HMS Prince Regent
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince Regent, after numerous holders of the position of Prince regent:
- HMS Prince Regent was a 56-gun fourth rate launched in 1814. She was renamed HMS Kingston later in 1814 and was sold in 1832.
- HMS Prince Regent was a yacht launched in 1820 and presented to Oman in 1836.
- HMS Prince Regent was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line launched in 1823. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 78 guns in 1861 and was broken up in 1873.
See also
- Prince Regent was a 16-gun ship launched in 1812 for Canada's Provincial Marine. She was re-rigged as a schooner and renamed Beresford (or General Beresford) in 1813, re-rigged again as a brig and renamed HMS Netley in 1814 when the Royal Navy took over the Provincial Marine, Admiralty policy being not to name vessels after living people, and then HMS Niagara in 1848 while she was serving as a base ship. She was broken up in 1843.
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