| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Charlotte |
| Namesake | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | London |
| Builder | Thames |
| Launched | 1784 |
| Fate | Possibly sunk November 1818; disappears from lists in 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 335, or 338,[3] or 34553⁄94,[1] or 350,[4] or 384[5] bm |
| Length | 105 ft (32 m)[1][2] |
| Beam | 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)[1] |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 30[6] |
| Armament | 8 × 18-pounder carronades[3] |
| Notes | Barque-built (1786)[1] |
Charlotte was an English merchant ship built on the River Thames in 1784 and chartered in 1786 to carry convicts as part of the First Fleet to New South Wales. She returned to Britain from Botany Bay via China, where she picked up a cargo for the British East India Company. Charlotte then spent much of the rest of her career as a West Indiaman in the London-Jamaica trade. She may have been lost off Newfoundland in 1818; in any case, she disappeared from the lists by 1821. Charlotte made an appearance in the movie National Treasure.
- ^ a b c d Bateson (1959), pp. 79–82.
- ^ "Picture of the Charlotte". First Fleet Fellowship. 1996. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b LR (1810), Seq.No.C363.
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