HMS Jumna (1848)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jumna.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Jumna
Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Launched	7 March 1848
Fate	Sold in 1862
United Kingdom
Name	Jumna
Owner	J. Wills & Son
Fate	Lost between Hobart and Fremantle in 1881
General characteristics
Type	Helena-class brig
Length	111 feet (34 m)[1]
Beam	34.77 feet (10.60 m)[1]
Draught	15.42 feet (4.70 m)[1]

HMS Jumna was a Helena-class brig of the Royal Navy, built at the Bombay Dockyard, initially intended to be named HMS Zebra and launched on 7 March 1848 as Jumna. She was paid off and sold 25 June 1862.

Fate

Jumna arrived at Hobart, Tasmania on 4 November 1881 from Port Louis, Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar and unable to obtain a charter, took in ballast, and left for Fremantle, Western Australia on 19 November and was never seen again.[2]

The Australian National Shipwreck Database reports that she was lost "between Ports, possibly South Fremantle".[1] She carried a crew of four able seamen and 16 apprentices.[3]

Citations

1. "View Shipwreck – Jumna". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Australian Government, Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
2. "The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), Saturday 22 April 1882, p.2". Retrieved 18 October 2010.
3. A. Chittenden, “Some notes about brig Jumna, Sea Breezes, 115 (12) June 1929, p.152

References

• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

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