HMS Princess Mary

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Mary or HMS Princess Maria:

  • HMS Princess Maria was a 38-gun ship captured in 1652 and wrecked in 1658.
  • HMS Princess Mary was a yacht built in 1688. She was sold at some point, becoming a merchant ship. She remained in service until 1827 under the name Betty Cairns.
  • HMS Princess Mary was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1704 as HMS Mary. She was relaunched in 1742 as HMS Princess Mary, and was sold in 1766.

Famous quotes containing the word princess:

    How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
    —Bible: Hebrew Lamentations 1:1.

    Said of Jerusalem.