34.77 feet (10.60 m)[1] |
| Draught: | 15.42 feet (4.70 m)[1] |
Fate
Jumna arrived at Hobart, Tasmania on 4 November 1881 from Port Louis, Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar and unable to obtain a charter, took in ballast, and left for Fremantle, Western Australia on 19 November and was never seen again.[2]
The Australian National Shipwreck Database reports that she was lost "between Ports, possibly South Fremantle".[1] She carried a crew of four able seamen and 16 apprentices.[3]
Citations
- "View Shipwreck – Jumna". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Australian Government, Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- "The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), Saturday 22 April 1882, p.2". Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- A. Chittenden, “Some notes about brig Jumna, Sea Breezes, 115 (12) June 1929, p.152
References
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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