Monarch at Sheerness, December 1850
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Monarch
Ordered23 July 1817
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1825
Launched18 December 1832
FateBroken up, 1866
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCanopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2255 bm
Length193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 84 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Monarch was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 December 1832 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

She was used as a target ship from 1862, and broken up in 1866.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.

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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