English ship Prince Royal (1610)

Prince Royal arriving at Vlissingen in Holland in 1613. Detail of a painting from 1623 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NamePrince Royal
OrderedNovember 1607
BuilderPhineas Pett I, Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down20 October 1608
Launched25 July 1610
FateBurnt, 3 June 1666 by the Dutch
Notes
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type55-gun royal ship
Tons burthen1200
Length115 ft (35 m) (keel)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Depth of hold18 ft (5.5 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament55 guns (in 1624) of various weights of shot including 51 carriage-mounted heavy guns and 4 light port-pieces (anti-personnel weapons)
General characteristics after 1641 rebuild[2]
Class and type70-gun ship
Tons burthen1187 tons
Length115 ft (35 m) (keel)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Depth of hold18 ft (5.5 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot, increased to 88 in 1653 (wartime) then back to 80 in 1660 (peacetime)
General characteristics after 1663 rebuild[3]
Class and type92-gun first-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1432 tons
Length132 ft (40 m) (keel)
Beam45 ft 2 in (13.77 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament92 guns of various weights of shot

The Prince Royal was a 55-gun royal ship of the English Royal Navy. It was later rebuilt and renamed HMS Resolution.

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.
  3. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.

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