HMS Princess Caroline

HMS Princess Caroline

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Princess Caroline" or HMS "Princess Carolina":

*HMS "Princess Caroline" was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1697 as HMS "Ranelagh". She was renamed HMS "Princess Caroline" in 1728, was rebuilt in 1731 and broken up in 1764.
*HMS "Princess Caroline" was a 44-gun fifth rate, previously the Dutch ship "Princess Carolina". She was captured in 1780 by HMS "Marlborough", became a receiving ship in 1791 and was sunk as a breakwater in 1799.
*HMS "Princess Caroline" was a 50-gun fourth rate, previously a Dutch ship. She was captured in 1781 by HMS "Warwick" and commissioned as HMS "Rotterdam". She was renamed HMS "Princess Caroline" between 1799, reverting to HMS "Rotterdam" in 1806, before being sold that year.
*HMS "Princess Carolina" was a 74-gun third rate, also known as "Princess Caroline". She was previously the Danish ship "Prindsesse Carolina", but was captured at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. There were plans to rename her HMS "Braganza", but this was never carried out and she was sold in 1815.

ee also

*HMS "Princess"
*HMS "Caroline"


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