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Prince of Wales

HMS Prince of Wales

Survived

Royal Navy

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

98-gun second rate, Sir Robert Calder's flagship off Finisterre and Admiral Gambier's at Copenhagen in 1807.

Admiral Sir Robert Calder's Action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805 The Scottish marine painter William Anderson (1757–1837) was active in London and is reputed to have worked in shipbuilding before becoming an artist, but nothing is known about his training. He moved to London in the 1780s and exh Photo: William Anderson, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

98 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downMay 1784
Launched28 June 1794
Length182 ft 3 in (55.55 m) (gundeck) 149 ft 11.375 in (45.70413 m) (keel)

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

Career

Launched

28 June 1794

23 June 1795 · French Revolutionary Wars

Not engaged

22 July 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Calder's flagship

16 August – 7 September 1807 · Napoleonic Wars

Gambier's flagship

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1822