English ship Prince Royal
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 Resolution in 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.