L'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Sister IslandsinBass Strait off Tasmania, in 1802 or 1803
Registered in Mauritius, L'Enterprise was a schooner of 90 tons.
Her master, Alexander Le Corre, sought permission from Governor King in September 1802 to go sealinginBass Strait. He was given permission and departed Port Jackson on 4 October 1802. The ship was wrecked either late in 1802 or early in 1803 and Corre and all 12 members of his crew drowned.
The schooner Endeavour under Joseph Underwood was sent to salvage L'Enterprise but was unsuccessful. L'Enterprise′srigging and sails were auctionedinSydney on 15 March 1803.[1]
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