Everything about Norfolk Sloop totally explained
The 25-ton
sloop Norfolk, built in 1798, was the only ship built on
Norfolk Island during its first period as a
convict settlement. The tall
Norfolk Pine trees had attracted interest by the
Royal Navy in the 1770s and the island was originally settled in part to supply timber for masts and spars, so it's ironic that this small ship was the only one built there.
The vessel was sailed by its trusted convict builders to
Port Jackson for fitting-out. Later in 1798 she was used by
Matthew Flinders and
George Bass in their circumnavigation of
Van Diemen's Land, proving its island status and the existence of
Bass Strait.
Whilst sailing on the
Norfolk, on
17 July 1799 he arrived in
Moreton Bay between
Redcliffe and
Brighton. He touched down at the Pumicestone Passage, Redcliffe and
Coochiemudlo Island and also rowed ashore at
Clontarf. During this visit he named Redcliffe after the Red Cliffs.
In October 1800 the
Norfolk was captured on the
Hawkesbury River by fifteen convicts who intended to sail the ship to the
Molucccas. However, they wrecked the
Norfolk when entering
Port Hunter and ripped the bottom out of the ship. The convicts eventually made it to shore. Eleven stole another small boat but it was captured and two of the convicts were executed. The remaining four convicts lived with the aborigines but perished when they attempted to walk back to
Sydney to give themselves up.
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