HMS Monarch (1765)
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| Name: | HMS Monarch |
| Ordered: | 22 November 1760 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 20 July 1765 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1813 |
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| Class and type: | Ramillies-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1612 tons (1637.9 tonnes) |
| Length: | 168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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HMS Monarch was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 July 1765 at Deptford.
Monarch had a very active career, fighting in her first battle in 1778 at the First Battle of Ushant and her second under Admiral Rodney at Cape St. Vincent in 1780. She fought in the van of Graves' fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781. In early 1782 she fought at the Battle of St. Kitts, and later that year at the Battle of the Saintes. In 1795 she was deployed as part of the small fleet under Admiral Elphinstone that captured the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch VOC at the Battle of Muizenberg. In 1797 Monarch was Vice Admiral Onslow's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown, and in 1801 she was part of Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen, where she suffered the most damage out of the British ships present.
Monarch was broken up in 1813.
[edit] References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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