HMS Princess Royal (1853)
Princess Royal | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Princess Royal |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 23 June 1853 |
| Commissioned | 29 October 1853 |
| Decommissioned | 14 August 1867 |
| Renamed | From Prince Albert, 26 March 1842 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1872 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | 91-gun second rate Princess Royal-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 3,130 bm |
| Length | 217 ft (66.1 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 58 ft 2 in (17.7 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 6 in (8.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Installed power | 1,492 ihp (1,113 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 screw; 1 single-expansion steam engine |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 850 |
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HMS Princess Royal was the lead ship of her class of 91-gun second rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1850s. Completed in 1854, she participated in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. The ship was sold for scrap in 1872.