HMS Prince Regent (1814)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Prince Regent
Builder	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
Launched	14 April 1814
Completed	By April 1814
Renamed	HMS Kingston on 9 December 1814
Fate	Ordered to be sold in January 1832
General characteristics [citation needed]
Tons burthen	1,293 50/94 bm
Length	155 ft 10 in (47.50 m) (overall); 131 ft 1 in (40.0 m) (keel);
Beam	43 ft 1 in (13.13 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)/17 ft (5.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Complement	280
Armament	Lower deck: 28 x 24pdrs; Upper deck: 4 x 68pdr carronades + 24 x 32pdrs; By 1830:; Lower deck: 30 x 24pdrs; Upper deck: 2 x 24pdrs + 6 x 68pdr carronades + 22 x 32pdr carronades;

HMS Prince Regent was a 56-gun British warship that served on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The Prince Regent was built at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Upper Canada and launched on 14 April 1814. The frigate took part in the Raid on Fort Oswego.

Following the War of 1812 the frigate was renamed HMS Kingston on 9 December 1814.

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George F.G. Stanley, Richard A. Preston (195-?). `A short history of Kingston as a military and naval centre`. Kingston, Ont. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
David Lyon & Rif Winfield (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. London. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Rif Winfield (2005). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
David Lyon (1997). The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, Built, Purchased and Captured, 1688-1860. London. ISBN 0-85177-864-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Robert Malcomson (2001). Warships of the Great Lakes: 1754-1834. Annapolis. ISBN 1-55750-910-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Robert Malcomson (1998). Lords of the Lake. Annapolis. ISBN 1-55750-532-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Jonathan Moore (2006). Archaeological and Historical Investigations of Three War of 1812 Wrecks at Kingston, Ontario : HMS St. Lawrence, HMS Kingston and HMS Burlington : Report for Province of Ontario Licence to Conduct Archaeological Exploration or Fieldwork 1999-096 at Sites BbGd-6, BbGc-45 and BbGc-46. Ottawa. ISBN 0-9781712-0-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
The War of 1812 Magazine

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