The Prince was aboard, and amidst the blast of trumpets and expressions of joy, he performed the ceremony of drinking from the great standing cup, and throwing the rest of the wine towards the half-deck, and christening the ship by the name of the Prince Royal.[27] The dimensions of the ship may be briefly described.

Her keel was 114 feet long, and her cross-beam 44 feet.

She was of 1400 tons burthen, and carried 64 pieces of great ordnance.

She was the largest ship that had yet been constructed in England.
The Prince Royal was, at the time she was built, considered one of the most wonderful efforts of human genius.

Mr.Charnock, in his 'Treatise on Marine Architecture,' speaks of her as abounding in striking peculiarities.