HMS Ossory (1682)

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 August 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.[1][3]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Ossory
Namesake:	Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory Prince George Augustus Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Builder:	Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched:	24 August 1682
Renamed:	HMS Prince, 1705 HMS Princess, 1716 HMS Princess Royal, 1728
Fate:	Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,415
Length:	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,551
Length:	162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Prince was rebuilt as a 90-gun second rate of the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 July 1711. She was renamed HMS Princess on 2 January 1716, and subsequently renamed HMS Princess Royal on 26 July 1728.[2]

Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.[2]

Half plans of HMS Ossory

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  Half plan of HMS Ossory, showing decks.
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  Half plan of HMS Ossory, showing lines.

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
3. "No. 1750". The London Gazette. 24 August 1682. p. 2.

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.