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HMS Ossory (1682)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Ossory
Builder: Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1682
Renamed:
  • HMS Prince, 1705
  • HMS Princess, 1716
  • HMS Princess Royal, 1728
Fate: Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built
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
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

HMS Ossory was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1682 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705.

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.

The Princess Royal continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.



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