USS Princess Royal (1863)
- USS Princess Royal (1863)
"Princess Royal" was a cruiser in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
ervice
"Princess Royal" was a British blockade runner captured at Charleston, South Carolina on 29 January 1863. She was purchased by the Navy Department from the Philadelphia Prize court 18 March 1863; fitted out as a cruiser; and commissioned 29 May 1863, Commander Melancthon B. Woolsey in command.
Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, "Princess Royal" participated in the engagement with Confederate forces at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 28 June 1863. Then ordered to the Texas coast, she captured the British schooner "Flying Scud" near Matamoros 12 August, and assisted in seizing the schooner "Wave" 22 August. Continuing her patrols into 1864 she took "Neptune" off Brazoa de Santiago, 19 November 1864; ran down the schooner "Flash" six days later; seized the schooner "Alabama", 7 December; and captured "Cora" off Galveston, 19 December.
On 7 February 1865, she assisted in the capture of her last prize, the schooner "Anna Sophia" in Galveston Bay. Five months later "Princess Royal" was ordered north, arriving at Philadelphia 21 July. She was sold at public auction 17 August 1865.
Post War
The ship became the merchant steamer General Sherman and was active until 10 January 1874, when she sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina.
External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pr-royal.htm USS "Princess Royal" (1863-1865) - Naval Historical Center]
* [http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/shermanr.htm The Strange Saga of the General Sherman]
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