For other ships with the same name, see HMS Princess Amelia.

HMS Princess Amelia was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Joseph Allin and built at Woolwich Dockyard by Israel Pownoll to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 7 March 1757.[1]

History

She participated in the 1781 Battle of Dogger Bank under the command of Captain Macartney with reduced masts and guns.[2]: 46 

In June 1773 the Amelia sailed to Florida and then Newfoundland before returning to England in August 1773.[3] During the voyage, Cuthbert Collingwood served as midshipman onboard.[3]

Princess Amelia was lent to the Board of Customs in November 1788, and thereby deleted from the Navy List. She arrived at Sheerness on 24 March 1818 from Stangate Creek. The Admiralty then sold her on 11 June 1818 to a Mr. Snooks for £2,610.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p.28.
  2. ^ Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.
  3. ^ a b Adams, Max (2005). Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. London: Orion Books. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-0297846406.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Amelia_(1757)
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