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HBMS Prince Royal (1610)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 4 months ago

Prince Royal, 120 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1607/11/00  
Laid Down 1608/10/20  
Launched 1610/09/25  
Shipyard Woolwich DY  
Designer Phineus Pett  
Master Shipbuilder Phineus Pett  
Rate First Rate
Type Ship Royal
Out Service 1639  
Fate Broken Up to Rebuild  
Becomes Prince Royal

Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 115' 0" Imperial Feet 35.05
Breadth 43' 6" Imperial Feet 13.26
Depth in Hold 18' 0" Imperial Feet 5.49
Burthen 1,200 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 115' 0" Imperial Feet 35.05
Breadth 43' 6" Imperial Feet 13.26
Depth in Hold 18' 0" Imperial Feet 5.49
Burthen 890 Baker's Rule Tons
Burthen 1,187 Tons and Tonnage

Armament
1624 B164 Broadside Weight = 345
Lower Gun Deck 6 British Demi-Cannon
Lower Gun Deck 2 British Cannon-Perrier
Lower Gun Deck 12 British Culverin
Middle Gun Deck 18 British Demi-Culverin
Upper Gun Deck 13 British Saker
Upper Gun Deck 4 British Portpiece

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1625 500 Establishment. 340 Mariners, 40 Gunners, 120 Soldiers B065
1625 21 Men in Harbour B065

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1623 1623 Admiral Lord Francis Manners, Baron de Ros B164
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1613/04/06 1613/05/07 Lord High Admiral Lord Charles Howard, Earl of of Nottingham B164
1623 1623 Captain Henry Mainwaring B164
1665 Unknown Captain Sir Roger Cuttance B051

Service Record
Date Notes Source
Re-classified as a Third Rate Ship of 120 guns  
1613 Visited Flushing B065
1613/04 Commissioned to transport Princess Elizabeth and her new husband Frederick (the Elector Palatine) from Dover to Vlissingen B164
1621 refitting at Unknown at a cost of £6,000.0.0d ,to replace rotten timbers B164
1623 refitting at Unknown at a cost of £1,000.0.0d ,to remove the falls on the lower and middle decks B164
1623 Expedition to Spain B164
1624 Laid up in ordinary at Chatham B164
1625/05 Recommissioned to transport the new Queen from Boulougne to Dover B164
1641 Broken up to rebuild at Woolwich  

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date Source
No Actions Listed

Notes on Ship
"The noble Prince ... accompanied with the Lord Admiral and the great lords, were on the poop, where the standing great gilt cup was ready filled with wine to name the ship SO soon as she had been afloat, according to ancient custom and ceremony performed at such times, and heaving the standing cup overboard. His Highness then standing upon the poop with a selected company only, besides the trumpeters, with a great deal of expression of princely joy, and with the ceremony of drinking in the standing cup, threw all the wine forwards towards the half-deck, and solemnly calling her by name of the Prince Royal, the trumpets sounding the while, with many gracious words to me, gave the standing cup into my hands." --English shipbuilder Phineas Pett, describing the christening of the Prince Royal, circa 1610 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
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 22:27:25 by Cy

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