Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince George:
- HMS Prince George was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) In the British Royal Navy, a Second-rate was a Ship of the line mounting 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle She was launched in 1682 as HMS Duke but was rebuilt and renamed in 1701 after the future George II of Great Britain. George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( She was rebuilt again in 1723 but was accidentally burnt at sea in 1758.
- HMS Prince George was a cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1771. When used in a nautical sense a cutter is a small single-masted vessel Fore-and-aft rigged with two or more Headsails a Bowsprit, and
- HMS Prince George was a 98-gun second-rate launched in 1772 and named after the future George IV of the United Kingdom. Citations and notes She was converted to a sheer hulk in 1832 and was broken up in 1839.
- HMS Prince George was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1895 and named after the future George V of the United Kingdom. Technical Description HMS Prince George was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 10 September 1894 and launched on 22 August Technical Characteristics When the lead ship HMS ''Majestic'', was launched in 1895 at long and with a full-load displacement of 16000 tons she was the largest Pre-dreadnought battleship is the general term for all of the types of sea going Battleships built between the mid-1890s and 1905 She was used for harbour service from 1918 and was renamed Victorious II. She foundered in 1921 on her way to be broken up.
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). James Joseph Colledge (born 1908 was a noted naval Historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. For a list of ships of the Royal Navy, see List of Royal Navy ships. ed. , London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose