HMS Ossory (1682)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ossory and HMS Prince.

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Princess and HMS Princess Royal.

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Ossory
Builder:	Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched:	1682
Renamed:	HMS Prince, 1705 HMS Princess, 1716 HMS Princess Royal, 1728
Fate:	Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class & type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,415
Length:	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild^[2]
Class & type:	1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,551
Length:	162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full 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

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.^[1]

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.^[2]

The Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.^[2]

Notes

1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.

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.

1706 Establishment ships

90-gun second rates	Neptune Vanguard Princess Sandwich Barfleur

80-gun third rates	Boyne Humber Russell Cumberland Devonshire Dorsetshire Shrewsbury Cambridge Torbay Newark

70-gun third rates	Resolution Captain Grafton Hampton Court Edgar Yarmouth Orford Royal Oak Expedition Monmouth Revenge Suffolk

60-gun fourth rates	Plymouth Lion Gloucester Rippon Montague Medway Kingston Nottingham

50-gun fourth rates	Salisbury Falmouth Ruby Chester Romney Pembroke Warwick Gloucester Ormonde Bonaventure Bristol Advice Assistance Strafford Worcester Rochester Dartmouth Panther Guernsey Salisbury Winchester St Albans Norwich Weymouth Deptford Swallow Tiger

Followed by: 1719 Establishment List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Navy

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