HMS Princess Royal (1773)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess Royal.
Princess Royal
History
Great Britain
Name HMS Princess Royal
Ordered 10 September 1767
Builder Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down 31 October 1767
Launched 18 October 1773
Honours and
awards
Fate Broken up, 1807
General characteristics
Class and type Barfleur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1973 (bm)
Length 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
Beam 50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
Depth of hold 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement 750 officers and men
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • 98 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Princess Royal was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 October 1773 at Portsmouth. During her career she was upgraded to a 98-gun ship, by the addition of eight 12 pdr guns to her quarterdeck.

May, 1778 under command of Capt. William Blair.

In 1795, Princess Royal took part in the Naval Battle of Genoa and the Naval Battle of Hyères Islands under Captain John Child Purvis.

She was broken up in 1807.

Citations and notes

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
  2. "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 19 November 2021.