HMS Queen Charlotte Fire
- When
- 1800
- Where
- island of Capraia, Tuscan Archipelago
- Episodes
- 1
HMS Queen Charlotte, a 100-gun first-rate of the Royal Navy, caught fire at about 6 am on 17 March 1800 while reconnoitring Capraia in the Tuscan Archipelago, serving as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith. The legacy row's casualty figure of 673 lives is not confirmed by the supplied passages and is corrected as unsupported.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. 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. Earlier in her career she flew Lord Howe's flag at the Glorious First of June in 1794 and took part in the Battle of Groix in 1795 under Captain Andrew Snape Douglas.
The Fire. At about 6 am on 17 March 1800, while 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. The supplied passages confirm the date, the time, the ship's flagship role, and the location, but do not state the number of lives lost or the fire's ultimate outcome.
People involved
- HMS Queen Charlotte · 100-gun first-rate ship of the line, flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith at the time of the fire
- Vice-Admiral Lord Keith · flag officer whose flagship Queen Charlotte was at the time of the fire
Sources
- HMS Queen Charlotte (1790) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-05
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