HMS Princess Charlotte

HMS Princess Charlotte (1825)

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Name	Princess Charlotte (1825)	Explanation
Type	First rate
Launched	14 September 1825
Hull	Wooden
Propulsion	Sail
Builders measure	2443 tons
Displacement
Guns	104
Fate	1875
Class
Ships book
Note	1858 r.s. 1875 broken up at Canton
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
9 February 1837 - 27 July 1841	Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Admiral Robert Stopford, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840)
23 April 1857 - 18 April 1858	Commanded by Captain George St Vincent King, East Indies and China
7 February 1858	Commanded by Master commander Henry G. Thomsett, Hong Kong
22 September 1861 - 4 June 1866	Commanded by Captain Mathew Stainton Nolloth, receiving ship, Hong Kong
2 March 1870 - 22 September 1870	Commanded by Captain John Adolphus Pope Price, receiving ship, Hong Kong
15 August 1873 - July 1875	Commanded by Commodore John Edward Parish, senior naval officer, Hong Kong
*Extracts from the Times* newspaper**
Date	Extract
Sa 8 December 1849	Portsmouth, Dec. 6. In Port and Fitting In the Harbour. - The Victory and Illustrious flag-ships, the Excellent gunnery ship; the Blenheim steam-guard-ship; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy and Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet from Holyhead, and the Echo tug. In Dock. - The Britannia, 120; the Dauntless, 24; the Fantome, 16; the Lily, 16; the Fox, 42; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam frigates. In the Basin. - The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actaeon, 26; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin, - The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent , the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building. - The Royal Frederick, 120 [subsequently cancelled and later completed as Frederick William]; the Prince of Wales, 120; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus, and the Furious steam sloops.
Sa 3 April 1875	During the first three months of the year the following ships have been placed in commission:—The Hercules, Capt. Codrington; the Nymphe, Capt. Suttie; the Undaunted, Capt. Campbell; and the Warrior, Capt. White. The Caledonia, the Egmont, the Fawn, and the Princess Charlotte have been paid off. The following are ordered home:— The Avon, the Boxer, the Cameleon, the Elk, the Iron Duke, the Reindeer, the Rosario, the Scout, the Shearwater, and the Volage.

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