Name Nancy Type sloop Launched 1803 | Port of registry UK, Sydney Tonnage 20 GRT | |
Builder Kable & Co, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales Fate Wrecked south of Jervis Bay, 18 April 1805 | ||
Nancy was a sloop launched in 1803 and wrecked on 18 April 1805 near Jervis Bay, Australia.
Nancy was a sloop of some 20 tons constructed on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales by Kable & Co. It arrived in Sydney on its maiden voyage on 17 October 1803. On 18 April 1805, Nancy commanded by Captain Demaria was just off Jervis Bay when a violent squall hit the area. Nancy's mainsail split and the ship could make no leeway. Everything on board was washed overboard and then the ship struck a small sandy beach between two headlands. The ship promptly broke up with one crew member, Richard Wall, from Exeter, drowning. The remaining crew walked to Sydney, arriving on 1 May 1805.
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