`Ramsgate 16th Sept...The QUEEN CHARLOTTE, Godfrey, from Newcastle to Jersey, sunk on the Goodwind [sic] Sand last night. Crew and materials saved.' (1)

Wind conditions ENE at Deal on the 15th. (1)

`Ramsgate, Sept. 16. The QUEEN CHARLOTTE, Godfrey, from Newcastle for Jersey, ran on the Goodwin last night, and is a complete wreck. Master and crew landed here; part of the materials saved by Ramsgate and Deal boats.' (3)

NB: Source (2) states the date of loss as 19-SEP-1826, the publication date of the reporting issue of LL. Additionally the cargo is expressed as coal - certainly the chief export from Newcastle, but not explicitly given as such in the original sources (1) and (3).

Master: Godfrey (1)(2)(3)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 6152 19-SEP-1826, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<2> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.

<3> Durham County Advertiser (Newspaper). SKE56178.