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HMS Princess Amelia (1757)

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Name
  
HMS Norfolk

Fate
  
Sold, 1818

Beam
  
14 m

Propulsion
  
Sail

Ordered
  
25 April 1751

Launched
  
7 March 1757

Place built
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Hull material
  
Wood

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard, M/Shipwright Thomas Fellowes, followed by Thomas Slade, Adam Hayes, Edward Allin, and Israel Pownoll

Renamed
  
HMS Princess Amelia on 1 November 1755

Notes
  
Participated in Battle of Dogger Bank

HMS Princess Amelia was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 7 March 1757.

She participated in the 1781 Battle of Dogger Bank under the command of Captain Macartney with reduced masts and guns.

Princess Amelia was lent to the Board of Customs in November 1788, and thereby deleted from the Navy List. She arrived at Sheerness on 24 March 1818 from Stangate Creek. The Admiralty then sold her on 11 June 1818 to a Mr. Snooks for £2,610.

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HMS Princess Amelia (1757) Wikipedia