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HMS Jumna (1848)

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Name
  
HMS Jumna

Fate
  
Sold in 1862.

Owner
  
J. Wills & Son

Builder
  
Bombay Dockyard

Name
  
Jumna

Launched
  
7 March 1848

Fate
  
Lost between Hobart and Fremantle in 1881

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

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.

References

HMS Jumna (1848) Wikipedia