HMS Princess
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
In addition, many ships have been named after specific princesses, including:
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
- HMS Princesse was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1660 and broken up in 1680.
- HMS PrincessHMS Ossory (1682)HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705....
was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1682 as HMS OssoryHMS Ossory (1682)HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705....
. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705, HMS Princess in 1716 and HMS Princess Royal in 1728. She was broken up in 1773. - HMS PrincessHMS Princess (1740)HMS Princess was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had briefly sailed as the Princesa for the Spanish Navy, until her capture off Cape Finisterre in 1740 during the War of the Austrian Succession....
was a 70-gun third rate, originally the Spanish ship Princessa. She was captured in 1740, hulked in 1760 and sold in 1784. - HMS Princessa was a 70-gun third rate, originally the Spanish ship PrincessaSpanish ship Princessa (1750)Princesa was a 70-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1750.She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, where she was captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Princessa. From 1784 she was employed as a sheer hulk, and she was broken up in 1809....
. She was captured in 1780, became a sheer hulk in 1784 and was broken up in 1809. - HMS Princess was a 28-gun sixth rate, originally the DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
East Indiaman Williamstadt en Boetzlaar. She was captured in 1795 and became a 26-gun floating batteryArtillery batteryIn military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems...
in 1800. She was sold in 1816. - HMS PrincessHMS Princess (1905)HMS Princess was launched in 1905 as Kronprincess Cecilie. She was detained 1 November 1914 and seized. She was renamed Princess in 1915 and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser on 9 January 1916. In this configuration, she was used as a dummy for the battleship HMS Ajax. All dummies were...
was former SS Kronprincess Cecilie, launched in 1905. Captured in 1914, she was renamed as Princess and used as a dummy for HMS AjaxHMS Ajax (1912)HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship , built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde...
was a hired patrol vessel which sank in 1940 after a collision
In addition, many ships have been named after specific princesses, including:
- HMS Princess Alice
- HMS Princess AmeliaHMS Princess AmeliaThree ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Amelia, after either Princess Amelia, daughter of George II or Princess Amelia, daughter of George III. Another ship was planned but never completed:...
- HMS Princess Anne
- HMS Princess AugustaHMS Princess AugustaTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Augusta:*HMS Princess Augusta was a yacht launched in 1771 as HMS Augusta. She was renamed HMS Princess Augusta in 1773 and was sold in 1818....
- HMS Princess Carolina
- HMS Princess CarolineHMS Princess CarolineFour ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:*HMS Princess Caroline was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1697 as HMS Ranelagh...
- HMS Princess CharlotteHMS Princess CharlotteHMS Princess Charlotte, later HMS Burlington, was a 42-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy built in 1814, during the War of 1812 at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario. She had originally been built as Vittoria, but was renamed before being launched...
- HMS Princess LouisaHMS Princess LouisaThree ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Louisa, after Princess Louisa:*HMS Princess Louisa was a 42-gun fifth rate launched as HMS Launceston in 1711. She was rebuilt in 1728 and renamed HMS Princess Louisa...
- HMS Princess Margaret
- HMS Princess Maria
- HMS Princess MaryHMS Princess MaryThree ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Mary or HMS Princess Maria:*HMS Princess Maria was a 38-gun ship captured in 1652 and wrecked in 1658....
- HMS Princess of Orange
- HMS Princess RoyalHMS Princess RoyalFive ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Royal:* HMS Princess Royal was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1682 as HMS Ossory. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705, HMS Princess in 1716 and HMS Princess Royal in 1728...
- HMS Princess Sophia Frederica