Hebe Reef is a reef located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the mouth of the Tamar River in Tasmania, Australia.
Hebe Reef's unsuspected location in the middle of what one would believe to be the channel to the river has deceived many, and numerous ships have been wrecked on its rocks.
Hebe was "a full-rigged ship of 250 tons built at Chittagong, India in 1804".
[1] The ship departed from Madras, India in late March 1808 and was destined for Sydney; when the decision was made on 15 June to turn into George Town, Tasmania - then Port Dalrymple - Hebe struck the reef due to a mixture of lack of knowledge and bad weather.
One person on the ship died, and most of its fittings and cargo were salvaged and sold in Sydney.