HMS Queen Charlotte (1810)

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Name: HMS Queen Charlotte
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: October 1805
Launched: 17 May 1810
Fate: Sold, 1892
General characteristics
Class and type: 104-gun first rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2289 tons (2325.7 tonnes)
Length: 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 5.5 in (15.99 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

104 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 12 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Queen Charlotte.

HMS Queen Charlotte was a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 May 1810 at Deptford. She was built to the lines of Sir Edward Hunt's Royal George.

She was Lord Exmouth's flagship during the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816.

Queen Charlotte was converted to serve as a training ship in 1859 and renamed Excellent. She was eventually sold out of the service in 1892.

[edit] 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.
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