Hebe (ship) 1808

Hebe (ship) 1808

The " Hebe " was a ship that struck a reef between Low Head and Western Head on the entrance to Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Australia on 15 June 1808. [ [http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/TAS/Low%20Head/Low%20Head.htm The Low Head Lighthouse ] ]

The ship was carrying a cargo of Indian goods from Madras to Sydney Australia when it was totally wrecked. All the crew, but one Lascar escaped drowning and returned with the ship's master, Joseph Leigh, to Sydney aboard the "Estramina" on 11 October 1808. [ "Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850", Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 p45 ]

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