HMS Princess was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1682 as HMS Ossory. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1705, HMS Princess in 1716 and HMS Princess Royal in 1728. She was broken up in 1773.
HMS Princess (1740) was a 70-gun third rate, originally the Spanish ship Princessa. She was captured in 1740, hulked in 1760 and sold in 1784.
HMS Princess (1915) was the former SS Kronprincess Cecilie, launched in 1905. Captured in 1914, she was renamed as Princess and used as a dummy for HMS Ajax.[1]
HMS Princess (1939) was a hired patrol vessel which sank in 1940 after a collision
In addition, many ships have been named after specific princesses, including:
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.