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}} | HMS Harrier was a schooner of the Royal Navy. Built at Cowes, Isle of Wight and launched in 1872.[2] She was bought by the Royal Navy for £2874 and named HMS Harrier.[3]Initially in use for policing the East Africa slave trade, she commenced service on the Australia Station in September 1883.[2] Undertaking some survey work, she was paid off in 1888 and she was sold in Sydney to the London Missionary Society for £1200.[2] Harrier was wrecked upon F Reef, Great Barrier Reef, near Cooktown in July 1891.[4]Citations1. ^{{cite book |last=Saville-Kent |first=William |authorlink=William Saville-Kent |title=The Great Barrier Reef of Australia |publisher=W. H. Allen| location=London |year=1893 |page=xxx |url= }}
2. ^1 2 Bastock, p.96.
3. ^{{cite web |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/sidpickle/9204867877/in/photolist-f2pmwz/lightbox/|title = HMS Harrier|publisher = N/A |website = Flickr |accessdate= 25 July 2013 }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8630886?searchTerm=harrier+Missionary+Society |title=Wreck of the Mission Schooner Harrier, The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), Wednesday 29 July 1891, p.7. |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=4 October 2010}}
References- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. {{ISBN|0-86777-348-0}}
External links- {{Commons cat inline|HMS Harrier (ship, 1881)|HMS Harrier (1881)}}
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