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Plans for the ship Prins Frederik.
History
Dutch Navy EnsignDutch Republic
NamePrins Frederik Willem
Laid downJune 1777
Commissioned1781
Decommissioned1795
History
Batavian Navy EnsignBatavian Republic
NameGelijkheid
Commissioned1795
In service1795
Out of service1797
Captured11 October 1797
FateCaptured
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Gelykheid
Acquired1797
Commissioned1797
Decommissioned1814
FateDisposed, 1814
General characteristics
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68-gun third rate
ship of the line
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Notes
  • Prison ship in 1799
  • Guardship from 1803
  • Sheer hulk from 1807
  • Disposed in 1814

The Prins Frederik was a Dutch 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Republic, and the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of the Meuse.[1]

In 1795, the ship was renamed Gelijkheid. On 11 October 1797 the Gelijkheid took part in the Battle of Camperdown. The ship was captured by the British and renamed HMS Gelykheid.[2][3]

In 1799, the Gelykheid was a prison ship at Chatham. In November 1803 the ship was stationed in the Humber as Guardship. In 1807, Gelykheid was fitted out as sheer hulk at Falmouth, and she was disposed in 1814.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Maritiem Digitaal NL". maritiemdigitaal.nl. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. ^ J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 197.
  3. ^ J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 273.
  4. ^ "HMS Gelykheid". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.