British hired schooner 'Lady Charlotte' (1799)

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Lady Charlotte
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Hired	28.10.1799	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Hired Vessel	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Schooner
Returned to Owners	28.10.1801	BWAS-1793

Armament

28.10.1799Broadside Weight = 72 Imperial Pound ( 32.652 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck12 British 12-Pound Carronade

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
28.10.1799 - 1.1801LieutenantTNC1.1801 - 1801LieutenantTNC

Service History

DateEventSource
19.12.1799

Arrived at Plymouth

TNC
23.12.1799

Sailed from Plymouth for Falmouth

TNC
17.2.1800

Arrived at Plymouth

TNC
27.2.1800

Sailed from Plymouth with a convoy for the westward

TNC
23.3.1800

Sailed from Plymouth on a cruise with the Eurydice

TNC
17.7.1800

Sailed from Plymouth on a cruise

TNC
11.2.1801Took the Lugger at the Start bearing N. N. W . 6 leaguesBG

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

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Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 18:46

His Majesty’s Hired Armed Brig Lady Charlotte, Plymouth Sound, 12 February 1801:
I beg leave to inform you, that yesterday, the Start bearing NNW six leagues, I observed a lugger to leeward, to which I gave chace, and in two hours, came up with and captured her. She proves to be the Espoir, mounting six carriage guns, (two brass four-pounders, and four iron two-pounders,) manned with twenty-three men, from Cherbourg two days, and had not made any capture. From its blowing a gale of wind we were unable to exchange prisoners, I therefore judged it proper to see her into port. Lieutenant Geo Morris. [London Packet, 18 February 1801]

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