HMS Monarch (1832)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Monarch.

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 & 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. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 190.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) 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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