HMS Prince of Wales (1765)

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Prince of Wales
Ordered: 7 January 1762
Builder: Bird and Fisher, Milford Haven
Launched: 4 June 1765
Fate: Broken up, 1783
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Ramillies-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1623 (bm)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Prince of Wales was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 June 1765 at Milford Haven. She was part of the Ramillies class of ships of the line designed by Sir Thomas Slade.[1]

She was broken up in 1783.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line — Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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