HMS Black Prince (1816)

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'Black Prince' (1816) RMG J2758.jpg
Black Prince, a plan dated 1815
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Black Prince
Ordered14 August 1810
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1814
Launched30 March 1816
FateBroken up, 1855
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Black Prince-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1751 bm
Length
  • 176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck)
  • 144 ft 10.375 in (44.15473 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 8 in (14.53 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
A Black Prince plan dated 1810, based on the design of the captured (1807) Danish 74-gun Christian VII. 'Black Prince' (1816); 'Melville' (1817); 'Hawke' (1820); 'Wellesley' (1815) RMG J2761.jpg
A Black Prince plan dated 1810, based on the design of the captured (1807) Danish 74-gun Christian VII.

HMS Black Prince was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Black Prince class of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 March 1816 at Woolwich Dockyard. [1]

Contents

In 1848 Black Prince became a prison ship at Chatham, and she was broken up in 1855. [1] [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 189.
  2. Phillips, Michael. Black Prince (74) (1816). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 4 May 2009.

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