Princess Charlotte (1796 EIC ship)
Defence of Centurion in Vizagapatam Road, 15 September 1804 | |
| History | |
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| British East India Company | |
| Name | Princess Charlotte |
| Namesake | Princess Charlotte of Wales |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Shipyard, Rotherhithe |
| Launched | 24 February 1796> |
| Fate | Captured 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | East Indiaman |
| Tons burthen | 610, 61037⁄94 or 625 (bm) (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 33 ft 6+1⁄2 in (10.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 75 men |
| Armament |
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Princess Charlotte was an "extra ship’’ of the British East India Company (EIC), launched in 1796. She made four voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage she suffered a short-lived mutiny and then spent almost a year as an armed ship in the service of the EIC, including a voyage to the Red Sea. A squadron of the French Navy captured her in the Vizagapatam roads in 1804, on her fourth voyage.