Prince George was launched in 1789 on the River Thames as a West Indiaman.

[1] In late 1795 Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian hoisted his flag aboard the 98-gun HMS Prince George and assembled his squadron and the transports, numbering over two hundred merchantmen carrying 16,000 men, and making up the largest troop convoy to leave England to that date.

[2] The expedition sailed on 6 October, 16 November, and 9 December, but each time weather forced the vessels to put back.

The fleet finally successfully sailed on 20 March to invade St Lucia, with troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.

[5] The 1807 volume showed the present Prince George with a new master, Pizzie, and owner, Boyman & Co., though still in the London–Jamaica trade.