Sun (1819 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Sun
Launched: 1819, Sunderland
Fate: Wrecked in May 1826.
General characteristics
Class and type: Brig
Tons burthen: 185 (bm)

Sun was a 185 burthen ton brig built in 1819 at Sunderland,[1] that was wrecked in May 1826 in the Torres Strait.

She sailed with a cargo of tea from Canton, China on 28 November 1825 to Van Diemens Land. Leaving the River Derwent on 16 March 1826, she sailed to Sydney arriving on 24 March.[2][3]

Under the command of Captain W. Gillett, on 11 May 1826 she left on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia. On the way she struck a reef off Eastern Fields, north-east of Thursday Island and was wrecked. The crew made for Murray Island, where the vessels John Munro and Industry rescued the survivors. The brig was reported to be carrying 40,000 Spanish dollars.[4][5]

Citations

  1. ↑ Llyods Register of Shipping 1820
  2. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 18 March 1826, p.2. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 25 March 1826, p.2.
  4. ↑ "Ship Arrivals". Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 16 December 1826, p.2. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Latest Indian News - Loss of the Brig Sun". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Friday 26 January 1827, p.3. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

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