Engineering:Charlotte (sloop)
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Short description: Sloop built in Sydney, Australia 1803
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Charlotte |
| Owner: | Robert Inch |
| Launched: | 1803 |
| Fate: | Sank 27 August 1808 |
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| Class and type: | Sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 16 tons |
Charlotte was a sloop that sank in 1808 off the coast of New South Wales, Australia .[1][2]
History
Charlotte was built in Sydney, Australia. and registered at 16 tons on 19 December 1803.[3] Owned and skippered by Robert Inch and assisted by his hand, George Conway, the ship was 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Port Jackson, Australia, bound from the Hawkesbury River with a cargo of grain on 27 August 1808 when a squall struck her after her mainsail jibbed. The sloop Hope witnessed the sinking while sailing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Charlotte. Both Inch and Conway drowned.[4]
References
- ↑ "SYDNEY.". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser VI (248): p. 1. 2 October 1808. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627594.
- ↑ "View Shipwreck - Charlotte". Aust Govt. https://dmzapp17p.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=351.
- ↑ "PORT NEWS.". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser I (42): p. 4. 18 December 1803. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625932.
- ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN:0-589-07112-2 p45
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