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{{short description|1811 British merchant ship}}
{{other ships|Eliza (ship)}}
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'''''Eliza''''' was a merchant ship built in [[Calcutta]], British India, in 1811. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Calcutta to Australia but wrecked in 1815 on her way home from her second voyage.

==Career==
Under the command of Robert Murray, she left Calcutta with produce, passengers, and a number of prisoners. She called at [[British Bencoolen|Bencoolen]] sailing on 5 May 1813, and then at the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] (Hobart), on 24 June. She lost her sails during a heavy gale and arrived in Sydney on 2 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628714 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 3 July 1813, p.3 |publisher= |accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref> ''Eliza'' departed Port Jackson on 15 September bound for [[Hobart Town]] and [[Bengal]]. On her way on 30 September she rescued five survivors of the {{ship||Morning Star|1813 ship|2}} that were stranded upon [[Booby Island (Queensland)|Booby Island]], in the [[Torres Strait]].{{sfnp|Nicholson|1996|p=35}}

''Eliza'' left Calcutta, under the command of Robert Murray, with produce, passengers, and a number of prisoners. She called in at [[Hobart Town]] and arrived in Sydney on 15 May 1815.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article629112 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 20 May 1815, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref> ''Eliza'' departed Port Jackson on 28 May 1815 for Batavia and Calcutta.

==Fate==
''Eliza'' was lost in the Torres Strait on 11/12 June 1815.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2176711 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 29 June 1816, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref>

==Citations and references==
'''Citations'''
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'''References'''
* {{cite book |last=Nicholson |first=Ian Hawkins |year=1996 |title=Via Torres Strait: a maritime history of the Torres Strait Route and the ship's post office at Booby Island |location=Yaroomba, Qld. |publisher=Ian Nicholson [on behalf of the Roebuck Society] }}
* {{cite book|last=Phipps|first=John |year=1840|title=A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ...|publisher=Scott }}

==External links==
*[https://dmzapp17p.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=2441 Entry for Eliza in the Australian National Shipwreck Database]
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[[Category:1811 ships]]
[[Category:British ships built in India]]
[[Category:Convict ships to New South Wales]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1815]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of the Torres Strait]]

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