''Windsor'' was a ship wrecked on
Long Reef near
Sydney,
Australia in 1816.
''Windsor'' was a
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular ...
of 22 tons owned and under the command of
Henry Major. ''Windsor'' left the
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and headed for
Sydney when she was blown well off shore by a gale. It is probable that it was this gale that ended up sinking ''
Recovery'' the same month. Eventually ''Windsor'' reached
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where she picked up ''Recovery''s survivors. Coming into
Sydney the ship was wrecked on Long Reef but all of ''Windsor''s crew and ''Recovery''s survivors were able to get to safety and walk to Sydney.
References
1788–1850 ships of Australia
1816 in Australia
Coastal trading vessels of Australia
History of New South Wales
Individual sailing vessels
Maritime incidents in 1816
Ships built in Australia
Shipwrecks of the Northern Sydney Region
Sloops of Australia
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