In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed for mutiny.[2]
Fate
The Burning of the Queen Charlotte of 110 Guns Lord Keith's flagship off the Harbour of Leghorn, in the Mediterranean, 17 March 1800
At about 6am on 17 March 1800, whilst operating as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith, Queen Charlotte was reconnoitring the island of Capraia, in the Tuscan Archipelago, when she caught fire. Keith was not aboard at the time and observed the disaster from the shore.[3]
The fire was believed to have resulted from someone having accidentally thrown loose hay on a match tub. Two or three American vessels lying at anchor off Leghorn were able to render assistance, losing several men in the effort as the vessel's guns, which were loaded, cooked off in the heat. Captain A. Tod wrote several accounts of the disaster that he gave to sailors to give to the Admiralty should they survive. He himself perished with his ship. The crew was unable to extinguish the flames and at about 11am the ship blew up with the loss of 673 officers and men.[3]
queen, charlotte, 1790, other, ships, with, same, name, queen, charlotte, queen, charlotte, first, rate, ship, line, royal, navy, launched, april, 1790, chatham, built, draught, royal, george, designed, edward, hunt, though, with, modified, armament, lord, how. For other ships with the same name see HMS Queen Charlotte HMS Queen Charlotte was a 100 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on 15 April 1790 at Chatham She was built to the draught of Royal George designed by Sir Edward Hunt though with a modified armament 1 Lord Howe s action or the Glorious First of June by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg painted 1795 shows the two flagships engaged on 1 June 1794 Queen Charlotte is to the left and Montagne to the right HistoryGreat BritainNameHMS Queen CharlotteOrdered12 December 1782BuilderChatham DockyardLaid down1 September 1785Launched15 April 1790Completed7 July 1790FateBurned and exploded 17 March 1800General characteristics 1 Class and type100 gun first rate ship of the lineTons burthen2 286Length190 ft 58 m gundeck Beam52 ft 5 5 in 15 989 m Depth of hold22 ft 4 in 6 81 m Sail planFull rigged shipArmament100 guns Gundeck 30 32 pounder guns Middle gundeck 28 24 pounder guns Upper gundeck 30 18 pounder guns QD 10 12 pounder guns Fc 2 12 pounder guns Queen Charlotte shown in the preliminary action which led two days later to the engagement known as Battle of the Glorious First of June Contents 1 History 1 1 Fate 2 Citations 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditIn 1794 Queen Charlotte was the flagship of Admiral Lord Howe at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and in 1795 she took part in the Battle of Groix In 1798 some of her crew were court martialed for mutiny 2 Fate Edit The Burning of the Queen Charlotte of 110 Guns Lord Keith s flagship off the Harbour of Leghorn in the Mediterranean 17 March 1800 At about 6am on 17 March 1800 whilst operating as the flagship of Vice Admiral Lord Keith Queen Charlotte was reconnoitring the island of Capraia in the Tuscan Archipelago when she caught fire Keith was not aboard at the time and observed the disaster from the shore 3 The fire was believed to have resulted from someone having accidentally thrown loose hay on a match tub Two or three American vessels lying at anchor off Leghorn were able to render assistance losing several men in the effort as the vessel s guns which were loaded cooked off in the heat Captain A Tod wrote several accounts of the disaster that he gave to sailors to give to the Admiralty should they survive He himself perished with his ship The crew was unable to extinguish the flames and at about 11am the ship blew up with the loss of 673 officers and men 3 Citations Edit a b Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p183 MacDougall Phillip 2022 The Naval Mutinies of 1798 The Mariner s Mirror Society for Nautical Research 108 4 423 438 a b Gossett 1986 pp 26 7 References EditGossett William Patrick 1986 The lost ships of the Royal Navy 1793 1900 Mansell ISBN 0 7201 1816 6 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 Winfield Rif 2008 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 1817 Seaforth Publishing ISBN 978 1 84415 717 4 External links Edit Media related to HMS Queen Charlotte 1790 at Wikimedia Commons Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth retrieved 27 September 2007 This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Queen Charlotte 1790 amp oldid 1130150846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
