Prince of Wales (ship)

Prince of Wales was a First Fleet transport ship of 350 tons, built on the River Thames in 1786. She was 31.4 m in length. She was built by the firm Christopher Watson and Co. of Rotherhithe, who are also thought to have built HMS Sirius (1786) in 1786. The master was John Mason, who died of scurvy on the return voyage.

She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying one male and forty-nine female convicts, and arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. She left Port Jackson on 14 August 1788, and arrived back in London, via Rio de Janeiro, on 30 April 1789.

Prince of Wales was used in England until 1797 and then her registration was signed over to Fort Royal at Martinique.