Talk:HMS Queen Charlotte (1790)

John Toulson
I get information abt. capt. John Toulson, as master of the Queen Charlott on the year 1799, 1800, date when he married on Lisbon and when he was father. The related notice is on the Lisbon registery of births and wednings. Pls, I want to be informed for the question.- Best regards, Fernando Toulson.- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lobtelde (talk • contribs) 15:58, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Dates
Is it correct that she was commissioned just a month after launch? Drutt (talk) 04:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Various online sites (e.g. this one) strongly suggest she entered service in the spring of 1793. I will change the article accordingly. Drutt (talk) 09:55, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The site you have linked to only covers ship services during the French Revolutionary Wars and beyond, and omits previous service. Commissionings for age of sail ships in the Royal Navy are somewhat problematic. Each commander had his commission, through which authority the Admiralty enabled him to take up command of a ship. The commission wasn't so much for the ship, it was for the officer who was to command her. In the case of Queen Charlotte, her commanding officer would have taken over and read his commission out to the newly assembled crew shortly after launching. It would then have been his responsibility to see that she was fitted for service. Queen Charlotte's first commander, Captain Roger Curtis, commissioned her in May 1790, as the flagship of Rear-Admiral John Leveson Gower. She was quickly fitted out for service as the Spanish Armament was at that time in full swing, with war with Spain hotly anticipated. She put to sea on 7 July 1790 and served as Lord Howe's flagship during the crisis, which eventually passed without breaking into war. Queen Charlotte was paid off later that year with the drawdown of the navy back to a peacetime footing, and did not return to active service until February 1793, when Britain became at war with Revolutionary France. Benea (talk) 10:38, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Where did you obtain this information? Drutt (talk) 10:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Date of loss
A contemporary source gives the date of loss as 1 March 1800. Mjroots (talk) 07:06, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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