HMS Harrier (1881)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Harrier.
Wreck of Harrier[1]
History
Name: Harrier
Builder: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Launched: 1872
Fate: wrecked July 1891
Name: HMS Harrier
Acquired: 15 March 1881
Fate: sold April 1888.
General characteristics
Type: schooner

HMS Harrier was a schooner of the Royal Navy. Built at Cowes, Isle of Wight and launched in 1872.[2] She was bought by the Royal Navy for £2874 and named HMS Harrier.[3]

Initially in use for policing the East Africa slave trade, she commenced service on the Australia Station in September 1883.[2] Undertaking some survey work, she was paid off in 1888 and she was sold in Sydney to the London Missionary Society for £1200.[2]

Harrier was wrecked upon F Reef, Great Barrier Reef, near Cooktown in July 1891.[4]

Citations

  1. Saville-Kent, William (1893). The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. London: W. H. Allen. p. xxx.
  2. 1 2 3 Bastock, p.96.
  3. "HMS Harrier". Flickr. N/A. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. "Wreck of the Mission Schooner Harrier, The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), Wednesday 29 July 1891, p.7.". Retrieved 4 October 2010.

References

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