HMS Princess Royal (1773)

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Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Princess Royal
Ordered:	10 September 1767
Builder:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down:	31 October 1767
Launched:	18 October 1773
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Naval Battle of Genoa Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
Fate:	Broken up, 1807
General characteristics
Class and type:	Barfleur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1973 tons (2004.7 tonnes)
Length:	177 ft 6 in (54.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	50 ft 3 in (15.3 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Complement:	750 officers and men
Armament:	90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs 98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Quarter deck: 8 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Princess Royal was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 October 1773 at Portsmouth. During her career she was upgraded to a 98-gun ship, by the addition of eight 12 pdr guns to her quarterdeck.

In 1795, Princess Royal took part in the Naval Battle of Genoa and the Naval Battle of Hyères Islands.

She was broken up in 1807.

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