Flinders (schooner)

HM Flinders was a sailing ship, built in 1863 at Brisbane Water as Jenny Cox, purchased in Sydney in 1865 by the South Australian Colonial Government and assigned to the Harbors Board, and completely refitted She was used for

survey work
taking up heavy moorings such as those at Port MacDonnell and Port Elliot.
checking and servicing lighthouses etc.
transporting staff, supplies and horses to and from Port Darwin
ceremonial duties

She sprang a leak and sank while moored at Port McDonnell on 29 June 1873 and soon broke up. Only the chronometer and the lives of all aboard were saved.

Commanders

June 1865 Daniel Murdoch Graham
December 1865 John Melville
from early 1867 Colin McLachlan served as chief officer, appointed commander January 1869