HMS Prince of Wales (1794)
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HMS Prince of Wales was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1794 at Portsmouth.
Prince of Wales (centre) at the Battle of Cape Finisterre
The launching of Prince of Wales
Robert Calder
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Admiral of the White Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Prince of Wales (1794)
…participated in the Battle of Groix in 1795. She was under command of Lord Hugh Seymour on 3 May 1800. Prince of Wales served as the flagship of Admiral Robert Calder at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805. She was not present at Trafalgar. In consequence of the strong feeling against him for his conduct at Cape…
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1787–1790
Portrait of Calder made after his promotion to Rear Admiral c. 1800
Marker for Calder near his grave site in Upham, Hampshire