The Margaret was a brig that was wrecked in 1803. The Margaret was constructed in London in 1799 and registered to a company called Turnbull & Co. It was originally fitted with ten guns and carried a crew of fifteen. It was commanded by John Buyers. It left Sydney on 5 June 1802 bound for the Society Islands to go sealing. On 17 April 1802 the Margaret was grounded on a reef. The mast was cut away but by midnight the ship was abandoned. The crew reached shore in a small boat, which was promptly stolen by natives, with two of the crew being speared. The crew constructed two small boats from the wreck and sailed off the island, eventually making it back to Sydney by 30 September 1803. [1]
References
- ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 p34
