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The Earl of Charlemont was a medium-sized passenger ship that sank on its first voyage in the mid 1800's. It sailed from Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
 on the 13th March, 1853 with 366 passengers plus crew, the captain was William Gardner. Their first port of call in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 was to be Port Phillip
Port Phillip

Port Phillip is a large Headlands and bays in southern Victoria , Australia. Geographically, Port Phillip is a large marine bay 1,930 km? in area which has a coastline length of 264 km ....
 before taking the majority of his passengers to Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. On Saturday 18th June, 1853, the ship was wrecked off Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Heads, Victoria

Barwon Heads is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Victoria , Australia. It is situated at the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre....
 after striking a reef which now bears its name, Charlemont Reef
Bass Strait

Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland specifically the state of Victoria ....
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The Earl of Charlemont was a medium-sized passenger ship that sank on its first voyage in the mid 1800's. It sailed from Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
 on the 13th March, 1853 with 366 passengers plus crew, the captain was William Gardner. Their first port of call in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 was to be Port Phillip
Port Phillip

Port Phillip is a large Headlands and bays in southern Victoria , Australia. Geographically, Port Phillip is a large marine bay 1,930 km? in area which has a coastline length of 264 km ....
 before taking the majority of his passengers to Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. On Saturday 18th June, 1853, the ship was wrecked off Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Heads, Victoria

Barwon Heads is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Victoria , Australia. It is situated at the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre....
 after striking a reef which now bears its name, Charlemont Reef
Bass Strait

Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland specifically the state of Victoria ....
. It has been the subject of much research, a book was written about the ship and the Bellarine Historical Society holds a complete list of all passengers who were on board.