Vessel Profile

Comet (XXIX)

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This ship-rigged was built in 1826.

Historical Notes

On May 6, 1829 this vessel was wrecked in the Torres Strait near Queensland Crown Colony while en route Sydney New South Wales to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.

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