HMS Monkey

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Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monkey.

HMS Monkey (1801) was a gun-brig of 12 guns, built 1801 in Rochester and wrecked 25 December 1810 near Brittany.^[1]
HMS Monkey (1826) was a schooner assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched 1826 and wrecked in 1831 near Tampico.
HMS Monkey (1831) was the merchant schooner Courier, built 1827, and purchased in October 1831 at Bermuda and renamed Monkey. She remained in service as a tender to HMS Blossom until sold out in August 1833.
HMS Monkey (1837) was a steam-powered paddle packet acquired from the Post Office in 1837 and converted to a tug in 1845. She was sold in 1887^[2]
HMS Monkey (1896) was a dockyard water tank vessel launched 21 December 1896 and assigned to Malta until sunk by German aircraft on 26 April 1942.^[3]

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HMS Monkey was a schooner of the British Royal Navy assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched in 1826 at Jamaica. She made three notable captures of slavers, one involving a single-ship action against a slaver much larger and more heavily armed than herself. She was wrecked in 1831 near Tampico.

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References

↑ "HMS Monkey (+1810)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
↑ Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Greenhill Books. p. 218. ISBN 1853675660.
↑ Allied Newspapers, Ltd. "Ship's bell donated to museum". Times of Malta. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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[1] "HMS Monkey (+1810)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

[2] Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Greenhill Books. p. 218. ISBN 1853675660.

[3] Allied Newspapers, Ltd. "Ship's bell donated to museum". Times of Malta. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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