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began a search. On 22 October it located the surviving sailor and hearing of the attack sailed into Rita Bay, opposite
Mandoliana Island, to exact reprisals on the islanders. None were found so the crew burnt several canoes that were on the beach. When they were leaving a group of islanders came out
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Sandfly, under Captain Fitzgerald, was swept onto rocks by the tide and wrecked. The crew had tried to tow the schooner away from the rocks before it founded but were unable to do so. They had also found that the water was to deep for the ships anchors to purchase. All 5 crew on board
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set fire to numerous islanders houses, cut down fruit trees and destroyed canoes in reprisal for this and other incidents. Approximately 33 villages were destroyed. The
English Government was not satisfied with the outcome and sent Commander
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while he and three crew members were landing to collect copra from the island. The reason for the shooting was unknown but the man who shot Craig had recently been returned to the island by the
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to survey the east coast of Nggela Pile. They camped on
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902:Ships on the Australia Station
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197:Millers Point, New South Wales
70:Millers Point, New South Wales
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545:Massacre of the crew of the
280:was tasked with undertaking
646:"How Kalekona Got His Head"
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282:hydrographic surveys
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871:"Volcanic eruption"
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294:Guadalcanal
270:The Graphic
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1340:1872 ships
1334:Categories
1261:Shipwrecks
894:References
726:17 October
670:Shipping,
499:"untitled"
423:Ugi Island
241:Santa Cruz
193:Royal Navy
164:Complement
800:"Imports"
351:Cormorant
298:whaleboat
154:Sail plan
1008:Conflict
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881:17 April
810:17 April
784:17 April
752:Archived
624:Archived
598:24 March
509:17 April
449:See also
256:Incident
236:Basilisk
213:paid off
189:schooner
172:Armament
158:Schooner
76:Launched
994:Sandfly
774:"Tonga"
758:17 July
630:12 July
547:Lapwing
443:Sandfly
408:of the
340:Emerald
331:Emerald
323:Sandfly
318:Sandfly
310:big man
306:Sandfly
300:to the
290:Sandfly
278:Sandfly
266:Sandfly
254:Sandfly
246:Lapwing
225:Sandfly
219:Voyages
191:of the
184:Sandfly
65:Builder
59:Sandfly
37:History
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987:Beagle
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435:Decres
397:Makira
365:Renard
229:Aurora
205:Sydney
187:was a
130:Length
112:Beagle
461:Notes
418:copra
382:Tonga
358:Alert
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