HMS Royal Charlotte

Six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS (or HMY) Royal Charlotte, after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III.

  • HMY Royal Charlotte was the royal yacht HMY Royal Caroline, launched in 1750, renamed in 1761, and broken up in 1820.
  • HMS Royal Charlotte (1764) was a 10-gun sloop built at Navy Island and launched in 1764 for service principally on Lake Huron for the Provincial Marine, and in service until 1772.
  • HMS Royal Charlotte (1780) was a 14-gun French privateer of 520 tons that the 14-gun brig-sloop HMS Scourge and the 10-gun cutter HMS Surprize captured on 15 September 1780, and that the Royal Navy used as a transport until 10 April 1783 when she was sold at Milford.
  • HMS Royal Charlotte (1824) was a 6-gun yacht launched in 1824 and broken up in 1832.
  • ML 6024 and ML 6028 were ex-German vessels that the Royal Navy used between 1949 and 1958 and named Royal Charlotte
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