HMS Harrier (1881)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Harrier.
Wreck of Harrier[1]
History
Civil Ensign of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameHarrier
BuilderCowes, Isle of Wight
Launched1872
FateWrecked July 1891
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Harrier
Acquired15 March 1881
FateSold April 1888
General characteristics
Typeschooner

HMS Harrier was a schooner of the Royal Navy. Built at Cowes, Isle of Wight and launched in 1872.[2] She was bought by the Royal Navy for £2874 and named HMS Harrier.[3]

Harrier far left, was ordered on special service to the coast of Zanzibar, against slavers in 1881

Initially in use for policing the East Africa slave trade, she commenced service on the Australia Station in September 1883.[2] Undertaking some survey work, she was paid off in 1888 and she was sold in Sydney to the London Missionary Society for £1200.[2]

Harrier was wrecked upon F Reef, Great Barrier Reef, near Cooktown in July 1891.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ Saville-Kent, William (1893). The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. London: W. H. Allen. p. xxx.
  2. ^ a b c Bastock, p. 96.
  3. ^ "HMS Harrier". Flickr. N/A. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Wreck of the Mission Schooner Harrier, The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), Wednesday 29 July 1891, p. 7". Retrieved 4 October 2010.

References

  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0


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