Portugese Fifth Rate frigate 'Princesa do Brazil' (1774)

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Princesa do Brazil
Nominal Guns	34	ref:592
Nationality	Portugal
Operator	State Navy
Launched	10.5.1774	ref:592
First Commissioned	1774	3DECKS
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:592
Shipyard	Lisbon - Portugal	ref:592
Category	Fifth Rate	ref:592
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	1820	3DECKS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalent3DECKS
Length of Gundeck141' 0"Portugese Feet46.3185
Breadth34' 0"Portugese Feet11.169
Depth in Hold23' 6"Portugese Feet7.6103
Burthen733Ton

Armament

1774Broadside Weight = 261 Portugese pound (264.132 lbs)ref:592
Upper Gun Deck24 Portugese 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 Portugese 9-Pounder

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1790Capitao-tenenteref:592

Service History

DateEventSource
16.12.1790

Arrived in Lisbon from Bahia

ref:592
5.7.1819Attack on Princesa do Brasil

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

3DECKSManuel Blasco Felip, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:592Pedro Cruz, Web Site

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