The ship launched in 1610 still displayed the high structures and mixed battery inherited from the galleon era. Rebuilds in 1641 and 1663 enlarged her hull and raised her armament first to 70 and then 92 guns. Her transformation makes the great-rebuild problem concrete: a continuing name and selected material could conceal a profound change in size, form, and fighting role. The rise from 55 to 92 guns lets one nominal career bridge the great-galleon and ship-of-the-line systems.
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Prince Royal grows from great galleon to first rate
Prince Royal's two major rebuilds turned a 55-gun great galleon into a larger 92-gun first rate over one nominal career.