Princess Royal (1786 EIC ship)

History
East India Company
NamePrincess Royal
OwnerAlexander Hume
BuilderWells
LaunchedOctober 1786
FateCaptured 1793
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameDuguay Trouin
NamesakeRené Duguay-Trouin
OwnerPitot & Co of Mauritius
AcquiredBy capture September 1793 and purchase
CapturedMay 1794
United Kingdom
NamePrincess Royal
AcquiredBy capture and purchase 1794
FateCaptured October 1799
General characteristics [1]
TypeEast Indiaman
Tons burthen8054894[2] (bm)
Length143 ft 7+12 in (43.8 m) (overall); 116 ft 0+12 in (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam36 ft 1+12 in (11.0 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Complement
  • 1794: 403 men [3]
  • 1793:99[4]
  • Duguay Trouin: 403
  • 1798:95[4]
Armament
  • 1793: 26 × 9- & 4-pounder guns[4]
  • Duguay Trouin: 26 × 12-pounder + 2 × 9-pounder + 4 × 6-pounder guns[5][a]
  • 1798: 12 × 9-pounder guns[4]

Princess Royal, launched in 1786, was an East Indiaman. She made two complete trips to India for the British East India Company (EIC) and was on her third trip, this one to China, when French privateers or warships captured her on 27 September 1793. The French Navy took her into service in the Indian Ocean as a 34-gun frigate under the name Duguay Trouin. The Royal Navy recaptured her and she returned to British merchant service. In 1797 she performed one more voyage for the EIC. She received a letter of marque in July 1798 but was captured in October 1799 off the coast of Sumatra.

  1. ^ British Library: Princess Royal (3).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hackman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Demerliac409 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.83 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 134.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference LG13738 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ James (1837), Vol. 1, pp.226-7.


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