Hazard (ship)

Hazard was an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809.

Hazard was of unknown tonnage, probably built in Sydney in 1800. It was owned by Thorley & Griffiths and had been chartered to Lusk.[1]

In March 1809, three ships, Argument, Experiment, and Hazard left Pittwater, New South Wales, bound for Sydney with a cargo of wheat. A squall arose and Hazard was driven onto Box Head, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Barrenjoey, New South Wales. Her master, Andrew Lusk, got into the ship's boat but was unable to persuade his single crew member, a boy, to join him. The boy was washed overboard and was dragged from the surf by some Aborigines. Lusk attempted to make it to shore but the boat capsized and Lusk drowned.

[ ⚑ ]  33°32′32″S 151°20′55″E﻿ / ﻿33.54227°S 151.3485°E﻿ / -33.54227; 151.3485

## References

1. ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622–1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45

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