Irai Island is the main island of the
Conflict Islands, which were sighted in 1879 by
HMS Cormorant and named in 1880 by Bower, captain of
HMS Conflict
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Conflict'':
* was a 12-gun gun-brig
A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchas ...
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[Arthur Wichman (Hrsg.)]
History of New-Guinea (bis 1828).
Bd. 1, E. J. Brill, Leiden 1909, S. 271
References
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Atolls of Papua New Guinea
Islands of Milne Bay Province
Louisiade Archipelago