Norfolk (brig)

Norfolk (brig)

The Norfolk was a brig built in Quebec in 1797. It was wrecked at Tahiti in 1802.

The Norfolk was constructed in Quebec in 1797 and registered in London in 1797 as the Harbinger. Governor Philip Gidley King purchased her in 1801 and renamed her the Norfolk. She had a crew of eight. The ship was visiting Matavai Bay, Tahiti when a hurricane struck on 25 March 1802. Captain William House ran Norfolk aground, as the alternative was for her to be smashed on the rocks. She grounded and the crew escaped to safety. The hull was salvaged but as it was being towed to another island it sank.[1]

References

  1. ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 p32



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