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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
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Detail of Robert Salmon's The British Fleet Forming a Line off Algiers
Fate
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
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
External links
- Media related to HMS Queen Charlotte (ship, 1810) at Wikimedia Commons