Dutch Second Rate ship of the line 'Prins Willem de Eerste' (1813)

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Prins Willem de Eerste
Nominal Guns	74
Nationality	Dutch Republic
Operator	State Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'La Couronne' (1813) (74) 1813-1813 French 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Launched	1813
How acquired	Purpose built
Shipyard	Amsterdam - Holland	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Pluton Group Small Variant of Téméraire Class (1805)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1758-1836	E-WIKI
Category	Second Rate
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1823

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentE-WIKI
Length of Gundeck172' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)55.8656 (183′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth44' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)14.3318 (47′ 0″ Imperial)
Draught Aft22' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.1456 (23′ 5″ Imperial)
Displacement2,900Ton

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
5.6.1816 - 20.7.1820Vice-admiraalref:1971

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:1971 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Maarten Schönfeld on Wednesday 5th of January 2022 13:12

Name should be 'Willem de Eerste', referring to the then ruling monarch. Therefore not 'Prins Willem de Eerste'.
I made a similar correction to Wikipedia.

Posted by Maarten Schönfeld on Thursday 1st of July 2021 06:31

Sister ship to WASSENAER (1816) and HOLLAND (1817) (these were erroneously mentioned as built in Dunkerque)

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