No Pirates on the Frederick (1834)

“No government vessel should have a convict crew, men in their situation cannot fail to desire escape, and when such opportunities are afforded them they would be a set of cowards who neglected them.” The Colonist, February 11, 1834. Hobart, where The Colonist was published had particular reason to have complaints, this was the third time that an incident like this had happened in the past five years. First came the Cyprus in 1829, then came the Badger in 1833. Now the just finished Frederick had been taken, and no one was certain where it had gone.  Ship Name: The Frederick  Nationality: British Flag, Belonging to the Government of Van Diemen’s Land Ship Type: Small Wooden Brig. Tonnage: 100 tons  Year Built: 1834 Year Wrecked: 1834 Location Wrecked: Off the Coast of Chile, 40 Miles From Valdivia Reason for Wreck: Badly Leaking Lives Lost: None Sources: https://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D15087/a5629.htm https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110329702 https://newspaperarchive.com/hobart-town-courier-apr-28-1837-p-3/ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169027198?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FC%2Ftitle%2F859%2F1917%2F03%2F02%2Fpage%2F20005618%2Farticle%2F169027198 https://newspaperarchive.com/hobart-colonist-and-van-diemens-land-commercial-and-agricultural-advertiser-feb-11-1834-p-3/ https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1341438/The-Wonder-Weekly-June-22.pdf https://www.pressreader.com/australia/australian-geographic/20210601/282965338161220 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39548671?searchTerm=frederick%20escape%20macquarie https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hindsight/james-porter-and-the-capture-of-the-frederick/3159086#transcript https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/porter/james/109760 http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00115.html#SECTION_XII https://web.archive.org/web/20170315231216/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6506