Prince Regent (Naval Vessel, 1814)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Ship, Prince Regent (1814-1814)**;
b. Ship, Kingston (1814- )
Nationality:: British (1814- )

Notes

General notes:: *The two gun decks were painted yellow, and she carried 62 guns;
**There were two Prince Regents on Lake Ontario in 1814: one was a ship and other was a brig which was renamed in 1814 to prevent confusion;
1816, she was still in commission, used as a barrack or receiving ship and also as the Commander in Chief's headquarters;
The Prince Regent remained idle in Navy Bay (Kingston) for many years and finally went into decay;
Macpherson list her as a frigate, armed with sixty guns; Renamed "Kingston", 1814 and ordered sold in 1832;
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312: notes her as a schooner on Lake Ontario, armed with 58 guns;
Sources:: 1. Buffalo Gazette: 6/28/1814;
2. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 173;
3. Inland Seas, Summer, 1967, Vol. 23, p. 142;
4. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 194, 195, 199, 207;
5. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;
6. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312;

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