HMS Princess Caroline
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:
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 borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:
- HMS Princess CarolineHMS Ranelagh (1697)HMS Ranelagh was a three-decker 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 25 June 1697. She took part in a number of actions during the War of the Spanish Succession, including the Battle of Vigo in 1702 and the Battle of Vélez-Málaga in 1704.On 20...
was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1697 as HMS RanelaghHMS Ranelagh (1697)HMS Ranelagh was a three-decker 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 25 June 1697. She took part in a number of actions during the War of the Spanish Succession, including the Battle of Vigo in 1702 and the Battle of Vélez-Málaga in 1704.On 20...
. She was renamed HMS Princess Caroline in 1728, was rebuilt in 1731 and broken up in 1764. - HMS Princess Caroline was a 44-gun fifth rate, previously 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...
ship Princes Carolina. She was captured in 1780 by HMS MarlboroughHMS Marlborough (1767)HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 August 1767 at Deptford. She was one of the Ramillies class built to update the Navy and replace ships lost following the Seven Years' War. She was first commissioned in 1771 under Captain Richard Bickerton...
, became a receiving ship in 1791 and was sunk as a breakwaterBreakwater (structure)Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
in 1799. - HMS Princess Caroline was a 50-gun fourth rate, previously a Dutch ship. She was captured in 1781 by HMS Warwick and commissioned as HMS Rotterdam. She was renamed HMS Princess Caroline between 1799, reverting to HMS Rotterdam in 1806, before being sold that year.
- HMS Princess Carolina was a 74-gun third rate, also known as Princess Caroline. She was previously the DanishDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
ship Prindsesse Carolina, but was captured at the Battle of CopenhagenBattle of Copenhagen (1807)The Second Battle of Copenhagen was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet and in turn originate the term to Copenhagenize.-Background:Despite the defeat and loss of many ships in the first Battle of Copenhagen in...
in 1807. There were plans to rename her HMS Braganza, but this was never carried out and she was sold in 1815.
See also
- HMS PrincessHMS PrincessSeven ships of the Royal Navy 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 CarolineHMS CarolineEight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:*HMS Caroline was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a barge, purchased in 1794...