Charlotte (sloop)

Short description: Sloop built in Sydney, Australia 1803

History
United Kingdom
Name| Charlotte
Owner| Robert Inch
Launched| 1803
Fate| Sank 27 August 1808
General characteristics
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

1. ↑ "SYDNEY.". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser VI (248): p. 1. 2 October 1808. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627594.
2. ↑ "View Shipwreck - Charlotte". Aust Govt. https://dmzapp17p.ris.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=351.
3. ↑ "PORT NEWS.". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser I (42): p. 4. 18 December 1803. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625932.
4. ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45

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