Swedish Third Rate ship of the line 'Prins Karl' (1758)

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Prins Karl
Nominal Guns	68	W006
Nationality	Sweden
Operator	Swedish Navy
Keel Laid Down	18.8.1755	RWAS
Launched	6.11.1758	RWAS
How acquired	Purpose built	RWAS
Shipyard	Karlskrona - Blekinge	RWAS
Constructor	Gilbert SheldonSwedish Ship Builder Service 1748	RWAS
Category	Third Rate	W006
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Captured	13.5.1790	NWB
Becomes	Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Prints Karl' (1790) (64) 1790-1813 Russian 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck160' 0"Swedish fot47.504 (155′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth42' 0"Swedish fot12.4698 (40′ 10″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold21' 6"Swedish fot8.0163 (26′ 3″ Imperial)

Armament

1758Broadside Weight = 512 Swedish pound (Skålpund) (479.744 lbs 217.6512 kg)W006
Lower Gun Deck24 Swedish 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 Swedish 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle20 Swedish 8-Pounder

Service History

DateEventSource
17.7.1788Battle of Hogland
13.5.1790Battle of Reval
13.5.1790Taken by the Russian At the Battle of Revel

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NWBRoger Charles Anderson, Book

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Wednesday 3rd of May 2017 06:44

Thanks, corrected it.

Posted by Paul Fields on Wednesday 3rd of May 2017 03:02

Dimensions are in Alns instead of Fot, Metric and Imperial are double what they should be.

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