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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.

History

Charlotte was built in Sydney, Australia. and registered at 16 tons on 19 December 1803. 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.

References

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. "View Shipwreck - Charlotte". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Aust Govt.
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. Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1808
Shipwrecks	14 Jan: Agincourt 15 Jan: HM Hired armed cutter Lord Keith 24 Jan: HMS Carrier 31 Jan: HMS Leda January (unknown date): HMS Delight 12 Feb: Amphitrite 15 Feb: HMS Raposa 23 Feb: HMS Hirondelle February (unknown date): Bristol Packet, HMS Tang 23 Mar: HMS Astraea 24 Mar: HMS Milbrook 25 Mar: HMS Electra, HMS Milbrook 20 Apr: HMS Widgeon 22 Apr: HMS Bermuda 28 Apr: Adventure April (unknown date): Paramatta 18 May: HMS Rapid 15 Jun: Hebe 16 Jun: HM Hired armed ship Harlequin 30 Jun: HMS Capelin June (unknown date): Eliza 10 Jul: HMS Netley 19 Jul: Chiswick 27 Jul: HMS Pickle 30 Jul: HMS Meleager 7 Aug: HMS Delphinen 8 Aug: HMS Jaseur 18 Aug: Hermione 24 Aug: Vsevolod 25 Aug: HMS Centaur 27 Aug: Charlotte August (unknown date): Dundee 29 Sep: HMS Maria 8 Oct: Alexander 20 Oct: Majestic 21 Oct: Amphitrite 23 Oct: HMS Volador 26 Oct: HMS Crane 7 Nov: Travers 13 Nov: Nikolai 21 Nov: Lord Nelson November (unknown date): Amphitrite, Experiment, Gardiner and Joseph, Glory 5 Dec: HMS Proselyte 6 Dec: HMS Crescent 10 Dec: HMS Jupiter 15 Dec: HMS Flying Fish 23 Dec: HMS Fama December (unknown date): Nadezhda Unknown date: Aurora, Byam, Lively
Other incidents	28 Sep: Brook Watson 17 Oct: Rachael 21 Nov: Ceylon
1807 1809

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