HMS Prince Regent (1814)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Prince Regent |
| Builder: | Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard |
| Launched: | 14 April 1814 |
| Renamed: | Kingston on 9 December 1814 |
| Fate: | Ordered to be sold in January 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fourth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,293 50⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 43 ft 1 in (13.1 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 0 in (5.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 280 |
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HMS Prince Regent was a 56-gun British warship that served on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Prince Regent was built at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Upper Canada and launched on 14 April 1814. Rated as a fourth-rate frigate, Prince Regent took part in the Raid on Fort Oswego in 1814. Following the War of 1812 the frigate was renamed HMS Kingston on 9 December 1814. In 1817, the vessel was placed in reserve following the Rush-Bagot Treaty that demilitarized all the lakes along the United States-Canada border. Discarded in 1832, the vessel found no buyer and sank in Deadman Bay off Kingston after 1832.
Prince Regent, rated by the Royal Navy as a fourth-rate frigate, measured 1,293 tons burthen and was 131 ft 1 in (40.0 m) long at the keel and 155 ft 10 in (47.5 m) overall.Prince Regent was of similar design to HMS Leander and HMS Newcastle, constructed in 1813, and was the first frigate to ever be constructed on inland waters. The vessel had a beam of 43 ft 1 in (13.1 m) and a maximum draught of 17 ft 0 in (5.2 m). The frigate's depth of hold was 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m). A full-rigged ship, Prince Regent was armed with twenty-eight 24-pounder (11 kg) long guns on the lower deck and four 68-pounder (31 kg) carronades and twenty-four 32-pounder (15 kg) long guns on the upper deck at launch. By 1830, the armament had changed, with thirty 24-pounder long guns on the lower deck and two 24-pounder long guns, six 68-pounder carronades and twenty-two 32-pounder carronades on the upper deck. Prince Regent had a complement of 280.
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