Charlotte (sloop) explained

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 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 south of Charlotte. Both Inch and Conway drowned.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: SYDNEY. . . VI . 248 . 2 October 1808 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: View Shipwreck - Charlotte. Australian National Shipwreck Database. Aust Govt.
3. News: PORT NEWS. . . I . 42 . 18 December 1803 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
4. Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, p45