HMS Cumberland (1803)

Career (UK)
Name: Cumberland
Builder: Henry Moore
Launched: 1801
Acquired: 1803
Captured: December 1803
General characteristics
Class and type:Schooner
Tons burthen:29 (bm)
Propulsion:Sails
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cumberland.

HMS Cumberland was a schooner built in Port Jackson, Australia, in 1801.[1] Acting Lieutenant Charles Robbins was captain of His Majersty's colonial schooner Cumberland when Charles Grimes used her to survey 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 on 13 June 1810. Flinders left on the cartel Harriet, bound for Bengal, but when she encountered HMS Otter, he transferred to her as she was carrying dispatches to the Cape.

The Royal Navy captured Cumberland when they captured Mauritius in 1810. She returned to Royal Navy service and was sold that year. [2]

Citations and references

Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fleming, James (2002), Currey, John, ed., A journal of Grimes' survey : the Cumberland in Port Phillip January-February 1803, Malvern, Victoria: Banks Society Publications, p. 43, ISBN 0-949586-10-2
  2. ↑ Winfield and Roberts (2015 forthcoming), Chap. 8.
References
  • "History: HMS Cumberland". Ministry of Defence, UK. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  • "Vessels: Cumberland". The Flinders Papers. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  • Boniface, Patrick (2006). HMS Cumberland: A Classic British Cruiser in War and Peace. Cornwall: Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 1-904381-37-5.
  • Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015 Forthcoming) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042