Charlotte

An iron barque built in 1868 by Iliff & Mounsey, Sunderland, as yard no. 29. Dimensions: 145'0"×27'1"×16'1" and tonnage: 398 GRT, 378 NRT and 370 tons under deck.

1868 October: Launched at the shipyard of Iliff & Mounsey, Sunderland, for G.B. Wadsworth, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 58548 and signal HLDQ. Employed in the Mediterranean trade.
1879: LR 1879-80: Owner: McKellar, Carr & Co., Liverpool.
c1900: Sold to F.C. Johansen, Goole.
1907: Sold to E. Consigliere Ved. Drago (F. Drago), Genoa and was renamed Tomaso Drago.
1912 May 31: Sold to Rederi AB Janes (And. S. Cronberg), Landkrona, for £ 825 and was renamed Janes. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 5388 and signal JTBM. Captain Berhard Bengtsson.
1912 August 9: Captain Janne Andersson, Nyhamnsläge.
1915 November 17: Captain Karl Johan Andersson, Figeholm.
1921 July 19: Captain Fredrik Wallin, Slite.
1922 June 14: Captain Janne Andersson, Nyhamnsläge.
1922 November 16: Captain Johan August Andersson, Gothenburg.
1924 October: Sold to J.R. Lionnet & Co., Port Louis, Mauritius, for SEK 41.600 and was renamed Diego.
1935 June 20: Wrecked at Eagle Island, Chagos Archipelago, without loss of life.

References:

Squarerigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-05-01 by Lars Bruzelius

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