HMS Montagu (1779)

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HMS 'Montagu' Forcing the Enemy to Move from Bertheaume Bay, 22 August 1800 BHC0521.jpg
Montagu forcing the French to move from Bertheaume Bay, 22 August 1800
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Montagu
Ordered16 July 1774
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down30 January 1775
Launched28 August 1779
FateBroken up, 1818
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class & type Alfred-class ship of the line [2]
Tons burthen1631 (bm)
Length169 ft (51.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Montagu was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1779 at Chatham Dockyard. [1]

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Montagu took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 and the Glorious First of June in 1794.

On 30 October 1794 Montagu and Ganges captured the French corvette Jacobine. Jacobine was armed with twenty-four 12-pounder guns, and had a crew of 220 men; she was nine days out of Brest and had taken nothing. [3] The Royal Navy took Jacobine into service as HMS Matilda.

Montagu was driven ashore and damaged at Saint Lucia in the Great Hurricane of 1780 [4] but recovered.

The situation of the Montagu at 10 mins after 12 o'clock on the night of 13 February 1801 off Cape Ortagol The situation of H.M. Ship Montagu at 10 mins after 12 o'clock on the night of the 13th February 1801 off Cape Ortagol RMG PW7959.jpg
The situation of the Montagu at 10 mins after 12 o'clock on the night of 13 February 1801 off Cape Ortagol

In 1813 Captain Peter Heywood was appointed to command the Montagu in the North Sea and afterwards in the Mediterranean under Lord Exmouth, until July 1816. This was Heywood's last service. [5]

Fate

Montagu was broken up in 1818. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
  2. ↑ Winfield, British Warships.
  3. ↑ "No. 13751". The London Gazette . 10 February 1795. p. 147.
  4. ↑ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1228): 78 v. 29 December 1780.
  5. ↑ "- National Maritime Museum".

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