Princess Charlotte was an "extra ship’’ of the British East India Company, launched in 1796. She made four voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage she suffered a short-lived mutiny. She then spent a
Princess Charlotte at the Battle of Visakhapatnam
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, active during the French Directory, French Consulate and First French Empire. Renamed Marengo in 1802, she took
Princess Charlotte (1796 EIC ship)
…roadstead on 18 September, and under escort by Centurion when a squadron under Counter-admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, in the 74-gun Marengo, arrived. Centurion held off the French, who withdrew even though they had crippled her. During the encounter, Barnaby's captain ran her ashore to avoid…
Marengo (left) at the action of 13 March 1806