HMS Monck (1659)

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NameHMS Monck
Builder Tippetts, Portsmouth
Launched1659
FateWrecked, 1720
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type52-gun third rate frigate
Tons burthen703 bm
Length107 ft (32.6 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1702 rebuild [2]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen807 bm
Length137 ft 6.5 in (41.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft 5.5 in (11.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 5.25 in (4.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Monck was a 52-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth and launched in 1659. She retained her name after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. [1]

Monck was rebuilt at Greenland South Dockyard, [3] Rotherhithe in 1702 as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. She was wrecked in 1720. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.
  3. Rankin, Stuart (July 2004). Shipyards, Granaries and Wharves, Maritime Rotherhithe, History Walk B. London: Southwark Council. ISBN   0-905849-37-X. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.

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