Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History
Great Britain
Name HMS Ranelagh
Ordered 30 May 1695
Builder Fisher Harding , Deptford Dockyard
Launched 25 June 1697
Renamed HMS Princess Caroline , 1728
Fate Broken up, 1764
Notes
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1199 bm
Length 158 ft 8 in (48.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam 41 ft 8.75 in (12.7 m)
Depth of hold 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement 476
Armament 80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1731 rebuild[2]
Class and type 1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1353 bm
Length 158 ft (48.2 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
80 guns:
Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
HMS Ranelagh was a three-decker 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched at Deptford Dockyard on 25 June 1697.[1] She took part in a number of actions during the War of the Spanish Succession , including the Battle of Vigo in 1702 and the Battle of Vélez-Málaga in 1704.
On 20 August 1723 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich . She was renamed HMS Princess Caroline in 1728 (while rebuilding).[1] She was relaunched on 15 March 1731.[2]
Princess Caroline was Admiral Edward Vernon 's flagship at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias during his second Spanish Caribbean campaign, in the War of Jenkins' Ear . George Washington 's half-brother , Lawrence Washington , served on Princess Caroline as a captain of the Marines in 1741,[3] and named his estate Mount Vernon in honour of his commander.[4]
The Princess Caroline continued in service until 1764, when she was broken up.[2]
Notes
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.
^ Captain Lawrence Washington letter dated 30 May 1741 from Kingston, Jamaica, to his father, Augustine Washington, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. MVLA archives, PS-835
^ Ranft, Brian, editor. The Vernon Papers . Naval Records Society, vol. 99. London: 1958
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 .
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