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| Name | Princess Charlotte (1825) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | ||
| Launched | 14 September 1825 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2443 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 104 | ||
| Fate | 1875 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1858 r.s. 1875 broken up at Canton | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 9 February 1837 - 27 July 1841 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Admiral Robert Stopford, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | ||
| 23 April 1857 - 18 April 1858 | Commanded by Captain George St Vincent King, East Indies and China | ||
| 7 February 1858 | Commanded by Master commander Henry G. Thomsett, Hong Kong | ||
| 22 September 1861 - 4 June 1866 | Commanded by Captain Mathew Stainton Nolloth, receiving ship, Hong Kong | ||
| 15 August 1873 - July 1875 | Commanded by Commodore John Edward Parish, senior naval officer, Hong Kong | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 8 December 1849 | Portsmouth, Dec. 6. In Port and Fitting In the Harbour. - The Victory and Illustrious flag-ships, the Excellent gunnery ship; the Blenheim steam-guard-ship; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy and Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet from Holyhead, and the Echo tug.In Dock. - The Britannia, 120; the Dauntless, 24; the Fantome, 16; the Lily, 16; the Fox, 42; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam frigates. In the Basin. - The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actaeon, 26; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin, - The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent , the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building. - The Royal Frederick, 120 [subsequently cancelled and later completed as Frederick William]; the Prince of Wales, 120; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus, and the Furious steam sloops. | ||
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