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''Charlotte'' was an English merchant ship built in 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 most of the rest of her career in the London-Jamaica trade. She may have been lost off Newfoundland in 1818; in any case, she disappears from the lists by 1821. ==Convict transport== She was a "heavy sailer," such that she had to be towed down the English Channel in order to keep pace with the rest of the Fleet.〔Collins 1975, p. lvi〕 Her master was Thomas Gilbert, and her surgeon was John White, principal surgeon to the colony.〔 〕 On 15 May, when ''Charlotte'' had been two days at sea it was discovered that her third mate had been left behind at Portsmouth; he was replaced for the remainder of the voyage by a seaman hastily dragooned from the accompanying naval vessel .〔Collins 1975, p. lvii〕 She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 84 male and 24 female convicts, among them were James Squire, James Bloodsworth, James Underwood, Samuel Lightfoot, William Bryant and Mary Bryant,〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=First Fleet Online )〕 and arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. This voyage was commemorated on the Charlotte Medal, commissioned by White. She left Port Jackson on 6 May 1788 bound for China to take on a cargo of tea, under charter to the East India Company.〔Letter from Newton Fowell, midshipman ''HMS Sirius'', to John Fowell, 12 July 1788. Cited in Irvine (ed.) 1988, p.81〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlotte (1784 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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