British Fifth Rate frigate 'Princess Charlotte' (1799)

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Princess Charlotte -> 1812 Andromache	5965
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Junon' (1782) (38)
Captured	18.6.1799	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Junon Class	NNF-1774
Designed by	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb (1728-1803)	NNF-1774
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	14.6.1828	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck148' 10"Imperial Feet45.1104
Length of Keel124' 9"Imperial Feet37.7952
Breadth39' 4 ½"Imperial Feet11.8999
Depth in Hold12' 10"Imperial Feet3.6576
Burthen1,028 ⁷³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1799Broadside Weight = 508 Imperial Pound ( 230.378 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1799264EstablishmentBWAS-1714

6 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
10.1799 - 1800Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)ODNB1800Captain Thomas StephensonBWAS-17931.11.1800 - 4.4.1801CaptainSir Edward Berry (1768-1831)ref:6165.1804 - 1805Captain Francis Farington Gardner (d.1821)BWAS-17931805 - 12.1814Captain George Tobin (1768-1838)BWAS-179310.9.1817 - 9.1821Captain William Henry Shirreff (1785-1847)NBD1849

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.11.1800 - 8.4.1801Lieutenant Thomas Folliott BaughNBD184912.1805 - 11.1806Lieutenant George CanningNAO16.1.1808 - 5.1809LieutenantThe Hon. Edmund Sexton Pery Knox (1787-1867)NBD1849

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
14.10.1799 - 8.4.1801Master's Mate John Portal Woodin (1780-1805)NAO4.1811 - 1814Master's Mate George Henry Bowlby (d.1847)NBD18494.1822 - 1825Midshipman Horatio BlairNBD18491824 - 9.1825Midshipman Francis Thomas Brown (1806-?)NBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
18.11.1822 - 18241st Class Volunteer Francis Thomas Brown (1806-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
11.1799In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1.1801Began refitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
11.1.1801Arrived at WoolwichBWAS-1793
7.1801Completed refitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £13930.0.0dBWAS-1793
10.1803Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
5.1804RecommissionedBWAS-1793
7.1804Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £23850.0.0dBWAS-1793
13.12.1804Took the Brig Le Regulus (12) in the West Indies
1807On the Irish StationBWAS-1793
9.1.1811Took the Privateer L'Aimable Flore (14) ref:692
6.1.1812Renamed AndromacheBWAS-1793
15.12.1812Took the Privateer Le Sans Souci (14)
10.7.1813Reduction of San Sebastien
21.10.1813Capture of the Trave
23.10.1813Took the Frigate Trave (40) in the Channel
20.12.1813Took the Schooner Le Prospère
18.1.1814Took the Schooner Fair American (4)
14.3.1814Took the Privateer La Comète (14) off Bordeaux
8.1814Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
12.1814Paid offBWAS-1793
7.1815Placed in OrdinaryBWAS-1793
7.1815Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £28270.0.0dBWAS-1793
9.1817Recommissioned for BrazilBWAS-1793
11.1817fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £12378.0.0dBWAS-1793
9.1821Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
11.1821Recommissioned for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
3.1822Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £14680.0.0dBWAS-1793
1827In Ordinary at WoolwichBWAS-1793
14.6.1828Breaking up completed at DeptfordBWAS-1793

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