Hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte

The Hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte served the Royal Navy on two contracts, the first from 10 June 1803 to 13 February 1805, and the second from 17 September 1807 to 17 May 1814.^[1] She was of 75 14/94 tons burthen (bm) and carried an armament of eight 4-pounder guns.^[1]

On her first contract Vice-Admiral Erasmus Gower, then Governor of Newfoundland, sent the Queen Charlotte, under a Lieutenant Morrison, to Labrador to investigate reports of an influx of American fishing boats. As a result of the report, the Admiralty decided to station a sloop in the fishing waters to chase off the Americans.^[2]

On her second contract she was under Master Mr. Thomas when on 29 August 1810 near Alderney she encountered a French vessel of 16 12-pounder guns. After a fight of an hour and a half, the French sailed away. Queen Charlotte had one man killed and 14 wounded out of her crew of 25. One or more of the wounded may have died afterwards. The French vessel was believed to have been the former British revenue cutter Swan, and to have had a crew of 90 men.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Winfield (2008), p.391.
^ Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.[1]
^ The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 80, Part 2, pp.362-3.

Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.

[Winfield-1] Winfield (2008), p.391.

[2] Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.[1]

[3] The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 80, Part 2, pp.362-3.

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