HMS Cumberland (1803)

Career (UK)
Name: Cumberland
Acquired: 1803
Captured: December 1803
General characteristics
Class and type: Schooner
Tons burthen: 29 long tons (29 t)
Propulsion: Sails
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cumberland.

HMS Cumberland was a 29 ton schooner built in Port Jackson, Australia, by Henry Moore in 1801. [1] Under the command of Acting Lieutenant Charles Robbin, she was used for Charles Grimes survey of King Island and Port Phillip in early 1803.[1] She was purchased in 1803 to convey Matthew Flinders to England. However the poor condition of the vessel forced him to put into French-controlled Mauritius, where he and the ship were interned. It remained there when Flinders was released in 1810.

References

  1. ^ a b Fleming, James (2002), Currey, John, ed., A journal of Grimes' survey : the Cumberland in Port Phillip January-February 1803, Malvern, Victoria: Banks Society Publications, pp. 43, ISBN 0949586102