![]() Prince Royal arriving at Vlissingen in Holland in 1613. Detail of a painting from 1623 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.
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Name | Prince Royal |
Ordered | November 1607 |
Builder | Phineas Pett I, Woolwich Dockyard |
Laid down | 20 October 1608 |
Launched | 25 July 1610 |
Fate | Burnt, 3 June 1666 by the Dutch |
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General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 55-gun royal ship |
Tons burthen | 1200 |
Length | 115 ft (35 m) (keel) |
Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 55 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 type | 70-gun ship |
Tons burthen | 1187 tons |
Length | 115 ft (35 m) (keel) |
Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 70 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 type | 92-gun first-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1432 tons |
Length | 132 ft (40 m) (keel) |
Beam | 45 ft 2 in (13.77 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 92 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.