HMS Harrier (1881)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Harrier.
_wreck.jpg) Wreck of Harrier[1] | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Harrier |
| Builder: | Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Launched: | 1872 |
| Fate: | wrecked July 1891 |
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| 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
- ↑ Saville-Kent, William (1893). The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. London: W. H. Allen. p. xxx.
- 1 2 3 Bastock, p.96.
- ↑ "HMS Harrier". Flickr. N/A. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ "Wreck of the Mission Schooner Harrier, The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), Wednesday 29 July 1891, p.7.". Retrieved 4 October 2010.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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