HMS Cumberland (1803)

HMS Cumberland was a schooner built in Port Jackson, Australia, in 1801. Under the command of Acting Lieutenant Charles Robbins, she was used for Charles Grimes survey of King Island and Port Phillip in early 1803. She was purchased in 1803 to convey Matthew Flinders to England. However the poor condition of the vessel forced him to put into French-controlled Mauritius, where he and the ship were interned. It remained there when Flinders was released in 1810.