HMS Duke (1682)
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HMS Duke was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 June 1682 at Woolwich Dockyard.
Prince George 90 guns, sketched by John Hood in 1701
HMS Prince George during the Battle of Malaga, by Charles Dixon
Prince George shown here at Cape Finisterre (1747)
The Chevalier de St. George, surrenders his sword to Anson on board the Prince George, after the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747). He remarked, to Anson, in allusion to two of his now captured ships being named La Gloire and L' Invincible: "Monsieur, vous avec vaincu L' Invincible, et La Gloire vous suit" (Sir, you have defeated the invincible, and the glory follows you).
Battle of Málaga (1704)
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The Battle of Málaga, also known as the Battle of Vélez-Málaga, was a major fleet action which took place during the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a Franco-Spanish nav
HMS Duke (1682)
…and was renamed HMS Prince George (after the future George II). After her rebuild, she served in the War of the Spanish Succession, fighting in the Battle of Málaga and the capture of Gibraltar. On 4 November 1719 Prince George was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Deptford by Richard Stacey, and she was…
The Battle of Malaga, 13 August 1704 Isaac Sailmaker, c. 1704