Maritime History

HMS Pegasus (1779)

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.

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See also

• ▸Cayman Brac
• ▸Cerro Chao
• ▸HMS Surinam (1805)

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