Dates: 1863 - 1910

Construction COMPOSITE
Type SHIP
Date 1863
Description Rig: SHIP
Yard Number: 234
Black Prince’s captain (Inglis) was criticised for being too cautious and never achieving the vessel’s full speed. But Captain Inglis was a major shareholder in his ship and made sure that it did return very good profits.
Owner William Walkinshaw & Co. London
Builder A. HALL & Co., Aberdeen
Dimensions Overall: 19 1/12 x 32 1/12 x 185 3/6ft
Gross Tonnage: 750ton

The fifth and final Black Prince (81), launched in 1942, was a Dido-class (Bellona subclass) cruiser that saw extensive action in World War II, following which she was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1946. She was decommissioned in 1962 and scrapped.

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