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Prince of Wales, 1832
Type: Cutter ; Armament ?
Launched : Circa 1832 Disposal date or year : ?
BM: 170 tons ;
Notes:

1861-62 Coast guard watch vessel, per Parliamentary estimates etc. £6 spent on maintenance etc.


Prince of Wales, 1860
Type: 1st rate ; Armament 121
Laid down : 1842 (per V.C.H.) Launched : 25 Jan 1860 ; Disposal date or year : 1916
BM: 3994 tons ; Displacement: 6201 tons
Length : 252 feet ; Beam : 60 ft. 2 ins. ;
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 800 h.p.
Notes:

Jan, 1846, Prince of Wales (sic), 110, Sir W. Symonds, timbers prepared, at Portsmouth.

Jan 1848 Portsmouth, Ordered to be Built

10 Jun 1848 building as a sailing ship commenced.

27 Oct 1856 Commenced conversion to screw on stocks.

1860 Portsmouth.

1867 Engines removed.

1869 Renamed Britannia Officer Cadets Training Ship in River Dart.

1909 hulk