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HMS <i>Princess Louisa</i> (1744)

HMS Princess Louisa (1744)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess Louisa.

HMS Princess Louisa was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions prescribed in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Limehouse, and launched on 1 July 1744.[1]

The Princess Louisa shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

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The ship was under the command of William Lloyd in the Louisbourg Expedition (1757).

Princess Louisa served until 1766, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.

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.


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