HMS Princess Charlotte (1814)
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Drawing showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Princess Charlotte, 1815
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| Name: | Princess Charlotte |
| Ordered: | 1813 |
| Builder: | Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Ontario, Canada |
| Launched: | 14 April 1814 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1814 |
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| Type: | 42-gun fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 755 90⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 37 ft 8 in (11.5 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 8 1⁄2 in (2.7 m) |
| Complement: | 280 |
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HMS Princess Charlotte, later HMS Burlington, was a 42-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy built in 1814, during the War of 1812 at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario. She had originally been built as Vittoria, but was renamed before being launched. She was constructed to a design by George Record, and was built under a private contract by Master shipwright John Goudie. She served on Lake Ontario, having been commissioned at Oswego on 5 May 1814 under Captain William Mulcaster.
The ship took part in the British attack on Fort Oswego and blockade of Sackett's Harbor on Lake Ontario in 1814. In November that year she came under the command of Captain Edward Collier, and was renamed HMS Burlington on 9 December 1814. Captain Nicholas Lockyer took command in June 1816. Burlington was offered for sale in January 1833, but there were no buyers and she was later towed away and scuttled.
Princess Charlotte was designed by George Record of the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Upper Canada. The frigate was constructed under private contract by the master shipwright John Goudie. The vessel measured 755 90⁄94 tons burthen and was 121 ft 0 in (36.9 m) long overall and 100 ft 0 3⁄8 in (30.5 m) long at the keel. The frigate had a beam of 37 ft 8 in (11.5 m) and a draught of 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m). The frigate's hold had a depth of 8 ft 8 1⁄2 in (2.7 m). The frigate was pierced for 40 gunports but carried 42 guns. Princess Charlotte was armed with twenty-four 24 pdr (11 kg) long guns on her upper deck and sixteen 32 pdr (15 kg) carronades and two 68 pdr (31 kg) carronades on her quarterdeck and forecastle. The vessel had a complement of 280 officers and enlisted.
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