Sydney Cove (1803 ship)

For the ship wrecked off Tasmania, see Sydney Cove (1796 ship).

History
Batavian Navy EnsignNetherlands
Launched1803, Rotterdam, Netherlands
United Kingdom
NameSydney Cove
NamesakeSydney Cove
Owner
  • 1806:Plummer & Co.[1]
  • 1810:John Bull[2]
  • 1815:Morrison
FateLast listed in Lloyd's Register in 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen282,[3] or c.283[2] (bm)
Length94 ft 3 in (28.7 m)[2]
Beam26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)[2]
PropulsionSail
Armament8 × 12-pounder carronades[3]
NotesTwo decks & three masts

Sydney Cove was built in 1803 at Rotterdam, Netherlands. She made two voyages to New South Wales, during the first of which she transported convicts, and during the second of which she went whale and seal hunting. Her crew's interaction with the Māori at New Zealand sparked the Sealers' War, a long-running violent feud between sealers and whalers on the one hand, and the Māori on the other. She was last listed in 1823.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1806 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Entwisle (2010).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1807 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).