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Australia
Name	Eliza
Fate	Disappeared 1797
General characteristics
Class and type	sloop-rigged longboat
Tons burthen	10

Eliza was a sloop-rigged longboat that was involved in the rescue of the survivors of the wreck of Sydney Cove in 1797.

Eliza sailed from Sydney on 30 May 1797 to Preservation Island in Bass Strait. On arrival Eliza took on board several survivors and some cargo. Under the command of Archibald Armstrong (who was sailing master aboard HMS Supply, Eliza sailed for Sydney but was never seen again.

In 1803 HMS Calcutta found a large boat between Port Phillip and Westernport and it was thought that it was Eliza.

Citations

1. "Eliza Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number S214". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
2. Bateson & Loney (1972), p. 24.

References

• Bateson, Charles; Loney, Jack Kenneth (1972). Australian Shipwrecks: : including vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Vol. 1 1622-1850. Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed. ISBN 978-0-589-07112-7.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1797
Shipwrecks	11 Jan: Ganges 14 Jan: HMS Amazon, Droits de l'Homme 18 Jan: Indian Chief January (unknown date): Jenny, Surveillante 1 Feb: Ocean 5 Feb: Ocean 9 Feb: Sydney Cove 14 Apr: Worcester 16 Apr: Harmonie April (unknown date): HMS Albion 16 May: HMS Providence June (unknown date): HMS Pandour, HMS Resolution 11 Oct: Royal Charlotte 15 Oct: Delft 16 Nov: HMS Tribune 25 Dec: HMS Hamadryad Unknown date: Eliza, Prince Frederick
Other incidents	21 Jan: Hindostan 7 Jul: HMS Marie Antoinette 18 Jul: Auspicious 1 Aug: Lady Shore 11 Oct: Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes De Vries, Beschermer, Gelijkheid, Hercules, Vrijheid, Wassenaar Unknown date: Barwell
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