• The first was a first rate  of 100 guns, built at Chatham
  Chatham Dockyard
  Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
  
   and launched in 1790. She took part in several actions against the French navy, and flew the flag of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
  Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
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  , during the Battle of Groix
  Battle of Groix
  The Second Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France....
  
  . She caught fire and sank on March 17, 1800.

• The second was a 104-gun first rate, launched in 1810, led the Bombardment of Algiers
  Bombardment of Algiers
  The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers....
  
   on 27 August 1816, was renamed Excellent in 1859 and sold in 1892.

• The third was a 16-gun sloop
  Sloop-of-war
  In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
  
   purchased in 1812 as the brig
  Brig
  A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
  
   Adams and captured by the United States on October 19, 1813 following the Battle of Lake Erie
  Battle of Lake Erie
  The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of Great Britain's Royal Navy...
  
  . She was based at the Provincial Marine
  Provincial Marine
  Provincial Marine was a coastal protection service in charge of the waters in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and parts of Lake Champlain under British control. While ships of the PM were designated HMS, they were operated in more of a coast guard manner than as a full fledged navy....
  
   base at Amherstburg, Ontario
  Amherstburg, Ontario
  Amherstburg is a Canadian town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario. It is approximately south of the U.S...
  
  .

• The fourth Queen Charlotte
  HMS Boyne (1810)
  HMS Boyne was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 July 1810 at Portsmouth.On 12 February 1812 she took part with HMS Caledonia in a hot action against the French line-of-battle ship Romulus off Toulon; the French 74 managed to escape to Toulon by sailing close to...
  
   was originally the 98-gun second rate Boyne, renamed in 1859 and sold in 1861.

See also

• Queen Charlotte
  Queen Charlotte merchant ship
  The Queen Charlotte was a British Maritime Fur Trade merchant ship in the late 18th century. It was named after Charlotte, the queen consort of King George III...
  
  , a British merchantman which pre-dated the Royal Navy ships, and after which the Queen Charlotte Islands
  Queen Charlotte Islands
  Haida Gwaii , formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Haida Gwaii consists of two main islands: Graham Island in the north, and Moresby Island in the south, along with approximately 150 smaller islands with a total landmass of...
  
   were named in 1787.

• Hired armed cutter Queen Charlotte
  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. She was of 75 14/94 tons burthen and carried an armament of eight 4-pounder guns...
  
   which served the Royal Navy
  Royal Navy
  The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
  
   during the Napoleonic Wars and was involved in an heroic single ship action against a larger French vessel.