HMS Monarch (1832)
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]
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Name: | HMS Monarch |
Ordered: | 23 July 1817 |
Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down: | August 1825 |
Launched: | 18 December 1832 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1866 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Canopus-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 2255 bm |
Length: | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) |
Depth of hold: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Armament: |
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She was used as a target ship from 1862, and broken up in 1866.[1]
Notes
- 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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