seven ships of the royal navy have been named hms prince of wales, after numerous holders of the title the prince of wales. another ship is planned: *  was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1765. she had been originally planned as hms hibernia, but the name was changed prior to launch. she was broken up in 1783. *  was a 90-gun second-rate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1822. *  was a 38-gun transport purchased in 1795, and still on the records in 1801. *  was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1805. her fate is unknown. *  was a 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate launched in 1860. she was converted to a training ship and renamed hms britannia in 1869, hulked in 1909 and sold in 1914. she was finally broken up in 1916. *  was a  launched in 1902 and sold for scrap in 1920. *  was a  battleship launched in 1939 and sunk in a japanese airstrike in 1941. *  will be the second of two s and is scheduled to enter service in 2018. ==see also== *  â a british convict transport of the first fleet in 1787. ==references== *    
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