Queen Charlotte (merchant ship)
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| Name: | Queen Charlotte |
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| Tons burthen: | 200 (bm) |
| Complement: | Crew of 33 |
The Queen Charlotte was a British Maritime Fur Trade merchant ship in the late 18th century. It was named after Charlotte, the queen consort of King George III. This merchant ship should not be confused with the various Royal Navy ships called HMS Queen Charlotte which were also named after this queen.
In 1787, the Queen Charlotte was on a trading voyage in the waters off north-western North America, commanded by Captain George Dixon.[1][2] He named the Queen Charlotte Islands after his ship.
The Queen Charlotte was a 200 ton (bm) ship with a crew of 33.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Halpenny, Francess G, ed. (1979). "Dixon, George". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ↑ Portlock, Nathaniel, J. Woodcock, J. Hogan, Peter Maxell, John Stockdale, and George Goulding (1789). A voyage round the world; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with twenty copper-plates. Dedicated, by permission, to His Majesty. London, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly: Printed for John Stockdale.
- ↑ Pethick, Derek (1976). First Approaches to the Northwest Coast. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas. pp. 96–98. ISBN 0-88894-056-4.
Further reading
- An account of the voyage of Queen Charlotte, in: Sea and sail, or, Marvelous adventures on the ocean : being interesting, instructive and graphic accounts of the most popular voyages on record, remarkable shipwrecks, hair-breadth escapes, naval adventures, the whale fishery, etc., etc. ... New York: World Pub. House. 1876.