Home
•
Search
•
Translate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Four ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Prince George
:
HMS
Prince George
(1701)
was a 90-gun
second-rate
ship of the line
. She was launched in 1682 as
HMS
Duke
but was rebuilt and renamed in 1701 after the future
George II of Great Britain
. 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.
HMS
Prince George
(1772)
was a 98-gun second-rate launched in 1772 and named after the future
George IV of the United Kingdom
. She was converted to a sheer hulk in 1832 and was broken up in 1839.
HMS
Prince George
(1895)
was a
Majestic
-class
pre-dreadnought battleship
launched in 1895 and named after the future
George V of the United Kingdom
. 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.
; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-86176-281-8
.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships
with the same or similar names. If an
internal link
for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Categories
:
Set index articles on ships
Royal Navy ship names
Hidden categories:
Use dmy dates from January 2017
Use British English from January 2017
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
All set index articles
Top Of Page
Home
•
Search
•
Translate
©
CSE