British Third Rate ship of the line 'Princess Sophia Frederica' (1807)

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Princess Sophia Frederica
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Prindsesse Sophia Friderica' (1775) (74) 1775-1807 Danish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	7.9.1807	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Copenhagen - Zealand	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Prindsesse Sophia Frederica Class (1780)	W006
Designed by	Henrik GernerDanish Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Service 1755-1787	BWAS-1793
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	9.1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck175' 1"Imperial Feet53.3403
Length of Keel144' 1 ⅛"Imperial Feet43.8944
Breadth47' 11 ½"Imperial Feet14.3383
Depth in Hold19' 8"Imperial Feet5.8138
Burthen1,762 ⁷⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
20.2.1811 - 6.1.1812LieutenantNBD18491.1812 - 1813LieutenantBWAS-17931814LieutenantBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
7.9.1807Taken at the fall of CopenhagenBWAS-1793
13.12.1807Arrived in Portsmouth and laid upBWAS-1793
2.1811Used as a Prison shipBWAS-1793
2.1811Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
1812Lent to the Transport BoardBWAS-1793
1815Placed in ordinaryBWAS-1793
9.1816Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

Was never commissioned

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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