HMS Ossory (1682)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Ossory
Builder: Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1682
Renamed:
  • HMS Prince, 1705
  • HMS Princess, 1711
  • HMS Princess Royal, 1728
Fate: Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,415 long tons (1,437.7 t)
Length: 161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,551 long tons (1,575.9 t)
Length: 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

90 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.[1]

Prince was rebuilt as a 90-gun second rate of the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 July 1711 and renamed HMS Princess. She was renamed HMS Princess Royal in 1728.[2]

Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.

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.