HMS Black Prince (1816) explained
HMS Black Prince was a 74-gun
third rate ship of the line of the
Black Prince class of the
Royal Navy, launched on 30 March 1816 at
Woolwich Dockyard.
In 1848, Black Prince became a prison ship at Chatham, and she was broken up in 1855.[1]
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. .
- Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. .
Notes and References
- Phillips, Michael. Black Prince (74) (1816). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 4 May 2009.