Hazard was of unknown tonnage, probably built inSydney in 1800. It was owned by Thorley & Griffiths and had been chartered to Lusk.[1]
In March 1809, three ships,Argument,Experiment, andHazard leftPittwater,New South Wales, bound for Sydney with a cargo ofwheat. Asquall arose andHazard was driven ontoBox Head, 2 miles (3.2 km) north ofBarrenjoey, New South Wales. Hermaster, Andrew Lusk, got into the ship's boat but was unable to persuade his single crew member, a boy, to join him. The boy was washed overboard and was dragged from the surf by someAborigines. Lusk attempted to make it to shore but the boatcapsized and Lusk drowned.
