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Name | Harbinger |
Owner | |
Builder | Quebec[1] |
Launched | 24 July 1797[1] |
Renamed | Norfolk |
Fate | Wrecked 25 March 1802 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 56,[2] or 58[3] (bm) |
Sail plan | Brig |
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Norfolk was built in Quebec in 1797 and registered in London in 1797 as Harbinger. In 1801 the Colonial government in New South Wales purchased her and renamed her Norfolk. She was Australia's first war vessel, but was wrecked in 1802 at Matavai Bay, Tahiti.
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