HMS Princess Charlotte (1814)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess Charlotte and HMS Burlington.

Drawing showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Princess Charlotte, 1815
History
United Kingdom
NamePrincess Charlotte
Ordered1813
BuilderKingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston
Launched14 April 1814
Commissioned5 May 1814
Renamed
  • Built as Vittoria
  • Renamed Burlington on 9 December 1814
Fate
  • Put up for sale in January 1833
  • Later scuttled
General characteristics
Type42-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen755 90⁄94 bm
Length
  • 121 ft 0 in (36.9 m) (overall)
  • 100 ft 0+3⁄8 in (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 8 in (11.5 m)
Draught14 ft 4 in (4.4 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 8+1⁄2 in (2.7 m)
Complement280
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 24 pdr (11 kg) long guns
  • Quarterdeck/forecastle: 16 × 32 pdr (15 kg) carronades + 2 × 68 pdr (31 kg) carronades

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.