English ship Prince Royal (1610)
Prince Royal arriving at Vlissingen in Holland in 1613. Detail of a painting from 1623 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| England | |
| Name | Prince Royal |
| Ordered | November 1607 |
| Builder | Phineas Pett I, Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | 20 October 1608 |
| Launched | 25 July 1610 |
| Fate | Burnt, 3 June 1666 by the Dutch |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | 55-gun royal ship |
| Tons burthen | 1200 (nominal); actually 1,15746⁄94 bm |
| Length | 115 ft (35 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 55 guns (in 1624) of various weights of shot including 51 carriage-mounted heavy guns and 4 light port-pieces (anti-personnel weapons) |
| General characteristics after 1641 rebuild | |
| Class & type | 70-gun ship |
| Tons burthen | 1,18424⁄94 tons |
| Length | 115 ft (35 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot, increased to 88 in 1653 (wartime) then back to 80 in 1660 (peacetime) |
| General characteristics after 1663 rebuild | |
| Class & type | 92-gun first-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,43234⁄94 tons |
| Length | 132 ft (40 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 45 ft 2 in (13.77 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 92 guns of various weights of shot |
The Prince Royal was a 55-gun First rate warship of the navy of England. It was later rebuilt in 1639-41, and was renamed Resolutionin 1649 under the Commonwealth of England. In 1660 at the Stuart Restoration she was renamed again as Royal Prince, and underwent a second rebuilding from 1661 to 1663. She was burnt in action on 3 June 1666 in the Four Days Battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.