HMS Sappho

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HMS Sappho was a Royal Navy brig that gained public notoriety for causing a diplomatic incident over the slave trade with the United States of America and then went missing off the Australian coast in 1857–58.

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1837 HMS Sappho
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ship launching
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SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4811SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4811
SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4813SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4813
SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4812SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4812
The saving of H.M.S. Sappho off the Coast of Honduras on the 11th Decr 1849 after having been hove off the reef where she struck on the 6th RMG PW8075The saving of H.M.S. Sappho off the Coast of Honduras on the 11th Decr 1849 after having been hove off the reef where she struck on the 6th RMG PW8075
SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4815SAPPHO 1837 RMG J4815