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- ↑ "Wreck of the Charlotte Troop-ship" . The Express. No. 2590. London. 8 December 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 28 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Loss of the Ship "Charlotte" in Algoa Bay" . Illustrated London News. Vol. XXV, no. 721. 30 December 1854. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 29 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Wise, Stephen R. (1991). Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. p. 293. ISBN 0-87249-799-2.
- ↑ "Charlotte". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ "Charlotte (2126597)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ↑ "Museumschip Tordino". Maritiem Digitaal (in Dutch). Oudenburg. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
