Engineering:Governor King (ship)
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| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Namesake: | Governor Philip Gidley King |
| Owner: | Henry Kable & James Underwood |
| Builder: | Kable & Underwood |
| Launched: | 1803 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 22 April 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 38 tons |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
Governor King was a 38-ton schooner built in 1803 by James Underwood, Sydney, Australia and was wrecked in April 1806.
Governor King was launched in May 1803 by James Underwood, for Kable and Underwood.[1]
On 20 April 1806 Governor King arrived off Port Jackson from Norfolk Island.[2] Finding the wind direction unfavourable for entering the harbour the ship headed north to Newcastle and dropped anchor in the harbour. A strong current dragged the ship on the 22 April and it hit the rocks so violently that the stern shattered and it filled instantly, breaking up in a few hours. The crew and much of the cargo of pork being carried was saved but the ship was destroyed.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "SHIP NEWS.". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (New South Wales, Australia) I (16): p. 4. 19 June 1803. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625631.
- ↑ "SHIP NEWS.". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser IV (161): p. 2. 13 April 1806. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627081.
- ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN:0-589-07112-2 p41
- ↑ "View Shipwreck - Governor King". Aust Govt. https://dmzapp17p.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=784.
- ↑ "MURDER.". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser IV (164): p. 1. 4 May 1806. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627108.
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