Dutch ship Gelijkheid

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History
Prinsenvlag.svg Dutch Republic
NamePrins Frederik Willem
Laid downJune 1777
Commissioned1781
Decommissioned1795
Flag of the Batavian Republic.svg Batavian Republic
NameGelijkheid
Commissioned1795
In service1795
Out of service1797
Captured11 October 1797
FateCaptured
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK
NameHMS Gelykheid
Acquired1797
Commissioned1797
Decommissioned1814
Reclassified
FateDisposed, 1814
General characteristics
Class and type
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship

The Prins Frederik Willem was a Dutch 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Navy, and the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of the Meuse. [1]

In 1795, the ship was renamed Gelijkheid (Equality). On 11 October 1797 the Gelijkheid took part in the Battle of Camperdown. The ship was captured by the British and renamed HMS Gelykheid. [2] [3]

In 1799, the Gelykheid was a prison ship at Chatham. In November 1803 the ship was stationed in the Humber as a guardship. In 1807, Gelykheid was fitted out as sheer hulk at Falmouth, and she was disposed of in 1814. [4]

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References

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  2. J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 197.
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  4. "HMS Gelykheid". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 26 August 2014.