HMS Princess Royal was a 91-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 June 1853 at Portsmouth.[1]
_Oswald_Walters_Brierly_%26_R._Carrick_-_The_Fleet_becalmed_(cropped).jpg) HMS Princess Royal
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Princess Royal |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 23 June 1853 |
| Commissioned | 29 October 1853 |
| Decommissioned | 14 August 1867 |
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| Fate | Broken up, 1872 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | steam line of battle ship |
| Tons burthen | 3,129 tons bm |
| Length | 217 ft (66 m) o/a |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, 400 hp (300 kW), single screw |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 850 |
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She took part in both the Baltic Campaign and the naval bombardment of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. She later served as the flagship of Rear-Admiral George St Vincent King in his role as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station.
In 1865, Princess Royal conveyed Sir Harry Smith Parkes, accompanied by a detachment of Royal Marines, to the treaty port of Yokohama on his appointment as envoy to Japan. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Kerr served as a lieutenant on board Princess Royal during the ship's deployment to Japan.[2]
She was broken up in 1872. For more than 30 years, the wooden figurehead of Princess Royal adorned the outer wall of Castle's ship breaking yard at Baltic Wharf, Millbank, London.
Citations and notes edit
- ^ Montagu, Victor (1898). A Middy's Recollections, 1853-1860. London: Adam and Charles Black.
- ^ Cortazzi, Hugh (2002). Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume 4. London: The Japan Society. p. 293. ISBN 1-903350-14-X.
External links edit
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