| Princess Charlotte | 5965 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 36 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | BWAS-1793 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | BWAS-1793 | |
| Previously | French fifth rate frigate 'Junon' (1782) | BWAS-1793 | |
| Captured | 1799/06/18 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Frigate | BWAS-1793 | |
| Broken Up | 1828/06/14 | BWAS-1793 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1793 |
| Length of Gundeck | 148' 10" | Imperial Feet | 45.3644 | Length of Keel | 124' 9" | Imperial Feet | 38.0238 | Breadth | 39' 4 ½" | Imperial Feet | 12.0015 | Depth in Hold | 12' 10" | Imperial Feet | 3.9116 | Burthen | 1,028 73⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1799/11 | Broadside Weight = 508 Imperial Pound ( 230.378 kg) | BWAS-1793 | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | British 18-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 12 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Quarterdeck | 2 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 4 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1799/11 | 264 | Establishment | BWAS-1714 |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1799/10 | 1800 | Captain | Thomas Masterman Hardy | W031 |
| 1800 | 1800 | Captain | Thomas Stephenson | BWAS-1793 |
| 1800 | 1801 | Captain | Sir Edward Berry | BWAS-1793 |
| 1804/05 | 1805 | Captain | Francis Geary Gardiner | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805 | 1814/12 | Captain | George Tobin | BWAS-1793 |
| 1817/09/10 | 1821/09 | Captain | William Henry Shirreff | NBD1849 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1800/11/01 | 1801/04/08 | Lieutenant | Thomas Folliott Baugh | NBD1849 |
| 1805/12 | 1806/11 | Lieutenant | George Canning | NAO |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1799/10/14 | 1801/04/08 | Masters Mate | John Portal Woodin | NAO |
| 1811/04 | 1814 | Masters Mate | George Henry Bowlby | NBD1849 |
| 1822/04 | 1825 | Midshipman | Horatio Blair | NBD1849 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1799/11 | In the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/01 | Began refitting at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/01/11 | Arrived at Woolwich | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/07 | Completed refitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £13930.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1803/10 | Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1803/12/13 | Took the Privateer Brig Le Regulus in the West Indies | |
| 1804/05 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1804/07 | Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £23850.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1807 | On the Irish Station | BWAS-1793 |
| 1811/01/09 | Took the Privateer L'Aimable Flore | |
| 1812/01/06 | Renamed Andromache | BWAS-1793 |
| 1812/12/15 | Took the Privateer Le Sans Souci | |
| 1813/10/23 | Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Trave in the Channel | |
| 1813/12/20 | Took the Unrated Schooner Le Prospère | |
| 1814/01/18 | Took the Privateer Schooner Fair American | |
| 1814/03/14 | Took the Privateer La Comète off Bordeaux | |
| 1814/08 | Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1814/12 | Paid off | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815/07 | Placed in Ordinary | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815/07 | Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £28270.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1817/09 | Recommissioned for Brazil | BWAS-1793 |
| 1817/11 | fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £12378.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1821/09 | Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1821/11 | Recommissioned for the Cape of Good Hope | BWAS-1793 |
| 1822/03 | Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £14680.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1827 | In Ordinary at Woolwich | BWAS-1793 |
| 1828/06/14 | Breaking up completed at Deptford | BWAS-1793 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| W031 | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford University Press | Web Site |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |
| NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various | Web Site |