HMS Monmouth (1796)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Monmouth |
| Builder: | Randall, Rotherhithe |
| Launched: | 23 April 1796 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1834 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1439 tons (1462.1 tonnes) |
| Length: | 173 ft 1 in (52.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 4 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 8 in (6.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Monmouth.
HMS Monmouth was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1796 at Northfleet. She had been designed and laid down for the Honourable East India Company, but was purchased by the Navy after the start of the French Revolutionary War.
She was hulked in 1815, and broken up in 1834.
[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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