HMS Swallow (1824)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: |
Marquis of Salisbury (1819-1824) South Australian (1836-1837) |
| Owner: |
Captain Sutton (1819-1824) South Australian Company (1836-1837) |
| 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 |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Swallow |
| Acquired: | July 1824 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1882. |
| 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°ECoordinates: 35°34′48″S 138°36′00″E / 35.58000°S 138.60000°E.[2][3]
Citations
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2375). 20 December 1834.
- ↑ "The Hobart Town Courier, Friday 26 January 1838, p.2.". Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ Entry for the South Australian in the Australian National Shipwreck Database, https://apps5a.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=5736, retrieved 04/07/2012.