HMCS Integrity (1804)

History
United Kingdom
NameIntegrity
OwnerColony of New South Wales
BuilderThomas Moore, King's Dockyard, Sydney
Laid downSeptember 1802
Launched13 January 1804
CompletedOctober 1803
In service1804–1805
HomeportPort Jackson
FateDisappeared 1805
General characteristics
TypeCutter
Tons burthen59 34 tons bm[1]
Length46 ft (14 m) (keel), 60 ft (18 m) (overall)[1]
Beam16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)[1]
Crew9[2]

HMCS Integrity was a cutter built by the Colonial Government of New South Wales in 1804. She was the first vessel ever launched from a New South Wales dockyard and carried goods between the colony's coastal settlements of Norfolk Island, Newcastle, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Port Jackson. In 1804 she took part in a series of voyages to Van Diemen's Land with the aim of founding a colony at Port Dalrymple, the site of the modern settlement of George Town, Tasmania.

In 1805 Integrity encountered and recaptured a Spanish brig which had been unlawfully seized by privateers and concealed in the Kent Group of islands in Bass Strait. Having returned the Spanish vessel to colonial control, Integrity was designated the task of sailing to Chile to negotiate its return to Spain. She set sail for Valparaíso, Chile, in June 1805, but was not seen again and is likely to have foundered during the voyage.

  1. ^ a b c "Sydney". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Sunday 11 December 1803. National Library of Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ Bladen (ed.) 1979, vol. 5, p. 338.