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HBMS Princess (1740)

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Princess, 70 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Operated by	The Royal Navy
Previously	Princesa
Captured	1740/04/08	B057
Shipyard	Captured	B057
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1784/12/30	B057
Fate	Sold	B057

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	165' 1"	Imperial Feet	50.32
Length of Keel	130' 3"	Imperial Feet	39.7
Breadth	49' 8"	Imperial Feet	15.14
Depth in Hold	22' 3"	Imperial Feet	6.78
Burthen	1,709³/₉₄	Tons BM
Calculated Burthen	1709²/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1742	B057	Broadside Weight = 763
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1742	480		B057

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1746/07	Unknown	Admiral of the Blue	Richard Lestock	B057
1747/10	1747/10	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	John Byng	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1742/07	1743	Captain	Perry Mayne	B057
1743	1745/07	Captain	Robert Pett	B057
1745/07	1745/07	Commander	John Donkley	B057
1745/07	1746	Captain	Joseph Lingen	B057
1746	1746/07	Captain	Thomas Philpot	B057
1746/07/19	1747/05	Captain	John Cockburne	B057
1747/05	1748/11	Captain	Augustus John Hervey	B057
1759	1762/04/04	Captain	Edward Barber	B057
Commissioned Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1746	1747	Lieutenant	Thomas Graves	W031

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1740/05/08	Arrived at Portsmouth	B057
1741/07	Began Great Repair at Portsmouth DY	B057
1741/07/14	Purchased at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £5,418.11.11d	B057
1742/03	Completed Great Repair at a cost of £36,007.2.10d ,including fitting	B057
1742/07	Commissioned	B057
1743/12	To the Mediterranean	B057
1744/02/11	Present at the Battle of Toulon
1746	Sailed for the Leeward Islands	B057
1748/11	Paid off	B057
1749/01/28	Surveyed	B057
1755/11/15	Reported as unfit for service	B057
1759/08	Re-classified as a Unrated Hulk of 0 guns
1784/12/30	Sold at Portsmouth	B057

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

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1744/02/11	Battle of Toulon

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
W031	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Oxford University Press

Last Updated :2010/05/29 at 12:57:45 by Cy

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