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A fact from HMS Princess (1740) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 January 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the superior design of HMS Princess, a former Spanish ship captured (pictured) in 1740, led to the Admiralty initiating a series of increases in British warship dimensions?

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1741 purchase

Why was this captured ship purchased in 1741 and from whom? Wikiain (talk) 01:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia entry "Prize Money" mentions that in the Royal Navy in the 16th and 17th centuries, captured ships were legally Crown property. In order to reward and encourage sailors' zeal at no cost to the Crown, the prize was sold by the Admiralty Prize Court, which passed on all or part of the value of the captured ship and its cargo to the capturing captain for distribution to his crew. Captured warships could be bought by the Navy and put in service. The Princess was presumably purchased in this way by the Navy from the Crown. RFB (talk) 02:04, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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	Why was this captured ship purchased in 1741 and from whom? [[User:Wikiain\|Wikiain]] ([[User talk:Wikiain\|talk]]) 01:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)		Why was this captured ship purchased in 1741 and from whom? [[User:Wikiain\|Wikiain]] ([[User talk:Wikiain\|talk]]) 01:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

			The Wikipedia entry "Prize Money" mentions that in the Royal Navy in the 16th and 17th centuries, captured ships were legally Crown property. In order to reward and encourage sailors' zeal at no cost to the Crown, the prize was sold by the Admiralty Prize Court, which passed on all or part of the value of the captured ship and its cargo to the capturing captain for distribution to his crew. Captured warships could be bought by the Navy and put in service. The Princess was presumably purchased in this way by the Navy from the Crown. [[User:RFB\|RFB]] ([[User talk:RFB\|talk]]) 02:04, 8 April 2019 (UTC)