HMS Swallow (1824)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Swallow.
History
Name:
  • Marquis of Salisbury (1819-1824)
  • South Australian (1836-1837)
Owner:
Builder: Richard Symons, Little Falmouth
Laid down: 1817
Launched: 1819
Fate: Wrecked in Rosetta Harbour, Encounter Bay on 8 December 1837
Status: protected shipwreck site
Name: HMS Swallow
Acquired: July 1824
Fate: Sold in 1836.
General characteristics
Type: brig-sloop
Displacement: 236-tons BM
Length: 87 ft
Beam: 25 ft
Draught: 6 ft

HMS Swallow was a brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Symons, Little Falmouth as the packet ship Marquis of Salisbury for Captain Sutton, launched in 1819 and acquired by the Royal Navy in July 1824.

On 16 October 1834, HMS Swallow capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. Her masts were cut off and her guns were thrown overboard before she was righted. She put in to Havana, Cuba for repairs.[1]


She was sold by the Royal Navy in 1836 to the South Australian Company and was renamed South Australian. Chartered to carry free colonists and cargo to South Australia, sailed from Portsmouth under the command of Captain Alex. Allen, arriving in South Australia on 22 April 1837.

Fate

South Australian was wrecked in Rosetta Harbour, Encounter Bay on 8 December 1837, after she broke her anchor during a storm. The wreck site is reportedly located at 35°34′48″S 138°36′00″E / 35.58000°S 138.60000°E / -35.58000; 138.60000Coordinates: 35°34′48″S 138°36′00″E / 35.58000°S 138.60000°E / -35.58000; 138.60000.[2][3]

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2375). 20 December 1834.
  2. ↑ "The Hobart Town Courier, Friday 26 January 1838, p.2.". Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "South Australian". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
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