HMS Ossory (1682)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Ossory
Namesake
BuilderFurzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched24 August 1682
Renamed
  • HMS Prince, 1705
  • HMS Princess, 1716
  • HMS Princess Royal, 1728
FateBroken up, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,415
Length161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,551
Length162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32-pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 August 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.[1][3]

Prince was rebuilt as a 90-gun second rate of the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 July 1711. She was renamed HMS Princess on 2 January 1716, and subsequently renamed HMS Princess Royal on 26 July 1728.[2]

Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. ^ "No. 1750". The London Gazette. 24 August 1682. p. 2.