HMS Prince of Orange

HMS Prince of Orange was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Stacey to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 5 September 1734.^[1]

A General View of Quebec, from Point Levy in 1759, by Richard Short
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Prince of Orange
Ordered	5 May 1729
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	5 September 1734
Fate	Sold, 1810
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1128
Length	151 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.65 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

In 1748, Prince of Orange was cut down to a 60-gun ship, a role in which it remained until being converted into a sheer hulk in 1772.^[1] The ship was part of the British Fleet at the capture of Louisbourg in 1758.

She brought Richard Short, the military artist to Quebec in 1759, where he drew pictures of the fleet, but did not name any vessel in particular.^[2] He served as purser on her from 1759 to 1761;^[3] within that period the ship was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Quebec City.

After nearly 40 years service as a hulk, she was finally sold out of the navy in 1810.^[1]

Gallery of the fleet at anchor in Halifax, 1759, from sketches by Richard Short

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  Halifax, viewed from Dartmouth
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  Looking down Prince Street
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  The Town and harbour as it appears from George's Island
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  Looking down George Street