HMS Ossory (1682)

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 August 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Ossory
Namesake
BuilderFurzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched24 August 1682
Renamed
  • HMS Prince, 1705
  • HMS Princess, 1716
  • HMS Princess Royal, 1728
FateBroken up, 1773
General characteristics as built
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,415
Length161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild
Class and type1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,551
Length162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Prince was rebuilt as a 90-gun second rate of the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 July 1711. She was renamed HMS Princess on 2 January 1716, and subsequently renamed HMS Princess Royal on 26 July 1728.

Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.

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