HMS Princess Royal (1773)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess Royal.

Princess Royal
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Princess Royal
Ordered10 September 1767
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid down31 October 1767
Launched18 October 1773
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up, 1807
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeBarfleur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1973 (bm)
Length177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
Beam50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement750 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.[1]

May, 1778 under command of Capt. William Blair.[2]

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.[1]

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