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HBMS Princess Royal (1773)

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Princess Royal, 90 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1767/09/10B057
Laid Down1767/10/31B057
Named1767/11/00B057
Launched1773/10/18B057
ShipyardPortsmouth DYB057
DesignerThomas SladeB057
Master ShipbuilderEdward HuntB057
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Out Service1807/10B057
FateBroken UpB057

 

Dimensions

SourceB057
Length of Gundeck177' 6"
Length of Keel145' 5"
Breadth50' 6"
Depth in Hold21' 0"
Draught Forward14' 7"
Draught Aft17' 9"
Burthen1,97236/94

 

Armament

Date1778B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 6-Pounder
Date1790/06B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Forecastle2British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1777/04750EstablishmentB057
1794738EstablishmentB057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
17781780/01Vice-AdmiralJohn ByronB057
1780/011780/06Rear-Admiral of the RedHyde ParkerB057
1780/061781Rear-AdmiralJosiah RowleyB057
1790/051791/09Vice-AdmiralWilliam HothamB057
1793/011797Rear-AdmiralSamuel GoodallB057
1797/061799Rear-AdmiralJohn OrdeB057
17991799/09Rear-Admiral of the RedThomas Lennox FrederickB057
1801/011802/02Rear-AdmiralErasmus GowerB057
1803/061804/05Vice-AdmiralRobert CalderB057

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1777/041778Post CaptainMark MilbankB057
17781780/01Post CaptainWilliam BlairB057
1780/011780/06Post CaptainJohn CowlingB057
1780/031780/06Post CaptainHarry HarmwoodB057
1780/061781Post CaptainJohn DuckworthB057
17811781Post CaptainCharles HotchkysB057
1782/051783/05Post CaptainJonathon FaulknorB057
1790/051791/09Post CaptainJohn HollowayB057
1793/011797Post CaptainJohn Child PurvisB057
1797/061797/09Post CaptainThomas BakerB057
1797/091799Post CaptainThomas DraperB057
17991799/09Post CaptainJohn DixonB057
1800/041801/01Post CaptainThomas RussellB057
1801/011801/01CommanderJames KatonB057
1801/011802/02Post CaptainDavid AtkinsB057
1803/061803/06Post CaptainJames VashonB057
1803/061804/05Post CaptainWilliam CumingB057
1804/051804/08Post CaptainHerbert SawyerB057
1804/081807Post CaptainRobert ReynoldsB057

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

1777/04First commissioned for the Channel stationB057
1777/07/19Completed at a first cost of £48,729.8.11d plus £6,453.5.6d for fittingB057
1778/06/09Sailed for North AmericaB057
1778/09/29At Sandy HookB057
1778/12/13Sailed for the West IndiesB057
1780/09Sailed for the relief of GibraltarB057
1781Returned home and paid offB057
1782/05Fitted and coppered at Chatham at a cost of £18,346.2.0dB057
1782/05RecommissionedB057
1783/04Recommissioned as a guard shipB057
1783/05Fitted as a guard ship at PortsmouthB057
1784/09Paid offB057
1786/11Started a middling to large repairB057
1788/05Completed repair at a cost of £26,844.19.10dB057
1790/05Recommissioned for the Spanish ArmamentB057
1790/06Fitted for sea at PortsmouthB057
1791/09Paid offB057
1793/01RecommissionedB057
1793/04/22Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1797/06RecommissionedB057
1797/09Fitted at Portsmouth at a cost of £27,150B057
1797/10Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1799/09Paid offB057
1800/04Recommissioned for the ChannelB057
1802/02Paid offB057
1803/06Recommissioned for the ChannelB057
1807/05/12Ordered to be reduced to a 74-gun Third Rate, but was found to be decayedB057
1807/10Broken upB057

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
1779/07/06Battle of Grenada
1780/04/17Battle of Martinique
1780/05/15Action of 1780-05-15
1780/05/19Action of 1780-05-19
1795/03/14Action off Genoa
1795/07/13Battle of Hyeres

 

Notes

No Notes Entered

 

Sources

B057British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif Winfield


Last Updated :2008/08/30 at 15:39:22 by Cy

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