British Third Rate ship of the line 'Princess of Orange' (1799)

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Princess of Orange
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Washington' (1796) (74) 1796-1799 Dutch 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	30.8.1799	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Amsterdam - Holland	M01
Constructor	R. DormanDutch Ship Builder	RWAS
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold for Break Up	18.4.1822	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck168' 5"Imperial Feet51.2083
Length of Keel138' 0 ¾"Imperial Feet42.0815
Breadth24' 2"Imperial Feet7.3279
Depth in Hold18' 5 ½"Imperial Feet5.4991
Burthen1,565 ²⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
17.3.1808 - 2.1809CaptainNBD1849

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.9.1804 - 11.3.1806LieutenantNBD184931.8.1807 - 2.1809LieutenantNBD184931.8.1807 - 2.1809LieutenantNBD1849

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1810 - 3.1810MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1806Hulked as a 'Stationary Ship'BWAS-1793
1811Refitted as a Other Vessels Powder Magazine

Notes on Ship

Was never commissioned

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

M01Ron van Maanen, Document

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 20th of July 2026 06:29

Portsmouth, 1 August 1801: Admiral C Parker has hoisted his flag on board the Princess of Orange, to join the squadron off the coast of Holland. [Portsmouth Telegraph, 3 August 1801]

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 9th of July 2026 13:52

Portsmouth, 10 January 1801: Admiral Dickson being made a full Admiral, has hoisted his flag, blue, at the main, on board the Princess of Orange man of war, at Yarmouth. [Hampshire Telegraph, 12 January 1801]

Posted by Tim Oakley on Tuesday 24th of December 2024 15:05

Wiki has: Aug 1800 Princess of Orange74 commissioned by Captain G. Hope.
Nov 1800 Captain Charles Cobb transferred from Glatton to Princess of Orange74.

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