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 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Jumna |
Builder | Bombay Dockyard |
Launched | 7 March 1848 |
Fate | Sold in 1862 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Jumna |
Owner | J. Wills & Son |
Fate | Lost between Hobart and Fremantle in 1881 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Helena-class brig |
Length | 111 feet (34 m)[1] |
Beam | 34.77 feet (10.60 m)[1] |
Draught | 15.42 feet (4.70 m)[1] |
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]
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