A number of ships of the
Spanish Navy
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have borne the name ''Princesa'':
* , a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured by in 1740 and taken into service as .
* , a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured by the
Royal Navy
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during the
Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780 and taken into service as HMS ''Princessa''.
* , a Spanish
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
or
corvette
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.
* ''Princesa'' (1796), a 16-gun ship, captured by .
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Spanish Navy ship names