The Charlotte was a sloop

Sloop

A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....

 sunk in 1808 off the coast of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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The Charlotte was built in Sydney

Sydney

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 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 five miles North of Port Jackson

Port Jackson

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, heading for the Hawkesbury River

Hawkesbury River

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 with a cargo of grain when it was hit by a squall

Squall

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and sunk after its mainsail jibed. This was observed by the sloop Hope which was travelling a mile south of the Charlotte at the time of the sinking. Both Inch and Conway were drowned.