Charlotte_(sloop)

<i>Charlotte</i> (sloop)

Charlotte (sloop)

Sloop built in Sydney, Australia 1803

Charlotte was a sloop that sank in 1808 off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]

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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. [1]
    "SYDNEY". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. VI, no. 248. 2 October 1808. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "View Shipwreck - Charlotte". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Aust Govt.
  3. [3]
    "PORT NEWS". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. I, no. 42. 18 December 1803. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45


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