HMS Prince Regent was a notable first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, originally armed with 120 guns and classified as a three-decker. Completed in 1823, she measured approximately 205 feet (62.5 meters) on her gundeck, with a beam of 53 feet 7 inches (16.3 meters), a depth of hold of 23 feet 2 inches (7.1 meters), and a deep draught of 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 meters). Her tonnage was 261 3/4 tons burthen. The vessel was constructed at HM Dockyard, Chatham, with her keel laid down in 1815 and launched in April 1823. She was commissioned in December 1822 and completed in September 1823. As a Caledonia-class ship, she featured enhanced freeboard to improve her ability to fight in heavy weather, a characteristic that distinguished her from earlier designs. Her armament comprised thirty-two 32-pounder guns on her lower gundeck, thirty-four 24-pounder guns on her middle gundeck, and thirty-six 24-pounder Congreve rockets on her upper gundeck. Additional armament included a pair of 12-pounder guns and two 32-pounder carronades on her forecastle, with six 12-pounders and ten carronades on her quarterdeck. HMS Prince Regent served as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell at The Nore until 1831, and after a voyage to Lisbon, was paid off in 1832. She remained in ordinary until the late 1840s, when she was razeed to a second-rate, reducing her to 92 guns, a costly process completed by 1847. She then served as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry Corry in the Western Squadron and participated in Queen Victoria's fleet review at Spithead in 1853. During the Crimean War, she was part of the Baltic fleet in 1854 but was paid off and placed in reserve by the end of that year. Converted to steam power between 1860 and 1861 at Portsmouth, she was reclassified as an 89-gun second rate. However, she never saw active service after this conversion and was ultimately broken up in 1873. Her service history underscores her role during a transitional period in naval warfare, bridging traditional sailing ship design with emerging steam technology.

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