HMS Prince Regent

Last updated October 28, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince Regent, after numerous holders of the position of prince regent:

HMS Prince Regent (1814) was a 56-gun fourth rate launched in 1814. She was renamed HMS Kingston later in 1814 and was sold in 1832.
HMS Prince Regent (1820) was a yacht launched in 1820 and presented to Oman in 1836.
HMS Prince Regent (1823) was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1823. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 78 guns in 1861 and was broken up in 1873.

In addition, a Canadian ship launched as Prince Regent in 1812 later acquired the HMS prefix under a different name:

Prince Regent (1812 schooner) was a 16-gun schooner launched in 1812 for Canada's Provincial Marine. Commissioned into the Royal Navy and renamed Beresford (or Lord Beresford) in 1813, re-rigged again as a brig and renamed HMS Netley in 1814 when the Royal Navy reorganised the detachment Admiralty policy being not to name vessels after living people. The vessel was broken up in the 1830s.

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A prince regent, or prince-regent, is a prince who rules a monarchy as regent, while a monarch is indisposed.

Prince Regent was a schooner constructed for Upper Canada's Provincial Marine for use on Lake Ontario. Built just before the beginning of the War of 1812, the vessel took part in the attack on Sackett's Harbor, New York. With the arrival of the Royal Navy in the Great Lakes under the command of Commodore James Lucas Yeo in 1813, the vessel was renamed HMS Lord Beresford or General Beresford, or Beresford. The British detachment on the lake engaged the American naval squadron and attacked American positions in the Niagara region, while supporting British armies.

Several vessels have been named Lynx for the lynx:

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