Hebe (1803 ship)

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 and became a total loss.[3]

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

History
British India
Name: Hebe
Builder: Breen, Chittagong,[1] India
Launched: 1 October 1803[1][Note 1]
Fate: Wrecked 15 June 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 250, or 300[1] (bm)

Hebe was carrying a cargo of Indian goods from Madras to Sydney, Australia when she was 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

Notes

  1. One source gives the year as 1804,[2] but that is in error.

Citations

  1. Calcutta Monthly Journal (October 1803), p.387.
  2. Phipps (1840), pp. 176 & 189.
  3. "The Low Head Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  4. Bateson (1972), p. 45.

Reference

  • 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.
  • Phipps, John (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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