Charlotte (sloop)

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

[1][2] Charlotte was built in Sydney, Australia.

[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.

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