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HBMS Prince Royal (1641)

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Prince Royal, 64 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Previously Prince Royal
Ordered 1637/10/09  
Laid Down 1639/00/00  
Launched 1641/10/14  
Shipyard Woolwich DY  
Rate First Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1661  
Fate Broken Up to Rebuild  
Becomes Prince Royal
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 115' 0" Imperial Feet 35.05
Breadth 43' 0" Tons BM
Burthen 750 Tons BM
B028   Type Metric
Burthen 1,187 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 115' 0" Imperial Feet 35.05
Breadth (inside Planking) 43' 6" Imperial Feet 13.26
Breadth 44' 0" Imperial Feet 13.41
Depth in Hold 18' 0" Imperial Feet 5.49
Burthen 890 Baker's Rule Tons
Burthen 1,187 Tons and Tonnage
Burthen 1,18424/94 Tons BM
Armament
1642 B065
Gun Deck 70 All Guns
1660 B065
Gun Deck 80 All Guns
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
No Details Known
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1650 1650 General at Sea Robert Blake B164
1650 1650 General at Sea Richard Deane B164
1652 1652 General at Sea Robert Blake B164
1653 1653 General at Sea George Monk B164
1653 1653/06/03 General at Sea Richard Deane B164
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1643 1643 Captain Richard Blythe B164
1650 1653 Captain William Wildey B164
1653 Unknown Captain Richard Lyons B164
1653 1653/10 Captain John Bourne B164
1656 1656 Vice-Admiral John Lawson B164
1656 1657 Rear-Admiral Richard Badiley B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1666 1666 Lieutenant John Pearce B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1649/02/07 Renamed Resolution B164
1652/09/28 Present at the Battle of Kentish Knock  
1653/06/02 Present at the Battle of the Gabbard  
1653/07/31 Present at the Battle of Scheveningen  
1666/05 Renamed Royal Prince B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Summer Guard of 1650 1650/00/00 1650/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1652/09/28 Battle of Kentish Knock
1653/06/02 Battle of the Gabbard
1653/07/31 Battle of Scheveningen
Notes on Ship
[General at Sea] [Richard Deane] was killed on board the **Resolution** at the [Battle of the Gabbard]
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/11/16 at 22:27:51 by Cy

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