Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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the English flagship ‘Royal Prince’, 85 guns, this might the one of 1612?
A peak into 1666.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?letter=’&ID=BHC0286
no listing of ship in the 1651 lists at
http://pc-78-120.udac.se/Nautica/Naval_History/GB/Derrick(1806)_p69.html
not sure same ship.
built 1624 ?Prince 1200 tons 55 pieces of ordinance made up of 2 canon petro, 6 demi cannon,12 culvines,18 demi culverines, 13 sakers, 4 port pieces.
Prince Royal Peter Pett I, Woolwich 1641 Rebuilt in 1663 no sizes mentioned
1624 list http://pc-78-120.udac.se/Nautica/Naval_History/GB/Derrick(1806)_p54.html
“A List of all the Ships, Frigates, and other Vessels belonging to the State’s Navy, on 1st March, 1651.*
update: Building the Prince Royal, the largest ship that had ever been constructed in England. She weighed 1400 tons and carried 64 guns. Other shipbuilders disapproved of her unique structure, but Pett had the support of James I and particularly Prince Henry, who was on board when she was launched.
http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConFactFile.25/Phineas-Pett.html
The demise of The Prince and Lord Sandwich…
Antonia Fraser, King Charles II…
“June 7th 1673, lying in Southwold Bay, off the East Anglia coast between Yarmouth and Lowestoft, the combined squadrons were surprised by the great Dutch Admiral De Ruyter. In the ensuing action both sides endured great losses. On the English side, the Duke of York had to abandon two successive flagships, the Prince and the St.Michael. Lord Sandwich was killed; his body, drifting anonymously in the sea was only recognised by the George it still wore, the insignia of the Garter.”
The Prince.
Vincent’s above links do not now work, but it looks like the Royal Prince/Prince Royal was rebuilt as Sam says…
to see “The Prince” launched, which hath lain in the Dock in repairing these three years. I went into her and was launched in her.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1663/07/11/index.php
It appears that it is now known as the Prince and is in Sandwich’s fleet list of April 1665 as 1st rate and 86 guns with Roger Cuttance as Captain.