HMS Princess Charlotte (1825)

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Name: HMS Princess Charlotte
Ordered: 19 June 1813
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: November 1818
Launched: 14 September 1825
Fate: Sold, 1875
General characteristics
Class and type: Princess Charlotte-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2443 tons (2482.2 tonnes)
Length: 197 ft 7 in (60.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 10 in (16.1 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

104 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Princess Charlotte.

HMS Princess Charlotte was a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 September 1825 at Portsmouth.

She became a receiving ship in 1858, and was sold in 1875.

[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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