Numerous British vessels have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current
Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Prince of Wales was a vessel belonging to the Excise service of Scotland. She had been launched in 1794 by
John and William Scott, Greenock. In 1799 she was responsible for the coast between the
Mull of Cantire and
Cape Wrath. In 1803 or 1806 the
British Admiralty purchased her and she became
Thrush. She foundered in 1815, but was salvaged and sold.
Prince of Wales (1786 ship), launched in 1779 but rebuilt in 1786, made one trip transporting convicts and supplies to Botany Bay, and then carried a cargo for the EIC from Canton to Britain in 1787-89; she became a whaler, a privateer, a slave ship, was captured by a French privateer, was recaptured, and was last listed in 1810.
Prince of Wales (1789 ship) built at Hull, transported supplies to
Botany Bay for the British government and then carried a cargo from Canton back to England for the British
East India Company. She is last listed in 1811.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Numerous British vessels have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current
Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Prince of Wales was a vessel belonging to the Excise service of Scotland. She had been launched in 1794 by
John and William Scott, Greenock. In 1799 she was responsible for the coast between the
Mull of Cantire and
Cape Wrath. In 1803 or 1806 the
British Admiralty purchased her and she became
Thrush. She foundered in 1815, but was salvaged and sold.
Prince of Wales (1786 ship), launched in 1779 but rebuilt in 1786, made one trip transporting convicts and supplies to Botany Bay, and then carried a cargo for the EIC from Canton to Britain in 1787-89; she became a whaler, a privateer, a slave ship, was captured by a French privateer, was recaptured, and was last listed in 1810.
Prince of Wales (1789 ship) built at Hull, transported supplies to
Botany Bay for the British government and then carried a cargo from Canton back to England for the British
East India Company. She is last listed in 1811.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.