HMS Queen Charlotte (1810)
 Detail of Robert Salmon's The British Fleet Forming a Line off Algiers
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| Name | HMS Queen Charlotte |
| Namesake | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Ordered | 9 July 1801 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | October 1805 |
| Launched | 17 July 1810[1] |
| Commissioned | January 1813 |
| Fate | Sold, 12 January 1892 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | 104-gun first-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2289 bm |
| Length | 190 ft 0+1⁄2 in (57.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 52 ft 5+3⁄4 in (16.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Queen Charlotte was a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1810 at Deptford. She replaced the first Queen Charlotte sunk in 1800.
Career
A Black sailor from Grenada named William Brown was discharged from Queen Charlotte in 1815 for being a woman.
She was Lord Exmouth's flagship during the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816.
On 17 September 1817, Linnet, a tender to Queen Charlotte, seized a smuggled cargo of tobacco. The officers and crew of Queen Charlotte shared in the prize money.[Note 1]
On 17 December 1823, Queen Charlotte was driven into the British ship Brothers at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.[4] Brothers suffered severe damage in the collision.[4]
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Council of war on board Queen Charlotte, 1818, by Nicolaas Baur -
Detail of Robert Salmon's The British Fleet Forming a Line off Algiers
Fate
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Queen Charlotte was converted to serve as a training ship in 1859 and renamed HMS Excellent. She was eventually sold out of the service to be broken up in 1892.[2]
Notes
- d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 8s 2¼d.[3]
Citations
- ^ The Times (London), Wednesday, 18 July 1810, p.3
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187.
- ^ "No. 17360". The London Gazette. 16 May 1818. p. 892.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5865): 78 v. 19 December 1823.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003): The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif (2008): British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793 - 1817. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
External links
Media related to HMS Queen Charlotte (ship, 1810) at Wikimedia Commons
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