HMS Princess Amelia (1757)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Princess Amelia.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Princess Amelia
Ordered: 25 April 1751
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 7 March 1757
Fate: Sold, 1818
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:1745 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:1,579 long tons (1,604.3 t)
Length:165 ft (50.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold:20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Princess Amelia was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 7 March 1757.[1]

Princess Amelia was lent to the Board of Customs in November 1788, and she was eventually sold for breaking up in 1818.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
  2. ↑ Ships of the Old Navy, Princess Amelia.

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.
  • Michael Phillips. Princess Amelia (80) (1757). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2008.