Name: Princess (Pirates)
Card: PC #049 (Common)
Points: 6
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Moves: S+S
Guns : 3S,4L,3S
Hit %: 133 (S), 33 (L)
Ability: This ship can't load the last treasure from an island.

The Princess, like a few other PotC Pirate ships, is a reworked version of an older ship, in this case the Longshanks (PS-018 from the SM release). The latter is one of my favorite Pirate ships, serving as a speedy back-up fighter and auxiliary gold ship for a tiny point cost.

To make the Princess, they took the Longshanks, slowed her down, and made her L-range cannon worse, without adding anything good in return.
That doesn't leave much to love. Her ability hurts her as a gold ship, her cannons are now sub-average for fighting, and her slower movement holds her back no matter what she does. She can ram and board most gold ships, and fill her holds with gold that way. If she can catch them, that is. Nevertheless, for only six points, she isn't truly awful, just a disappointment.

If I was going to sail this Princess, I'd crew her with Captain and Helmsman, and send her out to do whatever mischief she could. But if I owned the Longshanks, then I'd leave the Princess in port, like I do with all inferior copies of formerly good ships.

Goldship rating: 3.0 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 2.5 / 5
Boarding rating: 2.3 / 5
Value for points: 3.1 / 5