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New South Wales
Name	Whale
Namesake	Whale
Launched	1810
Fate	Lost at sea, July 1816
General characteristics
Tonnage	14 tons
Sail plan	Sloop

Whale was a ship that disappeared in 1816.

Whale was a sloop of 14 tons, built at Scotland Island, Pittwater, New South Wales in 1810.^[1] In July 1816, under the command of George Winney, the Whale headed out of Sydney bound for Hawkesbury and was never seen again. The master and two crew were presumed dead.^[2]

References

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^ "Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks".
^ Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks. Vol. 1: 1622–1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. p. 55. ISBN 0-589-07112-2.

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Shipwrecks	19 Jan: Estramina 30 Jan: Boadicea, Lord Melville (wreck), Sea Horse January (unknown date): Albion, Amelia 8 Feb: Lord Wellington 20 Feb: Phoenix 5 Mar: HMS Liverpool 25 Jun: The Brothers 29 Jun: Archduke Charles June (unknown date): Edwin, Recovery 2 Jul: Méduse 23 Jul: Whale 28 Jul: HMS Révolutionnaire, HMS Zebra 30 Jul: Elizabeth Henrietta July (unknown date): Governor Hunter 28 Aug: Caroline 15 Sep: HMS Whiting September (unknown date): Lady Elliot 24 Oct: Comus 3 Nov: British Hero 5 Nov: HMS Briseis, Concord, Frances Charlotte, Woodbridge 10 Nov: Harpooner 11 Nov: HMS Tay November (unknown date): Countess of Loudoun 12 Dec: USS Chippewa Unknown date: Albion, Anna, Creole, Trial, Windsor
Other incidents	7 Mar: Cockatrice 18 May: Mulgrave Castle 19 Sep: Frances Charlotte
1815 1817

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Whale (ship)

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