HMS Jumna (1848)

Summary

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.

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]

Fate edit

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 edit

  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 edit

  • 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.

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