Black Prince class ship of the line

Black Prince class ship of the line

The "Black Prince"-class ships of the line were a class of 74-gun third rates. The draught for this class of ship was essentially a reduced version of the captured Danish ship "Christian VII".

hips

*HMS|Wellesley|1815|6:Builder: Bombay Dockyard:Ordered: 3 September 1812:Launched: 24 February 1815:Fate: Sunk, 1940

*HMS|Black Prince|1816|6:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard:Ordered: 30 August 1810:Launched: 30 March 1816:Fate: Broken up, 1855

*HMS|Melville|1817|6:Builder: Bombay Dockyard:Ordered: 6 September 1813:Launched: 17 February 1817:Fate: Sold, 1873

*HMS|Hawke|1820|6:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard:Ordered: :Launched: 16 March 1820:Fate: Broken up, 1865

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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