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Francis (1793)

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Francis was a 41 tons (bm) colonial schooner that was partially constructed at the Deptford Dockyard, England, and sent in frame aboard the Pitt to Australia to be put together for the purposes of exploration. The vessel had originally been designed for George Vancouver’s discovery voyage of the west coast of North America.

Francis was assembled and launched at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson on 24 July 1793.^[1] She left Port Jackson on 8 September, with Britannia to Dusky Bay, New Zealand on a survey and sealing expedition. Francis made a survey of Port Stephens in February 1795 under the command of deputy surveyor-general Charles Grimes.^[2]

Francis was sent on three rescue voyages in 1797, to the Sydney Cove wreck in the Furneaux Group of islands, Tasmania.^[1] While in the Furneaux Group, Matthew Flinders undertook a survey of the islands. She accompanied {{HMS|Lady Nelson}} to Newcastle in 1801 and collected 75 tons of coal.

In June 1801 Francis sailed to the Coal River (Hunter River). She returned to Sydney with 150 tons of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales. This was loaded on the Earl Cornwallis, which took the coal to Whampoa. This is believed to have been the first export of coal from Newcastle.^[3]

In 1803 Francis picked up survivors and cargo from {{HMS|Porpoise|1799|6}}, which had been wrecked on the Wreck Reefs. Francis travelled to the reefs in company with the Rolla and Cumberland. In November 1804 Francis was one of small fleet of ships embarking with a party of 181 persons to form a new Settlement at Port Dalrymple. She was in the company of {{HMS|Buffalo|1797|6}}, HIs Majesty's Armed Survey Vessel {{HMS|Lady Nelson|1798|2}}, and {{HMCS|Integrity|1804|6}}.

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She was wrecked on 21 March 1805, north of the Hunter River, Newcastle on the Oyster Bank.^[4]

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1. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26059903 |title=First Survey of Furneaux Group by Flinders |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Mercury (Hobart, Tas), Monday 22 January 1945, p.6. |publisher= |accessdate=3 January 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38326154 |title=Port Stephens and Port Macquarie |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Army News, Sunday 2 November 1941, p.8. |publisher= |accessdate=3 January 2012}}
3. ^Free Settler or Felon? - Convict Ship Earl Cornwallis 1801, - accessed 18 November 2014.
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article626703 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Sunday 31 March 1805, p.3. |publisher= |accessdate=3 January 2012}}

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