Vincent Black Prince Vincent Black Prince The Vincent Black Prince was a British motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by Vincent Motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955, Vincent produced the enclosed range of Vincent Black Knight and Black Prince. Philip Vincent described it as a "two-wheeled Bentley", and the enclosed Vincents attracted a lot of attention at the November 1954 Earls Court show. Quality problems with early production of the glass-fibre mouldings necessitated a replacement supplier causing delays. The last Black Prince left the Vincent production line on Friday, 16 December 1955. Falling sales of the Series C Vincent motorcycles
HMS Black Prince (1904) two midships funnels having collapsed or been shot away. Recent historians, however, hold to the German account of the ship's sinking. "Black Prince" briefly engaged the German battleship at about 23:35 GMT, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Separated from the rest of the British fleet, "Black Prince" approached the German lines shortly after midnight. She turned away from the German battleships, but it was too late. The German battleship fixed "Black Prince" in her searchlights and opened fire. Up to five other German ships, including the battleships , , and , joined in the bombardment, with return fire from