L'Enterprise
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L'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Sister Islands in Bass Strait off Tasmania, in 1802 or 1803
Registered in Mauritius, L'Enterprise was a schooner of 90 tons.
Voyage[edit]
Her master, Alexander Le Corre, sought permission from Governor King in September 1802 to go sealing in Bass Strait. He was given permission and departed Port Jackson on 4 October 1802. The ship was wrecked either late in 1802 or early in 1803 and Corre and all 12 members of his crew drowned.
Salvage[edit]
The schooner Endeavour under Joseph Underwood was sent to salvage L'Enterprise but was unsuccessful. L'Enterprise′s rigging and sails were auctioned in Sydney on 15 March 1803.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p34
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