Princess of Wales (1796 sloop)

For other ships with the same name, see Princess of Wales (ship).

History
Great Britain
NamePrincess of Wales
Launched1796, Barnstaple[1][2]
FateWrecked March 1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen75,[3] or 79,[1] or 80[2] (bm)
Complement15[3]

Princess of Wales was launched at Broadstairs in 1796 as a Margate hoy.[3] She was rebuilt in 1815. She became a sloop, but was referred to as a cutter. She left on her first seal hunting voyage in 1820 and was wrecked in March 1821 at the Crozet Islands.

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  3. ^ a b c Goodridge (1843), p. 28.