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English: Troopship Charlotte, Ireland for India, wrecked in Algoa Bay, Cape Colony after anchors were lost in a heavy gale on 20 September 1854. Attempts by a lifeboat to attach a line failed.
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Troopship Charlotte aground in Algoa Bay in September 1854, rescue attempt

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