Fire aboard HMS Queen Charlotte off Capraia
- When
- 17 March 1800
- Where
- island of Capraia, Tuscan Archipelago
- Part of
- HMS Queen Charlotte Fire
The flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith caught fire at about 6 am on 17 March 1800 while reconnoitring Capraia in the Tuscan Archipelago.
At about 6 am on 17 March 1800, HMS Queen Charlotte was operating as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith and reconnoitring the island of Capraia, in the Tuscan Archipelago, when she caught fire. The supplied sources establish the time, date, the ship's flagship status, and the location of the occurrence, but they do not record the casualty toll or the fate of the vessel, so no casualty figure is asserted here.
Sources
- HMS Queen Charlotte (1790) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-05
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