HMS Pegasus (1779)
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HMS Pegasus was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth rate. This frigate was launched in 1779 at Deptford and sold in 1816. Pegasus had a relatively uneventful career and is perhaps best known for the fact that her captain from 1786 to 1789 was Prince William Henry, the future King William IV. By 1811 Pegasus was a receiving ship at Chatham; she was sold in 1816.
Watercolor of what is believed to be HMS Pegasus in St. John's harbour, Newfoundland in 1786
Prince William Henry in dress uniform painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, c.1800.
HMS Defence at the Battle of the Glorious 1st of June 1794, by Nicholas Pocock
William IV
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William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.
Portrait by Martin Archer Shee, 1833
William (left), aged thirteen, and his younger brother Edward, painted by Benjamin West, 1778
Prince William at the age of 17, by Thomas Gainsborough, c. September 1782
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1790-95