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Independence (schooner)
The '' Independence '', a 35-ton schooner, was the first ship constructed in South Australian waters. She was built between April and August 1803 at what is now known as American River on Kangaroo Island by the crew of the visiting American sealing ship, Union, under the command of Capt. Isaac Pendleton. Daniel Wright, the ship's carpenter was in charge of the construction of ''Independence''.
On 15 June 1805 the ''Independence'' set sail from Sydney for the Antipodes Islands and was never seen again. The ''Sydney Gazette'' reported the loss on 16 March 1806.
==Prehistory==
In 1802, Capt. Isaac Pendleton of Stonington, Connecticut was commissioned by Fanning & Coles of New York to sail the brig ''Union'' to the waters of New Holland in search of a cargo of seal skins. "Her commander (Captain Isaac Pendleton) was …left unrestricted, and at perfect liberty to act on all occasions as his judgment should direct, to make the most profitable voyage he could of it for his owners."〔Fanning 1989:230-231 quoted in Dappert & Moffatt 2007〕 In early 1803, whilst sealing in King George Sound near what is now Albany, Western Australia Pendleton met the French explorer, Nicolas Baudin, who recommended Kangaroo Island as a place where seals could be found in plenitude.
Arriving in what is now known as Eastern Cove on the north coast of Kangaroo Island, Pendleton took the decision to winter here and, presumably to increase the quantity of skins that could be taken to Sydney, construct a smaller vessel to work alongside ''Union'' in its sealing activities.
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