Princess Charlotte-class ship of the line

	A painting of Princess Charlotte off Mytilene, 1838
Class overview
Name	Princess Charlotte
Operators	Royal Navy
In service	1835–1905
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	4,217 44⁄94 (bm)
Length	197 ft 7 in (60.2 m) (at the gun deck); 163 ft 4 in (49.8 m) (at the keel);
Beam	52 ft 9 in (16.1 m)
Draught	17 ft 10 in (5.4 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Sail plan	Ship-rigged
Crew	738
Armament	110 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns:; Lower gun deck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 8 in (203 mm) shell guns; Middle gun deck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 8 in (203 mm) shell guns; Upper gun deck: 32 × 32 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 2 × 12 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades;

The Princess Charlotte class consisted of two 110-gun, first rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1820s. Upon completion they were placed in ordinary and remained in that status until the mid-1830s. Princess Charlotte was commissioned in 1837 to serve as the flagship of the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet and became the only ship of the pair to see combat when she participated in the Bombardment of Acre in 1840. The ship was placed back in ordinary the following year and remained in that status until she was converted into a receiving ship for duty in Hong Kong in 1857. Princess Charlotte was sold for scrap in 1875.

Royal Adelaide served as the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, for several years beginning in 1835 and then again from 1862 until 1890. She then became a receiving ship from 1891 until she was sold for scrap in 1905.