HMS Black Prince (1816)

HMS Black Prince was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Black Prince class of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 March 1816 at Woolwich Dockyard.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Black Prince.

Black Prince, a plan dated 1815
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Black Prince
Ordered14 August 1810
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1814
Launched30 March 1816
FateBroken up, 1855
General characteristics
Class and typeBlack Prince-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1751 bm
Length
  • 176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck)
  • 144 ft 10.375 in (44.15473 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 8 in (14.53 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

In 1848 Black Prince became a prison ship at Chatham, and she was broken up in 1855.

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