Argument (ship)
Argument was an Australian sloop of some 8 tons, built in Sydney and registered on 8 October 1800.[1]
In March 1809 Argument, Experiment and Hazard left Pittwater, New South Wales, bound for Sydney with cargoes of wheat. On 17 March,[2] a squall arose and the master of Argument, Benjamin Pate, watched as Hazard was driven ashore and wrecked. Deciding to avoid a similar fate he attempted to run for Broken Bay but missed the entrance and struck Short Reef, where Argument was wrecked. All three people on board — Pate, his hand James Dicey, and a passenger, Mary Kirk — drowned.[2]
References
- ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45
- ^ 2.0 2.1 "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 2 April 1809.
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