HMY Royal Caroline (1749)
HMY Royal Caroline by John Cleveley the Elder, showing the ship in full sail and flying the red and blue ensigns and the common pennant.
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| Name: | HMY Royal Caroline |
| Ordered: | 22 August 1749 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 29 January 1750 |
| Renamed: | HMY Royal Charlotte in 1761 |
| Fate: | Broken up in July 1820 |
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| Class and type: | Royal yacht |
| Tons burthen: | 232 11⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 8 x 4-pounder (or 10 x 3-pounder) guns + 8 x ½-pdr swivel guns |
HMY Royal Caroline was a ship-rigged royal yacht. She was ordered in 1749 to replace HMY Carolina as Britain's principal royal yacht. She was built at Deptford Dockyard under the supervision of Master Shipwright John Hollond to a design by Surveyor of the Navy Joseph Allin. She was launched on 29 January 1750 and was broken up 70 years later, in 1820.
Royal Caroline was first commissioned under Captain Sir Charles Molloy, who commanded her until 1753. Captain Sir Piercy Brett took over in 1754, and in August 1761 she became the flagship of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Anson, with Captain Peter Denis as his flag-captain. Anson had orders to convey Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from Cuxhaven, Kiel to marry George III. Accompanying the yacht, renamed HMY Royal Charlotte in honour of the occasion, was a squadron of warships and four other royal yachts, HMY Mary, Katherine, Augusta and Fubbs. During the return voyage the squadron was three times blown over to the Norwegian coast by westerly gales and took ten days to reach Harwich, which it did on 6 September 1761.
Royal Charlotte was commissioned under Peter Denis in December 1763, and remained under his command until 1770. Denis was succeeded by Captain John Campbell that year, and Campbell remained in command until his promotion to rear-admiral in 1777.Royal Charlotte was recommissioned under Captain William Cornwallis in March 1783, and he was succeeded in turn by Captain Sir Hyde Parker in 1788. The yacht was briefly recommissioned in December 1792, but was paid off the following year.
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