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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. 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 in to Havana, Cuba for repairs. She was sold by the Royal Navy in 1836 to the South Australian Company and was renamed ''South Australian''. Chartered to carry free colonists and cargo to South Australia, sailed from Portsmouth under the command of Captain Alex. Allen, arriving in South Australia on 22 April 1837. ==Fate== ''South Australian'' was wrecked in Rosetta Harbour, Encounter Bay on 8 December 1837, after she broke her anchor during a storm. The wreck site is reportedly located at .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hobart Town Courier, Friday 26 January 1838, p.2. )〕〔Entry for the ''South Australian'' in the Australian National Shipwreck Database, https://apps5a.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=5736, retrieved 04/07/2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Swallow (1824)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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