Royal Charlotte (ship)

Since the 1760s, there have been numerous vessels named Royal Charlotte, for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III.

  • Ship of 677 tons (bm), Captain William Logie Smith, 56 men, 14 x 6-pounder guns (LoM dated 30 November 1796). This may have been the Indiaman Royal Charlotte that exploded in October 1797 at Calcutta, Smith being the name of her captain and William Logie Smith being the name of a person in the country service of the British East India Company. Captain Smith survived the explosion, and William Logie Smith died in Bengal in March 1803.
  • Ship of 342 tons (bm), Captain Thomas Bruce, 23 men, 16 x 12-pounder and 6 x 4-pounder guns (LoM dated 13 February 1801)
  • Brig of 261 tons (bm), Captain Alexander Morris, 30 men, 16 x 6 & 8-pounder guns (LoM dated 15 September 1807)
  • Cutter of 137 tons (bm), Captain Thomas Robertson, 40 men, 2 x 4-pounder and 8 x 9-pounder guns + four swivels (LoM dated 20 May 1808)

See also

Citations

  1. Port Cities Bristol - accessed 27 April 2013.
  2. Letter of Marque (LoM), – accessed 15 May 2011.

References

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