HMS Princess (1795)

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Willemstad en Boetselaar or Williamstadt en Boetzlaar
Builder	Private shipyard in Dordrecht
Captured	August 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Princess
Acquired	1795 by capture
In service	1794
Fate	Sold April 1816
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage	978 (Dutch)
Tons burthen	67690⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:140 ft 6 in (42.8 m) Keel:123 ft 0 in (37.5 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 2 in (9.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	80 (as RN receiving ship)
Armament	British frigate Gundeck: 20 × 9-pounder guns QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades Receiving ship:18 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Princess was the Dutch East Indiaman Williamstadt en Boetzlaar (or Willemstad en Boetselaar) that the British Royal Navy captured on 18 August 1795 at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay. The Royal Navy initially rated her a 28-gun sixth rate. She quickly became a receiving ship, a guard ship, and a floating battery. The Navy sold her in 1816.