HMS Prince of Orange (1734)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Prince of Orange
Ordered: 5 May 1729
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 5 September 1734
Fate: Sold, 1810
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,128 long tons (1,146.1 t)
Length: 151 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Prince of Orange was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 5 September 1734.[1]

In 1748, Prince of Orange was cut down to a 60-gun ship, a role in which she remained until being converted into a sheer hulk in 1772. After nearly 40 years service in this capacity, she was finally sold out of the navy in 1810.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.

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.