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Prince

HMS Prince

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns98
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

98-gun second rate. A slow sailer, she came into action late at Trafalgar and set fire to the French Achille.

London (1766); Prince (1788); Impregnable (1786); Windsor Castle (1790) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'London' (1766), and later approved for 'Prince' (1788), 'Impregnable' (1786), and 'Windsor Castle' (1790), all 90-gun Second Rate, three-de Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

98 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down1 January 1782
Launched4 July 1788
Length177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 July 1788

23 June 1795 · French Revolutionary Wars

Not engaged

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Set the French Achille on fire

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1837