Name Sun Fate Wrecked in May 1826. Tons burthen 185 tons | Launched 1819, Sunderland Class and type Brig | |
Sun was a 185 burthen ton brig built in 1819 at Sunderland, that was wrecked in May 1826 in the Torres Strait.
She sailed with a cargo of tea from Canton, China on 28 November 1825 to Van Diemens Land. Leaving the River Derwent on 16 March 1826, she sailed to Sydney arriving on 24 March.
Under the command of Captain W. Gillett, on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia, leaving on 11 May 1826 she struck a reef off Eastern Fields, north-east of Thursday Island and was wrecked. The crew made for Murray Island, where those that survived were rescued by the vessels John Munro and Industry. The brig was reported to be carrying 40,000 Spanish dollars.
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