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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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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]
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