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HMS Jumna (1848)

Coordinates: 31°30′S 112°00′E / 31.5°S 112.0°E / -31.5; 112.0
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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Jumna
BuilderBombay Dockyard
Launched7 March 1848
FateSold in 1862
Civil Ensign of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameJumna
OwnerJ. Wills & Son
FateLost between Hobart and Fremantle in 1881
General characteristics
TypeHelena-class brig
Length111 feet (34 m)[1]
Beam34.77 feet (10.60 m)[1]
Draught15.42 feet (4.70 m)[1]

HMS Jumna was a Helena-class brig of the Royal Navy, built at the Bombay Dockyard, initially intended to be named HMS Zebra and launched on 7 March 1848 as Jumna. She was paid off and sold 25 June 1862.

Fate

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Jumna arrived at Hobart, Tasmania on 4 November 1881 from Port Louis, Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar and unable to obtain a charter, took in ballast, and left for Fremantle, Western Australia on 19 November and was never seen again.[2]

The Australian National Shipwreck Database reports that she was lost "between Ports, possibly South Fremantle".[1] She carried a crew of four able seamen and 16 apprentices.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d "View Shipwreck – Jumna". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Australian Government, Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), Saturday 22 April 1882, p.2". Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. ^ A. Chittenden, “Some notes about brig Jumna, Sea Breezes, 115 (12) June 1929, p.152

References

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  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

31°30′S 112°00′E / 31.5°S 112.0°E / -31.5; 112.0