Actaeon (1815 ship)

Actaeon, under the command of Captain John Mackay, left Mauritius on 6 September 1822 bound for Sydney.^[5] She struck the rocks in D'Entrecasteaux Channel around midnight on 28 October and the crew abandoned ship. The officers and some of the crew took the longboat and made for Hobart, where they reported the wreck. Deveron and HM Colonial Brig Prince Leopold went to salvage as much cargo as possible and pick up the remaining crew. Some 300 barrels of pork were salvaged from Actaeon's mixed cargo of wine, spirits, coal, pork, soap, and other goods.^[6] A gale totally wrecked Actaeon and one of the salvagers was drowned.^[7]

Captain John Mackay named the island and reef group where Acteon was wrecked Actaeon Island.^[8][9]

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