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HMS ''Prince'' (sometimes also referred to as ''Royal Prince'') was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett the Younger at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1670.〔 A contemporary shipyard model (today at the Science Museum London〔see (Science and Society Picture Library )〕) and a drawing by Willem van de Velde the Elder (today in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) give a good impression how she looked. Especially her stern was extensively decorated with gilded carvings. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War she served as a flagship of the Lord High Admiral the Duke of York (later James II & VII.)〔William Laird Clowes: The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, vol. 2, London 1996 (of the 1898 edition ), p300f〕 During the Battle of Solebay (1672) she was in the centre of the English fleet that was attacked by the Dutch centre led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. The ''Prince'' was heavily damaged by De Ruyter's flagship ''De Zeven Provinciën'' in a two hours' duel and Captain of the Fleet Sir John Cox was killed on board. The Duke of York was forced to shift his flag to HMS ''St Michael''.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 2, p307-308〕 The ''Princes second captain, John Narborough, however conducted himself with such conspicuous valour that he won special approbation and was knighted shortly afterwards. HMS ''Prince'' was rebuilt by Robert Lee at Chatham Dockyard in 1692, and renamed at the same time as HMS ''Royal William''. During the War of the Grand Alliance the ship saw action at the Battle of Barfleur of 19 May 1692.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 2, p349〕 The ''Prince'' belonged to the red squadron and carried the flag of Rear Admiral of the Red Sir Cloudesley Shovell. She was the first ship to break the French line during the battle. Later she was rebuilt for a second time by John Naish at Portsmouth Dockyard from 1714, relaunching on 3 September 1719. She was laid up after her re-launch and saw no service at all until she was reduced to an 84-gun Second rate ship in 1756.〔 One year later, she was part of an unsuccessful expedition against Rochefort led by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. Her squadron, under Vice-Admiral Charles Knowles, attacked the Île-d'Aix and forced her garrison to surrender.〔William Laird Clowes: The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, vol. 3, London 1996 (of the 1898 edition ), p171〕 In 1758 she participated in Boscawen's and Wolfe's attack on the French Fortress of Louisbourg (Nova Scotia) and an indecisive skirmish with a French squadron.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 3, p185〕 The following year the ''Royal William'' returned to Canada under the command of Captain Hugh Pigot to join the attack on Quebec. After the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the capture of Quebec she sailed back to England with the body of General Wolfe.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 3, p206, 209〕 In 1760 the ''Royal William'' was Boscawen's flagship when he took command of the fleet in Quiberon Bay. However, after a severe gale he was forced to return and shift his flag to the ''Namur''.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 3, p231〕 During the expedition against Belle Île of 1761 she was detached with several other ships to cruise off Brest and prevent a French counter-attack from there.〔Clowes: Royal Navy, vol. 3, p235 n.〕 The Seven Years' War seems to be the last time that the ''Royal William'' played an active role. She was broken up in 1813.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Prince (1670)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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