HMS Queen Charlotte (1790)

HMS Queen Charlotte was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1790 at Chatham.

She was built to the draught of Royal George designed by Sir Edward Hunt, though with a modified armament.

[2] At about 6 am on 17 March 1800, whilst operating as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith, Queen Charlotte was reconnoitring the island of Capraia, in the Tuscan Archipelago, when she caught fire.

Captain A. Tod wrote several accounts of the disaster that he gave to sailors to give to the Admiralty should they survive.

The crew was unable to extinguish the flames and at about 11 am the ship blew up with the loss of 673 officers and men.

Queen Charlotte shown in the preliminary action which led, two days later, to the engagement known as 'Battle of the Glorious First of June
Lord Howe on the Deck of the Queen Charlotte by Mather Brown , 1794
The Burning of the Queen Charlotte of 110 Guns Lord Keith's flagship off the Harbour of Leghorn, in the Mediterranean, 17 March 1800