HMS Monarch (1832)

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

Monarch at Sheerness, December 1850
History
United Kingdom
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 & 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	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. Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 190.

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-169-4.

External links

• Media related to HMS Monarch (1832) at Wikimedia Commons