Name HMS Norfolk Fate Sold, 1818 Beam 14 m Propulsion Sail | Ordered 25 April 1751 Launched 7 March 1757 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 inBattle 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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