battle of Dogger Bank 1781
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Norfolk
Ordered25 April 1751
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard, M/Shipwright Thomas Fellowes, followed by Thomas Slade, Adam Hayes, Edward Allin, and Israel Pownoll
Launched7 March 1757
RenamedHMS Princess Amelia on 1 November 1755
FateSold, 1818
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1745 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1579 39⁄94 (bm)
Length165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) (gundeck); 133 ft 0 in (40.5 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement650
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: Nil
  • Fc: 4 × 6-pounder guns

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]

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

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. 1 2 3 Winfield (2008), p.28.
  2. ↑ Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) 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.


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