Wreck of HMS Swallow
Australia
- Position
- About 35.6° S, 138.6° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect military remains
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The wreck of a military vessel.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
HMS Swallow was a brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Symons, Little Falmouth as the packet ship Marquis of Salisbury for Captain Sutton, launched in 1819 and acquired by the Royal Navy in July 1824. From 24 October 1821 her master was Lieutenant Thomas Baldock, RN. Lieutenant Smyth Griffith, RN, assumed command on 25 November 1831. On 16 October 1834, HMS Swallow capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. Her masts were cut off and her guns were thrown overboard before she was righted. She put into Havana, Cuba for repairs. The Royal Navy sold her in 1836 to the South Australian Company, who renamed her South Australian. Chartered to carry free colonists and cargo to South Australia, she sailed from Portsmouth under the command of Captain Alexander Allen, arriving in South Australia on 22 April 1837.
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