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HBMS Prince (1788)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 7 months ago

Prince, 98 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1779/12/09B057
Laid Down1782/01/01B057
Launched1788/07/04B057
ShipyardWoolwich DYB057
DesignerThomas SladeB057
Master ShipbuilderJohn NelsonB057
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Out Service1837/11B057
FateBroken UpB057

 

Dimensions

SourceB065
Length of Gundeck177' 6"
Length of Keel146' 6"
Breadth49' 0"
Depth in Hold21' 0"
Burthen1,824
SourceB057
Length of Gundeck194' 6"
Length of Keel163' 6"
Breadth49' 0"
Depth in Hold21' 0"
Draught Forward13' 5"
Draught Aft17' 8"
Burthen2,088

 

Armament

Date1790B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 12-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1790/07750EstablishmentB057
1794738EstablishmentB057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1790/071790/12Rear-AdmiralJohn JervisB057
1793/021794/01Rear-Admiral of the WhiteGeorge BowyerB057
1796/101799Rear-AdmiralSir Roger CurtisB057
17991799Rear-Admiral of the RedCharles CottonB057
1813/101815/05AdmiralRichard BickertonB057
1815/051815/09AdmiralEdward ThornbroughB057

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1790/071790/12Post CaptainJosiah RogersB057
1793/021794/01Post CaptainCuthbert CollingwoodB057
1794/101795/06Post CaptainFrancis ParryB057
1795/061796/06Post CaptainCharles Powell HamiltonB057
1796/101799/03Post CaptainThomas LarcomB057
1799/031800Post CaptainSamuel SuttonB057
1800/081800/10Post CaptainSir James WalkerB057
1800/101802/04Post CaptainWilliam CarnegieB057
1801/111801/12Post CaptainSir John LoringB057
1803/041806/03Post CaptainRichard GrindallB057
1806/031806/10Post CaptainWilliam LechmereB057
1806/121806/12Post CaptainPeter PugetB057
1806/121807/03Post CaptainAlexander FraserB057
1813/101815/05Post CaptainGeorge FowkeB057
1815/051815/19Post CaptainEdmund BoyerB057

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

1790/07Commissioned for the Spanish ArmamentB057
1790/10Fitted at Plymouth at a cost of £6,227.17.8dB057
1790/12Paid offB057
1793/02RecommissionedB057
1794/01Paid offB057
1794/10RecommissionedB057
1796/06Paid offB057
1796/06/02Ordered to be lengthened at Portsmouth with a new 17 foot section insertedB057
1796/10RecommissionedB057
1796/11Completed lengthening at a cost of £31,267B057
1798At the Blockade of CadizB057
1799Service in the ChannelB057
1799/06/01Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1800Service in the ChannelB057
1800/02Started making defects goodB057
1800/04Completed making defects goodB057
1802/04Paid offB057
1802/05Started a very small repair at PlymouthB057
1802/06Completed very small repair at a cost of £8,668B057
1803/04Began fitting at PortsmouthB057
1803/04RecommissionedB057
1804/01Completed fitting at a cost of £17,110B057
1804/12At the Blockade of BrestB057
1806/10Laid up at PlymouthB057
1806/12RecommissionedB057
1807/03Paid offB057
1808Placed in ordinary until 1813B057
1813/08Started refitting as a guardshipB057
1813/10Completed refitting at a cost of £20,861B057
1813/10Recommissioned as guardship at SpitheadB057
1816/04Fitted at Portsmouth as a victualling vessel and as accomodaiotn for dockyard officials. Completed 1816/06B057
1837/11Broken up at PortsmouthB057

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
1795/06/23Action of Ile Groix
1805/10/21Battle of Trafalgar

 

Notes

The dimensions taken from Rif Winfield's British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1793 are after the 1796 lengthening, the dimensions taken from Lavery are as designed.

 

Sources

B057British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif Winfield
B065The Ship of the Line - Volume IBrian Lavery


Last Updated :2008/09/08 at 21:38:39 by Cy

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