HMS Prince George

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince George:

• The first HMS Prince George (1701) was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line. She was originally Duke, launched in 1682; she was rebuilt and renamed in 1701 after the future George II of Great Britain. She served in the War of the Spanish Succession, fighting in the battle of Malaga and the capture of Gibraltar.
• The second Prince George was a cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1771.
• The third HMS Prince George (1772), launched in 1772, was another second-rate of 98 guns, named after the future George IV of the United Kingdom. She served in the American Revolutionary War and fought at the battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780.
• The fourth HMS Prince George (1895), launched in 1895, was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship named after the future George V of the United Kingdom. She served in World War I and fought at the Dardanelles. She was renamed Victorious II in 1918 and foundered in 1921 on her way to be broken up.

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.