English ship Princess (1660)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess.

History
England
Name	HMS Princess
Ordered	9 September 1658
Builder	Daniel Furzer, Lydney
Launched	27 August 1660
Fate	Broken up, 1680
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Fourth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	602 40⁄94 (bm)
Length	105 ft (32.0 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	44 guns (1660); 54 guns (1677)

HMS Princess was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, built at Lydney and launched in August 1660. By 1666 her armament had been increased to 52 guns. ^[1]

Princess was broken up in November 1680. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Henry Dawes (Royal Navy officer)

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 160.
2. Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, p.109.

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, ISBN   978-1848320406

Bibliography

• Allen, Joseph (1852). Battles of the British Navy. Vol. 2. London: Henry G. Bohn. p. 65.
• Clowes, William Laird (1898). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 2. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. pp. 435–436.