HMS_Prince_of_Wales

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HMS Prince of Wales

List of ships with the same or similar names

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.

Battle honours

See also

  • Prince of Wales (ship) - the name of several British merchant vessels
  • Prince of Wales (EIC ship) - several ships serving the British East India Company (EIC)
    • HCS Prince of Wales was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1805 at Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine, the EIC's naval arm. She was sold in 1826 or 1827. In 1829 she was listed as being registered at Bombay.
  • HMS Thrush was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1794 for the Customs Service under the name Prince of Wales. The Admiralty purchased her in 1806 and sent her out to Jamaica where she was hulked in 1809 and where she sank at anchor in 1815.
  • Prince of Wales was a vessel belonging to the Excise service of Scotland in 1799 that was responsible for the coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath. She was of 300 tons (bm), and armed with 20 guns. She had a crew of 50 men under William Murray.[1]
  • Prince of Wales a revenue cruiser, built around 1812, and with the Experimental Squadron of 1832.[2]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Naval Chronicle, Vol. 1, btwn. p.264 & 268.
  2. [2]
    The United Services Magazine, 1832 Part III, p.245 and p.246

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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