HMS ''Princess Royal'' was a 90-gun

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of the

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, launched on 18 October 1773 at

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. During her career she was upgraded to a 98-gun ship, by the addition of eight 12 pdr guns to her quarterdeck. May, 1778 under command of Capt. William Blair. In 1795, ''Princess Royal'' took part in the Naval Battle of Genoa and the

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under Captain

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. She was broken up in 1807.

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References

*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Barfleur-class ships of the line 1773 ships {{UK-line-ship-stub